Global Credit Crisis

The traditional investments that have been the bedrock of our economy have succumbed to the strain of the global credit crunch.
As the financial markets become ever more uncertain, private investors are looking for alternative investment opportunities and tangible assets to weather the storm.

 

Unprecedented Territory

The financial turbulence has swept aside some of the largest and most influential financial institutions of our time. In the wake of Lehman Brothers, Bear Sterns, the banking crisis and continual government bailouts, interest rates fell to their lowest in history. The overall result has been a crushing blow for private investors as portfolios have reduced significantly.
 
“The price of farmland is rising at its fastest rate for more than 30 years as wealthy city dwellers and overseas buyers seek a slice of idyllic rural England, and jittery investors rush to move their money out of stocks and shares, because of the global credit crunch,” (Fields of Gold, The Independent 2008).