Public Natural Resource Equities

Meketa

Research

15 Pages

Meketa Investment Group examines whether public natural resource equities still provide meaningful protection against inflation in today’s economy. The authors show that these stocks were powerful inflation hedges in earlier decades but now behave more like cyclical equities whose usefulness depends on sector mix and macro regime. The piece argues they still have a role, but only as part of a broader inflation toolkit rather than a stand alone solution.

Date published: April 2022

Key Takeaways

Definition of PNRs: Public natural resource equities are shares of listed energy, metals, mining and agriculture companies tied to commodity prices.
Regime dependent hedge: PNRs hedged inflation well when economies relied heavily on oil but weakened as energy markets diversified and efficiency improved.
Place in toolkit: PNRs can still help with inflation when combined thoughtfully with TIPS, real estate, infrastructure and broad commodities.

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