Property Going Global February 2012 | Page 10

SCOTT PICKEN PROPERTY GOING GLOBAL don’t know how to evaluate investments based on their personal needs, get advice from people who aren’t experienced investors and don’t have a world-class team to advise them on such important things as purchasing, legal issues, taxes, on-going management, and maintenance. We do all of that and more. No one can predict the future, but it is possible to make educated and informed decisions if you have a model or a framework upon which to make intelligent decisions. How do we decide where to invest? Our serious and ongoing hands-on research, and years of investment experience will help you decide on investing locally or off-shore, which country to invest in and what to invest in, whether it is such things as stocks, bonds, property, or some other instrument. We are pleased to present this book, Property Going Global, the research from years of work by Clem Sunter and myself, Scott Picken. Clem Sunter is one of the greatest business minds locally and internationally, and I have been attending his scenario presentations for many years. Clem has been voted as one of the top 3 businessmen to have had the most change on South African business in the last 20 years and according to Google is one of the top 5 most respected scenario planners globally. He is now a leader in global research on scenarios and in the use of certain indicators, which we will explain in detail later. Using these systems, we will help you to determine where the future is going and how you