That puts exchange-traded funds like the iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF (NYSEMKT: FM) or the SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Small Cap ETF (NYSEMKT: EWX) in focus. Each of these categories comes with its own unique set of benefits and risk factors, and investors should proceed with the understanding that there's no sure-fire answer to the inflation question with so much uncertainty on the horizon. While the real estate market is already red hot and some analysts have raised reasonable concerns about a potential housing bubble, buying property is currently what I'm looking closest at.