http://discoverandinvest.com/investment-blog Investment and finance blog, covering all of the Discover And Invest latest investments. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:11:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We will begin to compare tradable assets which, based on previous blogs, we consider recommended in the current climate. But firstly, what do we define as the current and future climate? 1. Frequently volatile in the short-term 2. Record government deficits threatening the most “secure” of investment products 3. Poor equity performance 4. A forecast ... http://discoverandinvest.com/investment-blog/gold-versus-vintage-wine-investments/ A very good question if you don't know...and you're unlikely to as this is not a well known sector. However, as we like to do at Discover and Invest, we can prove to investors that this route offers a high level of secured income backed by some surprising macro-economic fundamentals. ... http://discoverandinvest.com/investment-blog/so-whats-an-agricultural-leaseback/ 2010; a new year, a new start. But in some ways, we have been here before. This is not the first time we have experienced a recession, and as tends to happen, governments spend their way out of them. New infrastructure projects, more public sector jobs, and that now oh so ... http://discoverandinvest.com/investment-blog/investments-in-a-post-quantitative-easing-qe-world/ Since the commodities boom of 2007, investors have increasingly come to realise the underlying benefits of investing in farms. An often misunderstood sector largely due to an unbalanced media view point, this article hopes to redress the balance and inform In the current climate and to help educate, below are the ... http://discoverandinvest.com/investment-blog/top-10-reasons-to-invest-in-uk-farming/ ‘Lafite prices climb as investors pile into wine’. Telegraph, 1st August 2009 Great news to tell you about, wine investing is the place to be! Our clients received information regarding the outstanding yield curve for the ‘1982’ vintage with strong evidence and support for the nearest equivalent ‘1996’ and ... http://discoverandinvest.com/investment-blog/our-wine-investors-are-already-winning-%e2%80%93-up-1176-in-2-months/ The UK economy contracted -1.9% in the first quarter of 2009, more than economists expected with record declines in the manufacturing and service sectors. This news has sent the pound plunging against the dollar and euro as investors also remain wary of record levels of government borrowing. Pound Sterling - UK ... http://discoverandinvest.com/investment-blog/uk-economy-contracts-19/ The euro has risen against the US dollar this morning with economic news from the eurozone showing the pace of recession easing in the last month. Yesterday market focus was on the pound with the UK budget and 6.7% unemployment rate causing a dip in sterling exchange rates. However this ... http://discoverandinvest.com/investment-blog/euro-climbs-against-us-dollar/ Foreign exchange markets will focus on sterling today with the annual budget released in the UK. Equity markets rallied overnight on the back of comments from US Treasury Secretary Geithner. This fuelled a bounce in currency exchange rates that failed to include the euro and illustrated the pressure weighing on ... http://discoverandinvest.com/investment-blog/uk-budget-released-today/ The euro is sitting at a 5 week low against the US dollar this morning as the single currency continues to be plagued by uncertainty surrounding ECB strategy. Larger than expected credit write downs at Bank of America yesterday reignited fears that the worst is not over in the financial ... http://discoverandinvest.com/investment-blog/euro-at-5-week-low/ The CBI has predicted the UK economy will contract by 3.9% in 2009, more than twice the amount predicted by Alistair Darling late last year. The euro has reached a one month low against the dollar amid concerns that the ECB is not doing enough to safeguard the ailing eurozone ... http://discoverandinvest.com/investment-blog/euro-hits-one-month-low-against-dollar/