Tag Archives: Gold
An Ounce of Gold or an Acre of Land?

An Ounce of Gold or an Acre of Land?

July 22, 2011 26 Comments

Yesterday I noticed that the price of gold has risen to $1600 per ounce, and the thought struck me that land in my part of west Alabama is selling for approximately the same price per acre.

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Buy High... Sell Low? ...or Invest in Land!

Buy High… Sell Low? …or Invest in Land!

December 28, 2010 1 Comment

On Monday, December 13th, an amusing investment article appeared online. Entitled “5 Experts: where to invest in 2011” – the “experts” cited in this Fortune article…

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Land hedges both inflation and systemic risk

Land hedges both inflation and systemic risk

May 10, 2010 7 Comments

On Thursday, May 6th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell almost 1,000 points, a little more than nine percent, in 16 minutes, and no one knows why.

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