It’s one thing to read about a disaster. It’s quite another to live through one. Everyone living in Russia in the 1990s experienced total economic collapse firsthand. I was there – the devastation was rife everywhere. Also read: Q2/H1 Hedge […]
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Are You Investing With One Eye Closed? Ask Yourself These 3 Questions
Would you drive with one eye closed? Of course not. So why do so many people invest in stocks with one eye closed? Also read: Q2/H1 Hedge Fund Letters – Conferences, Calls, And More Fund of funds Business Keeps Dying […]
How The Wealthiest Capitalist Dynasty Ever Went Bust
Cornelius Vanderbilt might have been the greatest capitalist in history. When Cornelius was just 16, in 1810, he borrowed US$100 from his mother. Using that money, he went on to build a fortune of around US$100 million. That would be […]
Is the Yuan failing?
In late 2016, something happened that a lot of people thought would be a giant step in the process of the internationalisation of the renminbi, China’s currency. At the end of September 2016, the renminbi was added to the International […]
An Emerging Market Still Stuck In The Past
In 1995, I found myself living in the middle of nowhere. I was in a country not many people have ever heard of… and even fewer can pronounce – Kyrgyzstan. Also read: Q2/H1 Hedge Fund Letters – Letters, Conferences, Calls, […]
Lessons From The Greatest Real Estate Purchase Ever
In my decades in finance and real estate, one thing I’ve learned is this: the core underlying principles of investing rarely change. You see, the fundamentals aren’t new. Technology, computing, speed of information dissemination and transparency… sure, these have all helped change […]
The profound effect of passive investing
The exchange traded fund (ETF) revolution is well underway… Last week, we wrote about how the ETF industry has exploded over the past few years. A record US$3.4 trillion in assets under management (AUM) are now held in ETFs. That’s […]
Amid Tensions With America, Businesses Flock To Iran
Right now, the U.S. is doing the rest of the world a big favour… It’s locking itself out of one of the largest and more attractive pre-frontier markets. I’m talking about Iran. Most of the world is clamouring to do […]
What Can You Do About This Recurring Crisis?
The North Korea nuclear missile saga just keeps on rolling… The previous episode was aired in April of this year, resulting in Russia’s Security Council chief, Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, accusing “external provocateurs” of bringing the Korean peninsula to the “brink of […]
How a wealthy country declines into a rogue state
One hundred years ago, Argentina’s meat and grain exports made it one of the world’s wealthiest countries. It was richer than both Germany and France in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. And Argentines earned four times as […]
The Bullish Case For Bitcoin Even After The 330% Rise This Year
As bitcoin soared through US$4,000 over the weekend, you’d be forgiven – if you haven’t bought any bitcoin for thinking you’ve missed the boat, that it’s too late… that the opportunity has slipped through your grasp. Relax, the opportunity is […]
