In Ulaanbaatar…. My writing – I hope it doesn’t bore you. This charity auction was held in Princeton-NJ – Not exactly a back water location. Lots of bidders for an over Retail iPadII and 3-4 bidders for an under retail 10 gram Gold Bar – I ended up bidding on and winning the Gold Bullion Bar I donated. Here i my tale: http://kdpm-kderbespreciousmetalsllc.blogspot.com/2011/03/can-gold-be-bubble-when-ipad-is.html That Read More

First a question, then an idea- Has anything changed with your investment thesis with Andean American? Recent PR makes it sound like community agreements for Invicta are progressing. Why does the market not yet recognize the potential here? A possible trend unfolding: as the consumer population explodes in parts of the developing world, consumer waste will grow exponentially. In waste management terms, “recovery” is Read More

RenRen recently had an IPO on the NYSE, the Facebook of China. Currently Facebook is valued around 65 billion, on the private market. RENN had an IPO today at $14 a share valued at $725 million. Right now, its at $19 a share. Facebook has 600 million users, with China having over billion people alone, the potential for this to be BIDU story seems Read More

Sorry for the sparse postings… Let’s just say I’ve been VERY busy… I just got email from Mongolian stock exchange broker (Bdsec) about possibility of buying Gov’t backed bonds. Estimated yield is going to be around 6-7 percent. What are the average yields on Mogolian bank accounts? I think I’m getting 14% at my bank account. If you’re willing to bank with a more Read More

In Toronto on the way back to Mongolia… Hi Kuppy, I notice in your last post on silver you talked about adding and selling based on the bollinger bands. Is this your favorite technical indicator? also, on silver it had been up against the upper ranges for awhile—what did you see there to get you to sell? does it have to pierce the upper Read More

Do you have an opinion on Sierra Gold Corp, SGCP? I’ve never heard of it. Sorry Kuppy, I enjoyed reading your thesis on Energold. I haven’t looked at drillers in the past so can you help me understand pricing. If Energold is able to add rigs at such a fast pace, shouldn’t others be able to add as well? Why should we expect pricing Read More

Do you have any strong feelings on the euro, yen, dollar or any major currency beside the tugrik? One of the things I am trying to understand is what currency levels are in the best interest of each of the major issuers (or in the case of the euro, countries). Do you believe the Japanese really want a lower yen, given its aging population Read More

People getting bullish on Mongolia as an oil play http://mongoliaeconomy.blogspot.com/2011/06/westhouse-bullish-on-prospects-for.html Every time someone puts a hole in the ground, they seem to find something valuable. What if Mongolia becomes a major oil exporter along with copper, gold and coal? The greatest country specific macro play continues to get even better… http://mongoliaeconomy.blogspot.com/2011/06/mining-boom-fuels-new-mongol-hoard.html Kuppy, Believe this was front page wsj article. Guess you were just a year Read More

Currently I’m trading stradles and strangles with options, just looking for a directional move for profit. Many of the charts I view have a downward trend from $30 to $20. Is it easier for the a stock to rise to $25 since it only has to move 20% compared to go down to $15 since it needs to go down 25%. I guess my Read More