AlmoPa
04-11-2016,
Given that the second word in the title of these forums is Traders as opposed to Investors it is not surprising much of what is posted here are short run ideas including day trades, swing trades, and momentum plays.
For those of you with a longer-term investment horizon you may want to consider adding exposure to timber to your portfolio for inflation protection and real growth at about the long-run pace of the global economy. Some of the greatest investors in the business are the former and current managers of Harvard & Yale's endowments - Meyer and Swenson respectively. Here is an excerpt from Yale's 2006 report. Note the endowment has over a quarter of its investments in real assets and one of the largest allocations to timberland in the industry (and the top annual performance over the last 20 years to boot).
For those of you with a longer-term investment horizon you may want to consider adding exposure to timber to your portfolio for inflation protection and real growth at about the long-run pace of the global economy. Some of the greatest investors in the business are the former and current managers of Harvard & Yale's endowments - Meyer and Swenson respectively. Here is an excerpt from Yale's 2006 report. Note the endowment has over a quarter of its investments in real assets and one of the largest allocations to timberland in the industry (and the top annual performance over the last 20 years to boot).