Tuesday 27 November 2012

QE May Go On Forever - Hedge Against Inflation with Alternative Investments


A tsunami of printed money from QE 
One of our favorite bloggers is ex Wall Street maven Bruce Krastings.  In his latest post, he looks at the concept of the ongoing programs of QE as being essentially "Forever + Unlimited".  He believes all of the central banks - from the BOE, to the FED, the Bank of Japan, the ECB and even the SNB (Swiss National Bank) - are essentially in a phase of unlimited QE.

Below is a great quote from Mr. Krastings:
"The major economies of the world are faced with Print or Die. So print it will be. I do wish the monetary overlords would acknowledge that what is being done is irreversible, and that the consequences will be felt for years. What was once unthinkable, is now permanent."
Unfortunately, Mr. Krastings is probably correct.  So, what can someone who fears the effects of QE and wants to hedge against inflation actually do?  In our view, the best thing you could do to protect yourself is to look at "real asset" alternative investments.  We consider real assets to be non-financial assets - "stuff" like forestry or farmland that have a real and inherent economic value and will hold up well in an inflationary environment once all of the printed cash from the unlimited QE starts its' tsunami into the economy.  Realistically, we cannot say for sure when this tsunami of QE funny money will hit us, but hit us it will, and if you want to protect your yourself against inflation, real asset alternative investments are the way to go.

To find out more about GreenWorld's forestry and farmland investments, please contact us at info@greenworldbvi.com.

Monday 12 November 2012

If You Are Looking For a High Yield Alternative Investment, Consider Agarwood Forestry Investments

Agarwood - the ideal high yield investment
Some people have e-mailed us asking how the investment gains on GreenWorld's agarwood investment can be so high.  The reason is the price of agarwood itself.  It is literally one of the most expensive woods in the world.  For example, agarwood can be as high as US$10,000/kg for the highest quality wood chips, and easily averages around US$3,000-US$4,000.

If you are looking for an investment in agar wood as a real asset investment to hedge against inflation, GreenWorld's agarwood is ideal for you.  GreenWorld's agarwood investment is a purely passive investment, everything from the planting of the agarwood trees to the harvesting to the sale of the processed agar is done for you by the plantation company.  However, if you are looking to buy agarwood chips, or trees or agarwood seeds, that is not what GreenWorld BVI is involved with.  We just mention this because a couple of people have contacted us with the wrong idea.

If you are looking for the ideal highly profitable high yielding investment that is easily affordable by individuals, then please contact us at info@greenworldbvi.com