October 19, 2012

Myanmar Part II


My friend Chris Mayer continued his journey through Myanmar. If you missed Part I, click here. If you want to visit the Capital & Crisis website, please click here.   “This is a market of 65 million people where everyone is basically at the starting line. There is no other market like this.” — Masaki Takahara, managing director of Jetro (a Japanese trade organization), on Myanmar   Read More
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October 14, 2012

Myanmar Part I


For the better part of a year, I have been trying to find some free time to go and visit Myanmar. My good friend Chris Mayer seems to have beat me to it and in the first of what I hope will be many entries (keep writing Chris!!) posted some initial thoughts on his Capital & Crisis website.   “The heat rolled from the earth like Read More
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October 12, 2012

A Whole Lotta Coal….


Back in early September, I took a trip to the South Gobi in Mongolia. I went to look at Erdenes Tavan Tolgoi (ETT), which owns the largest coking coal deposit in the world (now ramping up) incidentally named Tavan Tolgoi. While in the Gobi, I also got to get a good look at Mongolian Mining Corp’s (975: HK) Ukhaa Khudag mine also ramping up, Read More
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October 7, 2012

Position Update 10/08/2012


It has been 10 months since I posted some position updates (I have meant to do this quarterly) and I thought it was useful to at least review where we are and what’s happening with the companies that I have mentioned on this site. AAG.V Price at Mention $0.56    Current Price $0.16     -71% Change Clearly I got this one wrong. I’m done with small Read More
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September 25, 2012

A Quick Exit….


I have always been of the opinion that when you buy something as a trade, unless you want to own it long term, you shouldn’t be greedy. Book them when you have them…. Clearly with Boart Longyear (BLY:AU) I have them… I sold most of mine last night. A 50% gain in three weeks (not including a very healthy dividend payment along the way) Read More
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