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Creative ETF Ideas To Hedge Against Global Unrest

By: ETFdb
The relatively peaceful revolution that has played out in Egypt over the last several weeks has come across to the developed world as a push for democracy in a country that has floundered under the nearly three decades long rule of a president determined to hold on to power. While frustration with what was effectively a dictatorship came across as the primary issue, a closer look at the seeds of the revolution reminds us that there were other factors that led Egyptian youths to take to the streets in the first place. The escalation of hostility towards Mubarak was due in part to extreme food shortages, which arose out of supply pressures created by natural weather phenomenons as well as man-made corruption and bureaucratic inefficiencies. “While commentators focus on the corruption of the dictatorship, or the viral effects of the Tunisian moment or the something akin to an Arab [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: What Every Investor Should Know About Commodity ETF Investing Ultimate Guide To Agricultural ETFs: Agriculture ETF Investing 101 Three ETFs George Soros Might Like Agribusiness ETF Soars On BHP’s Potash Play Russian Wheat Crisis: Great News For Agribusiness ETFs?
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