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Here’s Why Buying a Chunk of America Can Be an Inflation Hedge
In an era of historic inflation, one alternative investment has been making its way into portfolios as a diversifier and potential hedge against stubborn price pressures: farmland. “It’s actually shown to be more inflation-linked than gold in that in times of high inflation or persistent inflation, it tends to outperform,” said Carter Malloy, founder of AcreTrader, a farmland investment company based in Arkansas. “And also that it just doesn’t have a lot of correlation to other asset classes. It’s almost exactly zero in its correlation to the S&P.” Malloy joined the What Goes Up podcast to talk ... (full story)