Farmland investment funds are funds that directly invest in farmland. Farmland investment funds are rare but there are two such funds in Canada and Brazil. Agrifirma, based in Brazil, and Agcapita Farmland Investment Partnership, based in Canada. Jim Rogers, a high profile investor is an investor in these two farmland investment funds.
Investing in Emerging Markets is easier today than at any other time. In the last few years Global Emerging funds have produced stellar returns for investor. The performance has been good because the Emerging markets have enjoyed robust economic growth. Countries such as China, Brazil, India, Russia & even the forgotten African countries have been on growth mode for the last decade. Investing in Emerging Market Funds in 2011 Am I late by investing in Emerging Market fund in 2011? The answer is NO. China just reported that their 2010 GDP Growth was 10%. It is also estimated that by 2050 the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China will all be among the world’s half-dozen biggest, along with the US and Japan. China is expected to have overtaken the US to become the most powerful economy on earth. What this means is, investors risking money in Emerging Market funds may continue to enjoy massive profits.
The price of Gold futures continue to shoot over the roof. One driver of the price is the recent gold purchases by India Central bank from the IMF. The central bank of India has purchased 200 metric tonns of gold from IMF. According to this economics time article. India is spreading its assets which are said to be currently over-weighted with foreign currency, mainly in the form of sovereign US Treasury bonds. In other words, it is a hedge against a falling dollar. India is the world’s largest private gold consumer, but the government’s holding of gold as an asset is modest. Even so, the latest purchase puts it at Number 10 among the list of top 10 gold-holders in the world. Of India’s current foreign exchange reserves of nearly $285 billion, foreign currency assets account for more than 90% ($268.3 billion), followed by gold ($10.3 billion), IMF’s Special Drawing Rights ($5.2 billion) and a reserve position in the IMF of $1.59 billion. While India’s current gold holdings, accounting for just 3.7% of assets, are said to be historically low, buying 200 tons in addition to the 358 tons it already holds is expected to bump up the gold reserves to more than 6%. As India, China and Brazil buy gold it means more Dollars sales. The dollar may continue sliding downward. |
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