Series of Articles on Farmland Investing

GreenWorld have always believed that farmland and agriculture investments are an excellent alternative asset class that provides diversity from a traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds.  We recently have written a series of articles published on Technorati that provide an overview of agricultural land investing:

Farmland Investments:  A Unique Asset Class Becomes Available to Individuals

Arable Land Shortage and the Case for Farmland and Agriculture Investments

Farmland Set to Profit as Wheat Prices Soar

If you are interested in investing in farmland, please consider our two latest opportunities:

European Farmland Investment

African Farmland Investment

Both of these projects are directed at retail investors as they have low minimum requirements and are purely passive investments where the project manager handles everything from planting of the crop to harvesting to sale.  Investors are paid regular yearly dividend income, plus receive any appreciation in the value of the land when they sell their investments.

Contact us at info@greenworldbvi.com for more information

Forestry Investment in Bamboo Provides High Yield Dividends and a Hedge Against Inflation

Alternative Bamboo Investments for High Dividend Yields

As markets continue to gyrate and fear runs high over the fate of the Eurozone, it is natural that investors might want to consider alternative investments that are uncorrelated to stocks.  One excellent option to consider are alternative bamboo investments.   Bank savings rates are extremely low, and high dividend shares still still expose you to daily stock market risk.  However, if you invest in bamboo, you get the income of a dividend stock or high-yield bond, but without the daily fluctuations in the share price.   

Bamboo starts out paying a yearly income of approximately 5%, and it ends up growing to as high as 30% by the end of the 15 year term of the investment.  On current projections, it is quite possible that a bamboo investment could produce a total return of around 400%-500% over the 15 year term of the investment.  
Finally, the global market for bamboo products is expected to double from US$10 billion to US$20 billion  in the next five years alone, as bamboo is used in everything from flooring to hangars or coat racks, bamboo toys, and even in fiber.  For investors looking to diversify away from stocks, to obtain access to a rapidly growing global market, and to obtain extremely high dividend yields over a sustained period, bamboo as an investment is well worth considering.

To learn more about GreenWorld's bamboo investments, please contact us at info@greenworldbvi.com or ring us on  +44-20-3286-2975

New Article on the Dangers of QE and Hedging Against Inflation

Risk of High Inflation

We are quite pleased to note that we recently wrote an article published on the Market Oracle website in the UK.  The full article is here.  In the piece, we wrote about the dangers of QE and inflationary risks emanating from the QE policy, as well as how individuals can use "Real Asset" investments such as forestry and farmland to hedge against the risk of inflation.  Its worth noting that inflation in the UK has remained above 3pc for 28 months straight, and was recently at 3.7pc in the US.  Whilst central bankers have been worrying about the risks of deflation, it seems inevitable that some of the new money created by QE will eventually leak into the real economy and pose inflationary risks.  Perhaps the central bankers might at some point turn their attention to this danger?

Liam Halligan on the Dangers of Quantitative Easing ("QE")

Since its implementation by the BOE at the height of the financial crisis, QE has been a controversial policy to say the least. We at GreenWorld have always felt that QE has the potential to cause inflation - if not now, then down the road.  For those who share the same worry, there was a fantastic column by the Telegraph's Liam Halligan on the dangers of QE.  Mr. Halligan writes:

"Future inflation, not disinflation, is the problem the UK faces. For now, most of the QE “proceeds” are sitting on the balance sheets of banks pretending to be solvent...What happens to inflation when that massive increase in base money is leant out? What happens when the mask slips and the markets focus on “currency debasement”, which then pushes up imports prices as sterling falls?" 

Mr. Halligan is spot-on, the danger is indeed real.  If you are at all interested in this subject, do read the entire article here.  Once you read it, ask yourself, what type of investments would you want to protect against any inflation created by QE, whether in the UK or elsewhere?  As we noted in our previous post, the best kind of inflation hedge investments, are so-called "hard assets" that will rise in value along with inflation.  If you are interested in a hard asset that pays good current income, hedges against inflation and also has tremendous value, consider farmland investments.  We recently wrote an article on Technorati on how farmland investing is now increasingly accessible for individual retail investors. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss the following farmland investment options with you further - feel free to contact us at info@greenworldbvi.com.

Farmland investment in Europe

Farmland investment in Australia

Farmland investment in Africa

The Alternative Investor

Do You Need to Hedge Against Inflation with Your Investments? Consider "Hard Asset" Investments

There are two schools of thought on this question of inflation. Some believe that because economies are still weak, that there is no risk of inflation in the immediate future. The other view point is that because central banks have created so much new money through QE (Quantitative Easing) that some kind of inflation hedge is necessary in case inflation suddenly accelerates.

We ate Green World do not claim to be experts on broader macro-economics, but whatever your viewpoint on the risk of inflation one must admit that it is at least a distinct possibility. If you agree, then one good option is to invest in so-called "hard assets" or "real assets". These are assets that are not financial instruments like stocks and bonds, but assets that cannot be printed or created by central banks. Whilst many people look to Gold for this, Gold pays no income and has no inherent economic value. We prefer hard assets that pay regular income and also have an inherent economic value such as farmland investments or timber investments. On farmland investment, we believe that we are currently in an agricultural "supercycle" of a growing population and dwindling arable farmland which will make ag commodity prices continue to rise.

For farmland, it is well worth it to consider Australian farmland investments. Australian farmland is some of the cheapest in the developed world, it pays high current income and there is a ready made customer for its production in China. For those partial to forestry, bamboo investments pay very high current income and the market for bamboo markets is expected to double in size by 2015.

Either one of these options will give you both high current income as well as an excellent inflation hedge. Feel free to contact us at info@greenworldbvi.com for more information.

New Carbon Credit Investment in Australia

We just published this article on Technorati describing the new Australian carbon law and the resulting opportunity it has opened up for investors in carbon credit investments.