Franco-Nevada (NYSE: FNV), Freeport-McMoran (NYSE: FCX), and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) are three companies built to combat inflation. Enjoy golden slumbers while inflation causes others to lose sleep Scott Levine (Franco-Nevada): You don't have to be the savviest of investors to know that buying gold is a long-practiced strategy for safeguarding against economic uncertainty. What's less well-known, however, is that gaining exposure to the yellow metal transcends pawning those gold necklaces pushed to the back of the jewelry drawer or visiting the local coin gallery to buy bullion.