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Ways to Beat Inflation

How to prepare your portfolio now for inflation that will come later, with Erin Botsford, The Botsford Group and Carrie Coghill Kuntz, D.B. Root.

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" And the Federal Reserve which is probably going to be -- a lot more money. Inflation some say is inevitable so how can you prepare your portfolio now for the possible inflation that will come later had to tell us to. -- CEO of the Oxford group and -- Cog Hill president of DV -- and a registered representative with the commonwealth financial network both are in parents list of top 100 independent financial advisers ladies welcome nice to have you here. Thank -- I can't Erin I'm gonna start with you using pointed to inflationary environment right now but if indeed we do. Have inflation on down the line because of what's being hit the ground work that's being laid right now how do you proof your portfolio from that."

" Well -- in our case you know we have to work with individual investors and not speculators and so. We're doing -- a variety of different things for instance for trying to get people to lower their debt or refinance any adjustable rate mortgages that they might have I mean that's one thing for sure. We don't really want people locking in long term rates right now we would like them to stay shorter -- and then what we do have some investments of course the usual suspects are you know the commodities the basic materials precious metals. There we're looking to get to yep tiptoeing into it. And of course I think that we really do like right now are some of the non publicly traded greets a tightly devices specialize in health care and multifamily housing Terry you also like -- sector of the futures markets but you would do it -- managed futures Bryant Bryant what we've been incorporating for a long time now are managed futures portfolios. And what they are are private partnerships. That provide investors with a way to participate in these markets commodities currencies. Interest rates. Metals some of these market places that have the ability to see substantial accelerating trends during times of inflation. But the key point here is that the managed part of managed futures is that these funds employee risk management schools and in order to will enable investors to have some kind of protection you know -- had mentioned about. Tiptoeing into some of these markets when you're talking about energy commodities metals here talking about very violent -- markets that can have significant swings. We experienced that last year when oil reversed its us from a upward trend to a downward trend so to be investing in systematic. Funds that have risk management school all the way to go yeah right all right ladies were little short on time thank you very much appreciate it you're welcome."


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