The Greener Team…
The start of the F1 season always sends die-hard F1 fans hearts racing, making them impulsively race off and buy an even bigger flat screen TV and, at dinner time, designating race time as sacred. It’s exciting for us; one can only imagine how exhilarating it is for the Virgin Racing team members. John Booth, Team Principle for Virgin Racing, may not have experienced his pulse accelerating 0 – 100 km/hr in 2.8 seconds at the start of the first race, but I bet it wasn’t far off. To quote Sir Richard Branson, ‘Both car and the team are in their infancy and like all infants some of our first steps may falter’. Wise words from a wise man whose’ credentials do not warrant questioning. One can only imagine the anticipation of Timo Glock and Lucas Di Grassi as they darted off in unproven cars in full view of the world press. No doubt that whilst battling the corners, reporting their cars performances back to the crew, fighting the awesome power of the Cosworth CA2010 engines and preying the Bridgestone Potenza tyres would grip like glue, they had grins on their faces like Lottery winners.
All this is to be expected from a formative F1 team. And, judging by the amount of people that still invest in the shaky stock market, this precarious ride is to be expected when investing too. Why don’t we ever slam the brakes on and ask ourselves ‘Why do we let our hard earned savings & pension funds sit on this unpredictable ride year after year and then throw our hands in the air in disbelief when the stock market spins out of control we lose everything?’ Clearly it’s a time for change and Virgin Racings’ partners Oxigen Investments may have the ideal solution.
Emblazoned on the rocket red cockpit of the Virgin Racing cars you will see the Oxigen Investments logo. So who are Oxigen Investments, what do they do and why are they official partners of Virgin Racing? Oxigen Investments are tree plantation specialists who plant swaths of sustainable forests for ethical felling on behalf of private and corporate investors. The forests of trees that they plant grow to maturity and felled for their timber, which is sold to the global timber trade and the proceeds sent to investors. During this process, carbon is pulled from the atmosphere creating oxygen, creating a better world for all of us. New trees are planted in their place and the process starts again. Now consider the following quotes and it’s easy to understand why Oxigen proving very popular with investors;
Jeremy Grantham, a respected US fund manager stated, ‘Timber is the only asset to have grown in three out of the four market collapses of the 20th century, and has risen steadily in price for 200 years’ In addition, Bloomberg Wealth Management stated ‘…hardwood has quietly and consistently out performed nearly all other commodities for the past 100 years…”
If you are after an investment that sits firmly on the grid, grows with time and won’t spin off the tracks, then you may wish to consider joining the greener team, Oxigen. To learn more about Oxigen Investments why not take a quick look at www.oxigenplc.com or call them direct on 0800 021 33 44.