给了3个justification
| Justification 1: | Agricultural commodities can increase expected return relative to a portfolio composed of only traditional investments. |
| Justification 2: | They also typically provide an expected offset to losses in such assets as conventional debt instruments in times of unexpected inflation. |
| Justification 3: | Agricultural commodities are a natural source of return, reflecting economic fundamentals over the long term.” |
结论是1错 2和3都对
我想问为什么2是对的 为什么在unexpected inflation的时候agricultural commodities可以hedge
以下是官网的解释
Although somewhat less so for agricultural commodities than for energy, one of the principal roles that have been suggested for commodities in portfolios is as an inflation hedge during times of unexpected inflation and as a source of natural return over the longer term.
