{"id":123370,"date":"2021-11-24T18:08:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T18:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=123370"},"modified":"2021-11-24T18:08:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T18:08:19","slug":"us-economy-roaring-back-after-pandemic-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/us-economy-roaring-back-after-pandemic-slump\/","title":{"rendered":"US economy roaring back after pandemic slump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><cite>New York (CNN Business)<\/cite>Nobody in their right mind likes to pay higher prices for stuff. But if you&#8217;re an investor, there is a way to profit from inflationary trends \u2014 and it might be time to start adjusting your portfolio accordingly. <\/p>\n<p>Consumer staples giants like <span>Coca-Cola<\/span> <span>(<span>KO<\/span>)<\/span> and <span>Pepsi<\/span> <span>(<span>PEP<\/span>)<\/span> can benefit from rising prices \u2014 as long as they are able to pass on some of those costs to customers. And that&#8217;s what some companies are doing.<br \/>\nJ.M. Smucker, which makes a wide range of products including Jif peanut butter and Folgers coffee, has been raising prices, for example. And that has not appeared to hurt demand, or the stock. Shares of <span>Smucker<\/span> <span>(<span>SJM<\/span>)<\/span> rose more than 5% Tuesday after the company reported earnings and sales that topped forecasts.<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>Smucker chief financial officer Tucker Marshall noted during a conference call that the company has been able to offset increased costs for coffee and transportation with higher prices.<\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>Even some retailers are finding they can raise prices to offset higher costs and not alienate customers in the process.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Not just the supply chain: Going green is hiking prices, too\" class=\"media__image\" src=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/211123102507-us-wind-turbines-alternative-green-energy-0615-large-169.jpg\"><\/noscript><br \/>\nApparel company <span>Guess<\/span> <span>(<span>GES<\/span>)<\/span>, which reported strong earnings and sales Tuesday afternoon, said that it is managing rising cotton prices by cutting down on discounts in its stores. Guess shares surged nearly 15% Wednesday on the news.<br \/>\n&#8220;We have done a lot to reduce promotional activity,&#8221; said Guess CEO Carlos Alberini, during a conference call with analysts. &#8220;We have also increased prices, and we have done this very strategically.&#8221;<br \/>\nA higher level of inflation \u2014 and the rising long-term interest rates and spiking commodity prices that are accompanying it \u2014 are also boosting banks, raw materials companies and energy stocks.<br \/>\nIn fact, fund manager Horizon Kinetics launched an Inflation Beneficiaries ETF earlier this year that has big exposure to the financial services and commodities sectors.<br \/>\nTop holdings include private land owner <span>Texas Pacific<\/span> <span>(<span>TPL<\/span>)<\/span>, New York Stock Exchange parent company <span>Intercontinental Exchange<\/span> <span>(<span>ICE<\/span>)<\/span> and food giant <span>Archer Daniels Midland<\/span> <span>(<span>ADM<\/span>)<\/span>.<br \/>\nThe fund is up 26% since it began trading in mid-January, better than the Dow, S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq during the same time frame.<br \/>\nBut stocks aren&#8217;t the only way for investors to profit from inflation.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"There&amp;#39;s a major problem with the narrative on inflation\" class=\"media__image\" src=\"\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/211112132834-food-prices-inflation-111121-file-large-169.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p>Analysts at the Wells Fargo Investment Institute pointed out in a report this week that commodities such as gold, oil and agricultural products \u2014 considered real assets, or those you can see, touch and taste \u2014<strong> <\/strong>have outshone the broader market by a wide margin during periods of high inflation in the 1970s, late 1980s and early 2000s. That could happen again.<br \/>\n&#8220;Oftentimes, real asset price increases are what fuels inflation in the first place,&#8221; the analysts said, &#8220;so we believe investing in these assets can work as a natural hedge against rising costs in our everyday lives.&#8221;<br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/24\/investing\/inflation-stocks-sectors\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (CNN Business)Nobody in their right mind likes to pay higher prices for stuff. 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