Betashares Food ETF - A Defensive ETF
With skyrocketing global food prices, $BetaShares Global Agriculture Companies - Currency Hedged(FOOD.AU)$ is an excellent choice to consider as part of a defensive portfolio to hedge again high inflation.
FOOD ETF aims to track the performance of an index that comprises of the largest global agriculture companies ex Australia, hedged into Australian dollars.
Its 10 ten holdings include Nutrien, Archer-Daniel Midlands, Deere, Corteva, Tyson Foods, Mosaic, CF Industries, Marubeni, FMC and Kubota.
Sector Allocation includes Fertiliser & Agricultural Chemicals at 33%, Packaged Foods & Meats at 25%, Agricultural Products at 16%, Agricultural Farm & Machinery 15%, Trading Companies & Distributors 10% and Others taking up the balance.
Top Countries allocation
USA at 59%, Canada at 10%, Japan at 10%, Norway at 4%, Germany at 3% followed by the Others taking up the balance.
$BetaShares Global Agriculture Companies - Currency Hedged(FOOD.AU)$ has been on an uptrend. It has gone up by 10% in 6 months and 20% in just 1 year.
Its management cost is 0.57%.
Best of all it pays dividends half yearly. Its latest Dividend yield is 5.08%.
With the ongoing war in Ukraine, and high inflation, $BetaShares Global Agriculture Companies - Currency Hedged(FOOD.AU)$ would offer an excellent portfolio diversification yet it is low cost giving you the maximum bang for your bucks.
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