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Thinking outside the box
How forging a new path in the property market can reap big rewards I have several guidelines to which I have mostly adhered when investing. Amongst others, this includes...
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Quoted German propcos – a brief history
Back in 2007, left behind by the likes of the US, the UK and (shock horror!) France, the German government moved with its customary celerity to create its own REIT sector. A year...
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French reconnection, part 1
In the following monthly series of articles Oliver Ash tells the story of his initial steps in the field of real estate, how this took him overseas to a new life in Paris, how he...
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Goldilocks And The Ten Bears
With the bull market scaling new heights and global growth re-accelerating, I explained last month why this situation is likely to continue (see Why The Bulls Are Back...
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UK commercial property could stay the course through waves of uncertainty
Waves of political and economic uncertainty have become something of a norm for markets in recent years. Against a backdrop of significant events – from US-China trade tension to...
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Investing in Polish Commercial Property 4
How to earn double-digit returns from Polish property As readers of my articles might recall we have, for many years, been earning double-digit returns from our property...
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Desert Diary 6
How the peaceful Gulf state became one of the dominant economies in the world in under half a century Here in the United Arab Emirates 2018 was the Year of Zayed, 12 months of...
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Why Centrica no longer meets my investment criteria
In 2012, one of the first companies I invested in as a defensive value investor was Centrica, the company behind British Gas. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Centrica was...
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Good News, Bad News and Walls of Worry
The MSCI All Country World Index is up some 250% since the financial crisis. But was there ever a cycle in which investors were more skeptical about the market’s upward momentum,...