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Jared Cummans: As we enter the home stretch of 2011, many investors are taking the time to look back on a hectic year to re-evaluate their underlying holdings and put themselves in the best position for 2012. As far as commodities are concerned, it was a pretty rough year. Though the first few months Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Exchange-traded products have become the preferred instrument for many investors looking to add core, as well as tactical, commodities exposure to their portfolios. The “toolbox” continues to expand as investors have multiple options available to them, with some funds focusing in on a Read more…
We had technological difficulties in Maine, however, and couldn’t get the satellite hookup going in time.
Even so, I thought it might be interesting to share the portfolio we were going to discuss. It brings up both an important as well as an interesting topic.
According to Wikipedia, “Reflation is the act of stimulating the economy by increasing the money supply or by reducing taxes. It is the opposite of disinflation. It can refer to an economic policy whereby a government uses fiscal or monetary stimulus in order to expand a country’s output.”
Reflation is not necessarily good or bad, of course. The response from the Fed, the Treasury and Congress over the past few quarters probably saved us from a more crushing recession/potential depression. Read more…
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