While some energy strategies are struggling this year, real assets as a broader category are not. For example, the FlexShares Real Asset Allocation Index Fund (NasdaqGM: ASET) is higher by nearly 17% year-to-date. ...

These low-volatility and buy-write ETFs have been hovering around 52-week highs. Investors can hedge with these products as bearish sentiments are rife in the market.

Investors looking for broad-based exposure to real assets, such as energy, infrastructure, and real estate, can check all of those boxes and then some with the FlexShares Real Asset Allocation Index Fund ...