There are many people who go on about farm prices rising to some sort of crazy price due to some combination of the growing world’s population, declining returns on new farming techniques, changing weather patterns and overuse of resources like underground aquifers. While I am not in the Malthusian camp—I believe that human ingenuity will usually triumph over human stupidity—I certainly think that the Read More

Having spent much of the last two years living in a frontier economy, I’ve learned a thing or two about how to succeed in business in a less developed market. In particular, two traits of successful businessmen stand out. To start with, a healthy dose of common sense is needed. I’m not talking about the book learning that you get at a fancy business Read More

We all know that the stock market swings wildly between manic periods of fear and greed. Nowhere are these swings more severe than in economically sensitive companies. Normally, these swings make sense. Every once in a while, I just shake my head and say “wow, fear sure is one strange emotion.” Anyone following the junior mining space has known that juniors cannot raise capital Read More