Timber investments are no different from stock, bond or even housing investments. In each case, you expect the asset in question to produce an adequate return over some designated period of time.
June 27th, 2008 | Chris Hancock | 2 comments | ContinuedArchive for Chris Hancock
Christopher Hancock has spent the last two years doing investment research primarily focused on emerging markets, specifically China and Hong Kong. After working with Citigroup in Hong Kong on the challenges and opportunities associated with the forthcoming RBM flotation reform, Christopher left many of his friends behind and decided to return to the States to pursue a career in equity research. Christopher's desire to work for an independent firm led him to Agora Financial, where he now is the editor of Free Market Investor. Christopher travels extensively and utilizes his contacts across the globe to recommend the best international investments in the world right now for his subscribers.
Congress Berates, Rebukes and Ridicules Executives from Five Major Oil Companies
It seems like desperate times call for desperate measures. And the masses, desperate for answers, call on politicians for help. And any political production worth its salt has three main characters: the hero, the martyr and the villain. Heroes (politicians) need a martyr (America’s middle class) and a villain (oil companies) – and, if they’re lucky, a super villain (foreign oil companies).
June 6th, 2008 | Chris Hancock | 0 comments | Continued
Chinese Economy Appears to be Transitioning Into a Sustainable Form of Adolescence
A dozen or so gun-laden soldiers from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) stood quietly among the customs agents at Lo Wu Station. The KCR East Rail, the commuter train that left Hong Kong at Tsim Sha Tsui 45 minutes prior, pulled in for its last stop. Shenzhen, once a remote Chinese fishing village nestled peacefully at the mouth of the infamous Pearl River Delta, towered in the distance.
May 15th, 2008 | Chris Hancock | 0 comments | Continued
U.S. Dollar in a Race for the Most Worthless Currency
On Aug. 1, I-35W Mississippi River Bridge collapsed in Minneapolis USA… killing 13 and injuring 100 motorists. Since August 1, the dollar’s value has collapsed 3.4% against the world’s major currencies. Maybe there’s a connection… at least metaphorically.
For decades, United States federal inspectors knew that a flaw in the structure of the eight-lane I-35W bridge [...]
American Debt Reaching New Highs and Americans Continue to Use More Credit
Sixty some odd years ago, keeping your head above water meant saving a dollar. Today, it means borrowing a dollar… or two.
With each passing day, American debt levels reach new highs, the United States adds $2.43 billion to their record-high national debt, and the dollar continues to fall in value, further eroding an already insufficient retirement savings…
What [...]
Berkshire Hathaway’s $3.4B Wager on the Rails
Recently, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) disclosed its 10.9% stake in Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI) worth US$3.4 billion. To no one’s surprise, investors around the globe jumped on the Warren Buffett express. Burlington’s share price rose 6.5% on the announcement.
And Buffett didn’t stop there. Berkshire Hathaway confirmed it has also acquired stakes in two remaining [...]
Four Basic Rules for Investing in the Stock Market
Beating the S&P has become like a golf handicap: expressed in a number that gets bandied about, and maybe embellished a point or two, to impress any financial “mind” polite enough to listen.
The goal is simple, But for many, the attempt is futile and childish, grossly naïve in its fundamental premise. Most try, but few [...]
Steel Demand Increasing Due to Asian High Rise Boom
On the corner of Fifth and 34th Street in New York City rests the epitome of American progress.
Considered by some as the Eighth Wonder of the World, the Empire State Building was erected at the height of the Great Depression…pieced together with Indiana limestone and adorned with aluminum and chrome-nickel steel.
At the time, it stood as [...]
