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The impact of higher inflation on US asset class returns

by Richard M. Salsman | Jan 10, 2022

Which US asset classes perform best or worst amid periods of high inflation (6% or more)? Answer: commodities perform best, while bills perform worst. It’s commonly recognised...

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Tough times for property investors

by Andrew Baum | Jan 10, 2022

Keep your eye on the far horizon, says this writer. Real estate owners and users are not short of business challenges right now. Climate change, energy use and carbon emission;...

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The new enclosure

by Jonathan Silver and Tom Gillespie | Dec 15, 2021

How land commissions can lead the fight against urban land grabs When Boris Johnson sold the 35-acre Royal Albert Docks in London to Chinese buyers in 2013, it was...

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Death of the high street?

by Allison M Orr | Dec 14, 2021

Not yet, but further change is needed. The harbingers of doom have been ringing the death knoll on the UK high street for some time now. The Great Financial Crisis, the...

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Solutions for the butts in seats debate: time to get creative and listen to our customers/employees, part 2

by Elaine Worzala | Dec 14, 2021

Last week, I started the discussion of the great debate that is actually turning into the great resignation. Employees are talking with their feet and when a company starts...

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Amazon and Tesco’s checkout-free stores

by Kokho Jason Sit | Dec 13, 2021

A niche idea that won’t save the high street. There have never been so many different ways to shop for groceries. The biggest chains offer customers a choice of vast superstores,...

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The butts in seats debate: perspectives from a self-proclaimed super mom, part 1

by Elaine Worzala | Dec 9, 2021

We've come a long way, baby, but we still have a long way to go! Wow, 40 years is a long time and the commercial property market has come a long way. We're now a...

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A pandemic of armchair experts

by Daniel Read | Dec 9, 2021

How we decide who and what to believe We appear to live in an age of misinformation. Certain broadcasters and social-media celebrities openly promote fake facts or...

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A new idea emerges at COP26

by Christopher Barnard and Connor Tomlinson | Dec 8, 2021

In November 2021, 180 world leaders gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations’ annual climate summit. But once the wheels of their private jets had...