INVESTOR TALK
Spread Your Risk
With Offshore
Investment
W
elcome to the 2013 Offshore Handbook.
In this Handbook you will find all the
information you need to start your
investment journey in another country. You might be
asking, why you should think of investing in another
country? The answer is simple, not only is it the smart
decision from an investment point of view, but by
diversifying your assets you are essentially spreading
your risk. After all having all your eggs in one basket
is pretty risky.
With the technological age we now live in,
investing in another country has never been easier.
You have all the information you could need to make
an informed decision at your fingertips, and with
Google Earth, you can even view the landscape from
the comfort of your own home.
Before you decide which country you want to invest
in, it’s best to start at the beginning and consider
what type of investment you want? Are you investing
for returns? Or do you want a holiday home that
doubles as an investment? Or a retirement home
whch you can let out now and earn money from?
Globally the property market has been on a bit of a
rollercoaster ride, but things seems to have stabilised
and there is definite recovery on the cards, and as the
economies recover so too will the property markets.
One can see this in the USA which not only survived
their economic crisis but saw property in the USA
becoming sought after as people picked up bargain
deals knowing that once the market had hit rock
bottom the only place left to go was up.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) has predicted that GDP
worldwide growth in 2013 is expected to match that
of 2012 at 1.4%, before increasing to 2.3% for 2014.
With that in mind, I wish you happy reading and
researching as you start your offshore investment
journey!
Angelique Redmond
EDITOR
“Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing”.
Warren Buffet
www.reimag.co.za
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