Next Ten Years Period: Farm land will Be Best Investment

Mr. Stephen Diggle

Over the past ten years gold has outperformed equities, mutual funds and other investments. . However, will the out performance continue in the future as well? Although there is no denying gold’s importance in one’s portfolio it should be noted that gold is a non-consumption commodity, also having some aesthetic value attached to it.
Agricultural commodities have an edge in this case. Owning to significant shortages, agri commodities have garnered significant interest amongst investors in the recent years.
So, are agricultural commodities the next trade of the decade?

Well not really, if  Mr. Stephen Diggle, a Hedge Funds manager is to be believed.  The idea is already over crowded with many trades in agricultural stocks and commodities. He feels that owning a farmland is an indirect way to ride the current commodity boom.
With current food price  rising and shortage agriculture presents the best opportunity for investors over the next ten years. And if this turns out to be true, it will be farmers and not bankers who will drive Ferraris in the future.

Mr. Stephen Diggle, co-founder of the now-defunct Singapore-based hedge fund Artradis Fund Management. When he and co-founder Mr. Richard Magides decided to go their separate ways and closed Artradis at the end of February 2011, however, Mr. Stephen Diggle wanted to continue working with other investors and further broaden their capital.

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