Chris Mayer with Agora Financial notes that even during the ongoing financial crisis, the global demand for food and the fertilizer needed to grow it will continue to skyrocket.
Prudent investing during these turbulent times can guard and grow your wealth. Chris Mayer from the Rude Awakening shows you two “asset-rich conglomerates” that stand out during hard times.
Chris Mayer with the Penny Sleuth says that railroad executives have been pretty confident in their ability to continue to raise prices on their customers in the middle of a recession – making these two buffet-backed railroad stocks attractive buys.
Looking past the poverty and ahead, if you sit on Indian investments you could be rewarded with plenty of profits.
The government keeps trying everything it can to suppress the unfolding economic bust. What concerns us is that its actions will have consequences in the marketplace. As investors, we have to look for opportunities such as this one to multiply our wealth.
The Obama ‘mega stimulus’ is making its way through the Senate. Chris Mayer says this is good news for infrastructure firms. He picks five ’shovel ready’ companies set to benefit from the injection of public funds this year.
“There’s as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.”
— Trammell Crow, real estate mogul
Cycles are an inseparable part of the landscape of markets. Fortunes are often made in the valleys. I was thinking of this after I read several obituaries of Trammel Crow, who died this month. He was a guy who saw many booms and busts over his 94-year life.
Trammell Crow was a big-time developer and died a rich man. The Wall Street Journal once described him as “America’s biggest landlord.” His firm, Trammell Crow Co., estimates it built some 500 million square feet of real estate space. But it was a long road to get there from humble beginnings. His life is one of those great American…
Of all the crazy events in 2008, seeing the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in flames on TV is one I’ll remember for a long time. Last year, when I traveled throughout India, my first stop was Mumbai (or Bombay, as people still call it). I stayed at the Taj Mahal Palace.
Demand for food never wavers, says Chris Mayer. And that’s one reason why Canadian agri-business Viterra (TSE:VT) is a good buy right now. The company is well-financed and well-managed, and is trading at attractive levels. Chris says the stock should gain over 50% by the end of next year.
If you only looked at Saskatchewan, you wouldn’t know there was a global recession going on says Chris Mayer. The Canadian province is rich in relatively cheap arable farmland. And this means the region could be at the start of a multi-year boom as global demand for grains soars in the coming years.
