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Agri ETFs like VEGI face pressure as the US-Iran conflict disrupts fertilizer supply, spikes costs, and strains farmers amid fragile food-chain recovery.
China's purchase of over 1M tons of U.S. soybeans revives ag-sector optimism and puts ETFs like SOYB, PDBA, and TILL in sharper focus.
While agricultural commodities have been trending lower as of late, they can still offer investors diversification benefits. Teucrium has a pair of funds that offer passive as well as active exposure to ag commodities.
Broad commodities have struggled this year. The S&P GSCI Index is down more than 5% year-to-date.
Teucrium operates derivative and futures-based ETFs that allow investors to trade food commodities. CEO Sal Gilbertie talks weather disruptions, inflation, geopolitical tensions and why higher grain prices are here to stay.
Commodities have been on a proverbial roller coaster ride with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, rising global inflation, and now recession fears in the first half of 2022. Sal Gilbertie, president and chief investment officer at Teucrium Trading, gave investors his take on the current state of commodities while visiting the Animal Spirits Podcast.
Skyrocketing prices in commodities are starting to come back down to earth, but that doesn't mean investors should still shy away from these alternative assets. They can still serve a purpose in a portfolio and still provide an inflation hedge should prices continue to push higher amid soaring inflation.
You can be short or long commodities, and profit whether prices rise or fall.
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