Funds: How to profit from the deflation scare

Many analysts are now predicting a bout of global deflation. And this fund looks lke a good way to profit if you want to bet on deflation as the next big worry.

"For now the imminent danger is deflation," says John Authers in the Financial Times. Thanks to George Osborne's emergency budget, Britain faces an "age of austerity". Meanwhile, there is "violent agreement" on deficit reduction overseas. Last weekend's G20 meeting in Toronto echoed the sobering rhetoric of the British budget.

Internationally the only remaining area of discord is timing. While the US seems to favour a 'talk now, cut later' stance, Britain, following the path taken by several European nations such as Ireland is taking a 'cut now and cut deep' approach. There's much at stake: cut public spending too quickly and a double dip could become a depression if private-sector growth fails to pick up sharply enough.

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