At The Money: Monetizing Dirt

Masters in Business

Bloomberg

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Land is more than just a place to build a house, commercial building or farm. Real assets can be monetized through Mineral and gas rights, solar and wind, recreation, even AI.

Brandon Zick is Chief Investment Officer of Ceres Farmland Fund (now part of Wisdom Tree); they own and manage about $2 billion in agricultural land assets.

Each week, “At the Money” discusses an important topic in money management. From portfolio construction to taxes and cutting down on fees, join Barry Ritholtz to learn the best ways to put your money to work.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome.
0:01.8	This is the Michelle Hussein Show.
0:04.2	I'm Michelle Hussein.
0:05.7	I speak with people like Elon Musk.
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0:09.2	And Shonda Rhymes.
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0:19.1	So please join me.
0:20.4	Listen and subscribe to the Michelle Hussein show from Bloomberg
0:24.5	Weekend, wherever you get your podcast.
0:27.2	You certainly ask interesting questions.
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0:38.4	Here's to the farmer, the plants, the fields, and the spring.
0:43.4	The turn from green to that harvest, honey.
0:47.1	Pull one up for the banker downtown.
0:50.5	They got him on his feet with handshake of money.
0:57.0	Have you ever thought about what makes land valuable? It's much more than just a place to build a house or commercial building or place a farm.
1:04.0	Real assets have become increasingly popular, accessed through alternatives like private equity funds. I'm Barry Rittholtz, and on today's
1:13.5	edition of At the Money, I'm going to discuss alternative land rights investing. To help us unpack all
1:20.7	of this and what it might mean for your portfolio, let's bring in Brandon Zick. He's the chief
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