Investing in Tropical Hardwoods
As you search for a
safe way to invest your hard earned money and have it continue to grow
irrespective of the daily news or stock market fluctuations, consider
tropical hardwood trees grown for you by contract for harvest.
Widely respected independent
professionals affirm the wisdom of investing in
trees being grown for harvest.
Recent articles in
The Economist, Bloomberg Wealth Manger,
Smart Money Magazine, and
MoneyWeek on growing timber trees for harvest all deliver the
same advice.
- "Individual investors have begun exploring timber more
aggressively as a source of almost assured growth in tumultuous times."
- ". . . timber is a near perfect asset."
- "Average annual returns on timber . . . have
outstripped those from leading global stock indices, property, oil
and gold for the past decade."
- ". . . real prices for timber have steadily risen
for more than 100 years - better performance than any other commodity
. . ."
- "How can investors be so certain of returns? 'One key factor that
drives the investment is biological: trees grow.'"
- "clients inclined toward socially responsible
investing will find even more to like in timber . . .."
Very satisfied tree owners
reviewing their trees on
our tree farms
Fast-growing precious tropical
hardwood trees can be a very rewarding investment. You may enjoy
reviewing projections of the return for
planting and growing teak trees on our farms.
More Excerpts:
The Economist
"Timber as a growing asset
class" in the February 5, 2007 edition of the Economist says:
- "Average annual returns on timber . . . have
outstripped those from leading global stock indices, property, oil
and gold for the past decade."
- ". . . modern investors are putting money
into trees to reap benefits in the nearer term."
- "A growing number of individuals,
endowments and pension funds are including timber as a 'hard asset'
in their portfolios."
- "As 'green' awareness rises around the world,
timber looks more attractive than ever."
MoneyWeek
"Timber investors are barking
up the right tree" in the July 7, 2006 issue of Moneyweek says:
- The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation
predicts world consumption of industrial wood will rise 60%
over the next 25 years"
- "trees have never heard of the Nasdaq bubble…
and they don’t know what a War on Terror is"
- "over the past century the price of wood has
averaged an annual increase of 6%"
Smart Money Magazine
"Timber!" in the
November 2001 issue of Smart Money Magazine notes:
- "The track record of early investors - and a slew of recent
academic research - indicate that timber is a near perfect asset."
- "As trees get larger, their value increases."
- " . . . research indicates that real prices for timber have
steadily risen for more than 100 years - better performance than any other
commodity . . ."
Bloomberg Wealth Manager
"The Growth in Trees, Timber's New
Place in the Diversified Portfolio" in the December 2001 / January 2002
issue of the Bloomberg Wealth Manager. This article is more technical, but just
as positive:
- "Individual investors have begun exploring timber more
aggressively as a source of almost assured growth in tumultuous times."
- "How can investors be so certain of returns? 'One key factor that
drives the investment is biological: trees grow.'"
- ". . . compared with oil and gold,
for example, whose value can be affected by new finds, 'we know where all the
world's forests are.'"
- "Indeed, as an asset class, timber - a renewable resource with
constant product demand - stands out as a remarkably stable investment."
- "Clients inclined toward socially responsible investing will find
even more to like in timber . . . Forests take greenhouse gasses out of the
atmosphere as they grow and replenish the earth's supply of oxygen."
- "Timber's qualifications as a solid investment are too
impressive to dismiss."
An additional and very important factor is that we
have elected to grow high-value tropical hardwood trees whose wood is in demand
primarily for its
beauty rather than its utility.
History shows that as prices
rise, replacements are often found or developed for items of utility, but
never for items of beauty.
The
world's natural tropical rainforests are disappearing and the
increasing scarcity of rainforest makes growing tropical hardwood trees
for harvest an
increasingly attractive, and urgent, business and investment.
We are now growing more than 2
million precious tropical hardwood trees for
more than 3,000 individuals, companies and trusts on our tree farms in
Costa Rica.
We would love to have you join us!
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