Posts Tagged National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries
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Using Timber to Shelter Your Money
Posted By : Daniel Kiernan on September 30th, 2011
Location : forestry
Timberland has long been a defensive investment for the wealthy; now ordinary Joes can buy in, too. Brett Arends for SmartMoney investigates.
I grew up next to a forest. I remember, as a child, hiking through the trees with our two golden retrievers in tow and, hilariously, panning for gold in the stream. I started with high hopes. I saw plenty of gold — all fool’s, alas.Investors, too, have been hunting for riches in the forests — and these days, they’re also seeking shelter there. Market guru Jeremy Grantham, whose investment firm, GMO…
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US farmland in demand
Posted By : Daniel Kiernan on March 1st, 2011
Location : farmland
US Mid-west is a “Hot” farmland market.
The words Real Estate together with “Boom” are words not heard in the USA for a least 4 ys. But, now they are being heard once again, and not about New York Apartments, or subprime Inland Empire communities in Southern California, but “Hottest” real estate market in the US is now in the Mid-west, and it is agricultural farmland.
The reason is that as the Global food commodity prices continue their rise, the Midwestern farmers are enjoying a upsurge that is triggering a rise in the …
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