Stronach: Farmland's Main Purpose Is Volatility Reduction and Inflation Hedging
Luke Stronach · EP 574: Buying $2m 600 Acre Pecan Farm, $450/acre/mo, Literally Shaking Money From Trees with Investor Luke Stronach · Feb 18, 2017 · at 9:36
Farmland fund manager Luke Stronach discusses the primary strategic role of farmland in institutional and private wealth portfolios.
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“If somebody told me that their main interest in farmland investing was to just make tons of cashflow every year, I would tell them that that is not the main purpose of it. It's main purpose is to reduce the volatility that you see in other investments, like the stock market and as a real hedge against in inflation.”
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