In my previous article, I wrote about why investors should short (or at the very least be cautious of) bonds, specifically US treasury bonds, provided the underlying risks of inflation. Along the same lines of macro-economic thinking, I want to offer investors another asset class they can invest in to hedge against inflation: Equity securities of European oil majors.
To me, oil companies are a superb way to hedge against inflation for two reasons. First of all, when inflation is positive, the real value of debt owed declines, which effectively represents a wealth transfer