It may feel impossible to beat the market during a bear market, but certain stocks can offer market-beating returns right now. Take real estate investment trust (REIT) Farmland Partners (NYSE: FPI), for example. The stock is up 16% this year while the broader S&P 500 is down 19% -- that's over double the return of the S&P.

Investors have flocked to this farmland REIT for one main reason: inflation.

Let's take a closer look at whether this under-the-radar stock can offer investors a hedge against inflation and if it can continue to offer market-beating returns moving forward.

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Source Fool.com