William Harding of Morningstar Investment Management, head of alternatives research Nadia Papagiannis, and ETF analyst Tim Strauts outline smart diversification strategies in this 50-minute roundtable discussion.
TIPS, real estate, and commodities are great inflation-hedging, liquid investments, says Morningstar's David Blanchett, who details the importance of exposure to these assets.
ETF analyst Tim Strauts explains how fixed-income alternatives could buffer your portfolio in a rising rate environment, or offer more equitylike exposure with less volatility.
Morningstar's Tim Strauts details the complicated tax treatment of MLPs, commodities, and other nontraditional assets, and offers several ETF and ETN picks along with another to avoid.