March 17, 2011

WOW!


North Africa is smoldering, Japan just got soaked by a tidal wave and a radioactive debris cloud may or may not suddenly appear. The PIIGS continue their slow financial collapse and QE II will end in a few months. The world we live in is a crazy place. On Sunday night, I watched in awe as the Japanese stock market lost nearly 10% in Read More
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March 12, 2011

Coup d’Etat


Coup d’Etat: A Practical Handbook by Edward Luttwak is one of those great books that you can read repeatedly and learn something new each time. Clearly, I’m not in the business of staging a coup against anything. Rather, I appreciate the intellectual purity of contemplating such an abstract concept. The permutations and divergent courses you can take in your ambition only add to the complexity Read More
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February 26, 2011

Ignore The Jewelry Hoax….


Ever since I started buying gold in 2003, people have been concocting stories about why it’s a bad investment and why every pullback is indicative of the top. None of these stories has had much merit, but they all need to at least be explored. The latest thesis goes something like this: gold is a bubble driven by investment demand. Jewelry demand is in Read More
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February 9, 2011

Why I Would NEVER Invest In Early Stage Infrastructure Projects


From time to time, one of my friends really out-thinks a topic. Rather than trying to paraphrase someone else’s thoughts, I bring them to you as written. If you enjoy the following, check out capitalistexploits.com for more of the same. With that said, I pass the microphone to my friend Chris…..   I’ve been troubled by China and how to best invest for some time now. Read More
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February 3, 2011

Wiluna Did What..?!?


Back in June, I wrote about Apex Minerals’ Wiluna mine (AXM: Australia). At the time, it was a struggling restart of an old underground mine. I felt that after a number of false starts, the company was taking the right steps to finally achieve profitability. The mill was working at half of capacity so the expensive stuff was paid for. The company just needed to get Read More
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