ETF investors can access the REITs space through a number of ETF strategies, such as the Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEArca: VNQ) and the Schwab US REIT ETF (NYSEArca: SCHH), among others. With consumer prices spiking and eroding the worth of the dollar, investors are turning to inflation-linked exchange traded funds strategies that help preserve their purchasing power. Additionally, Sonal Desai, chief investment officer at Franklin Templeton, preferred certain energy-based commodities or currencies as indirect hedges to inflation, since Federal Reserve actions could negatively affect the fixed income and TIPS market.