Inflation is Coming: Three Historically Proven Ways to Profit

The Federal Reserve stated that their major reason for not raising the federal funds rate at their meeting on September 17 was the inability of the economy to reach their inflation target of 2%. Further, the Federal Reserve stated that they would remain “accommodative” for the near term until inflation reached their 2% target. Adding to the case for increasing inflationary pressures is the ongoing quantitative easing by the Japanese Central Bank, and a possible increase in quantitative easing by the European Central Bank. The eventual effect of these quantitative easing programs across the world will be increased inflation. As a global investor you should be ready to take advantage of the changing monetary environment by knowing which asset classes benefit from increasing inflation.