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Hard Assets Investor: By Sumit Roy Marcus Grubb is managing director of investment for the World Gold Council, where he leads investment research and product innovation as well as marketing efforts surrounding gold's role as an asset...
I have been, and still am, a gold and
hard assets investor to, number one, hedge against global monetary inflation and fiat currency devaluation and, number two, leverage rising demand for the metal in an environment of low market confidence.
«I don't see demand staying down because you have had structural changes,» commented WGC Head of Investment Research Juan Carlos Artigas in an interview with
Hard Assets Investor.
He came full circle as
a hard asset investor of the 1970s to one who admitted that investing involves a lot of luck so you need to remain diversified to protect your assets no matter what happens.
Not exact matches
With geopolitical tensions in places like Ukraine, emerging market selloffs in countries like Turkey and U.S. stocks» choppy start to 2014, more
investors are seeking out
hard assets as an opportunity to diversify a portfolio, hedge against inflation and pursue a solid return in something unrelated to the equity markets.
It is
hard to find a winner in the coal - mining industry these days but some
investors were quick to spot a Perth - based winner yesterday in the form of Wesfarmers, which saw the value of its coal
assets boosted by a deal in the Hunter Valley of NSW.
But I guess it makes sense because after the NASDAQ bubble burst in March 2000, real estate started taking off partly because the Fed aggressively lowered interest rates, and partly because equity
investors looked at
hard assets to park their money.
The
Hard Assets Alliance selects its 1 oz platinum bars from trusted LBMA - accredited refiners, so
investors can make their purchase with confidence.
With dollar weakness complicating the investment case for U.S. fixed income
assets, flows to U.S. Bond Funds were close to neutral going into March as
investors pulled back from all the major groups except Emerging Markets
Hard Currency Bond Funds...
The
Hard Assets Alliance is a group of some of the world's most trusted and respected independent financial researchers and publishers with a shared belief that some amount of physical precious metal belongs in the portfolio of every
investor.
In 2012, he launched the
Hard Assets Alliance, a revolutionary trading platform for precious metal
investors.
Somehow, we have concluded that unaccredited
investors should be able to likely lose their
hard - earned money by investing in the most risky of
asset classes.
While
investors should never seek median returns in any
asset class, the
hard truth is that the pooled, net returns for the entire venture
asset class have outperformed when compared to other investment opportunities.
Members of the
Hard Assets Alliance aren't just financial experts, we're
investors ourselves.
The
Hard Assets Alliance has revolutionized the way
investors buy, sell and store precious metals.
The
Hard Assets Alliance was created in 2012 by a group of trusted independent financial researchers who believe that every
investor should hold physical precious metals for both capital preservation and capital gains.
When it comes to fighting inflation, typical destinations for
investors include Treasury Inflation Protection Securities (TIPS) and
hard assets, such as gold or real estate.
You can see that the minimum monthly fee for both JM Bullion and APMEX make them expensive for the average
investor (
Hard Assets Alliance now has a minimum storage fee as well, $ 15 / qtr).
I know it's
hard for most of you to believe that Gold and Silver will surpass their old January 1980 highs, but that is what a 20 + year generational bear market will do to a whole generation of
investors who have grown up with falling real
assets (Gold, Silver and commodities) and rising paper
assets (stocks and bonds).
Luke is also the investment director of Angel Publishing's new Secret Stock Files newsletter, which helps
investors leverage the future supply / demand imbalance that he believes could be key to a cyclical upswing in the
hard asset markets.
Gold has been the traditional go - to for
investors seeking the financial safe haven of
hard assets, but silver is gaining ground due to its rising role in the industry.
A novel concept at the time, High Resolution Fundraising was put forth as a means to solve one of the
hardest chicken - and - egg problems faced by nearly all fundraising companies: in an
asset class historically dominated by social validation, how do you get someone to be your first
investor?
Because as
investors if you're looking at this current contemporary global macroeconomic backdrop from the 10 - 12 year perspective, I find it with the typical disclosure here that I'm not able to see with a perfect crystal ball or anything but it's
hard to believe that traditional
assets, that global equities, will be thriving in this environment just from the simple perspective of how overstretched they are from any reasonable measure of valuation.
Jane Siebels Founder, Chairman, CEO and CIO, Green Cay
Asset Management Topic: «Lessons Learned the
Hard Way from Sir John and Other Famous
Investors»
Blog Post: Some real estate
investors assume that higher - value (big ticket) real estate
assets outperform lower - value
assets, partly because there are fewer of them and they are
harder to buy.
There will also be a number of other respected resource industry analysis at the IMIC, who are ready to discuss all the options that
investors have if they want to gain access to
hard assets.
As we're now in the ninth year of the current cycle, we think
investors should consider the mixed nature of incoming data such as China's economic stimulus, global liquidity conditions, a US «
hard data» letdown and escalating
asset class valuations.
With the Bitcoin Cash
hard fork, which created $ 10 Billion worth of value out of thin air, still fresh in
investors minds many are currently shifting their digital
assets to take advantage of the new craze.
This allows an
investor to turn
hard assets into passive income.
One way funds top the performance charts is by taking additional risks, concentrating a portfolio or going
hard into the hot
asset;
investors enter when the fund is on a hot streak, and then are disappointed when the market turns and the strategy falters.»
My portfolios are the best I know given that the
investor understands the likely risk and return of each combination of
asset classes, and I work
hard to make the risk and return very clear.
With
asset allocation,
investors typically either fail to take enough risk in their investments (making it
harder to achieve long term goals) or take too much risk (jeopardizing future financial independence).
With massive runs in the last ten years, some
investors are considering abandoning stocks completely in favor of «
hard assets» such as gold and silver.
NAV tends to be a not very useful tool for
investors when individual
assets of the GC are not separable and saleable; or where
assets are
hard (or impossible) to value.
When a paper currency falls in value, gold increases as
investors prefer
hard assets such as precious metals.
Economically, the low Sharpe ratios of illiquidity - factor - mimicking portfolios were
hard to justify for an
investor, which is puzzling, as theory suggests
investors should demand a risk premium for holding less - liquid
assets.
That being said, as deep value balance sheet - focused
investors, we have a predilection for companies with
hard assets where
investors aren't pricing those
hard assets.
As an
asset - based
investor this should mean I require
hard net
assets (not intangibles) that are worth at least the market cost of the equity.
represents the perfect hedge for the Euro debt crisis — if we sail through the crisis, the fundamental case I outlined remains, while if everything goes horribly wrong (increasing budget deficits, debt restructurings, defaults, Euro ejections / withdrawals etc.) that will be even more reason for
investors to flee to German
assets, the
hard core of the Euro and Europe.
Source Capital is an
asset - based equity
hard money lender that believes in your potential as an
investor.
As an alternative to owning the
hard asset,
investors may also be attracted to investing in real estate investment trusts (REITs), which are exchange traded investment vehicles that give exposure to real estate with the ease and convenience of buying and selling on a stock exchange.
Since it is a
hard asset that produces income, some
investors have referred to farmland as «gold with a coupon.»
Realty shares took it on the chin so
hard during the crash late 2008 into 2009 that
investors savvy enough to buy distressed
assets at the bottom saw triple digit gains not likely to be seen again until the next crash (see top ETF performers in global and sector ETFs from the 2009 bottom).
Though interest rates were rising, they were not quite keeping up with inflation so the real (inflation adjusted) cost of money was low and
investors rushed to buy houses and
hard assets.
RINC aims to provide
investors access to a portfolio of listed companies that own «
hard» physical
assets, such as property, utilities and infrastructure (eg A-REITs, airports, toll roads and gas grids), that deliver strong dividend income from reliable revenue streams that can grow ahead of inflation.
In addition to remaining patient, the idea of owning some
hard assets as a cash hedge may make sense for some absolute return
investors.
Because real estate is a
hard asset (i.e., has an intrinsic value like a commodity),
investors want to know how much per unit you are asking them to pay.
While some
investors crave more control and direct exposure to
hard assets — and the potentially outsized returns that can be generated with this strategy — others will find the passive nature of investing in REITs or other private real estate funds more attractive if they are looking for a complete hands - off solution.
As traditional investments fared poorly (stocks, interest rates and property prices all fell),
investors switched to
hard assets, like commodities.
Illiquid
assets may also be
hard to sell quickly because of a lack of ready and willing
investors or speculators to purchase the
asset.