In 1945, after WWII ended the United Nations was formed. Its mandated purpose was to: “promote and facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, political freedoms, democracy, and achievement of lasting world peace.” Now those are noble goals, to be sure, and admittedly they set [...]
April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Something Wicked This Way Comes
For those that don’t know the origin of the title of this post, which I’m sure almost everyone has heard before, the phrase “something wicked this way comes” is originally from William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. More appropriate for purposes of this post is its role as the title of a Ray Bradbury novel penned in [...]
March 26, 2013 By 5 Comments
Mongolia: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?
Given our bullish stance on Mongolia, which seems to conflict with much coming out of the mainstream press these days, I figured it prudent to reach out to our on-the-ground contacts, mainly self-appointed news mogul “Mogi” Munkhdul Badral, whom some of you had the pleasure of meeting whilst in Mongolia at our Meet Up last [...]
February 14, 2013 By 7 Comments
Doug Casey: The Virtues of Capitalism
What can be said of Doug Casey? His life and career are the stuff of legend among investors and speculators, especially in the junior resource space. Doug is a friend and mentor to Chris and I. For over 25 years I’ve read his monthly missives, devoured his books and attended his Casey Research workshops. I [...]
November 23, 2012 By 6 Comments
Black Friday – And Why Capitalism Doesn’t Exist
As a follow-up to the post Finding Your Sneetch I thought it appropriate on this, a day that retailer’s refer to as “Black Friday”, to chime in a bit. (Note: I purposefully delayed my post by a day just to write on this subject, and also to give all our US readers a break on [...]
November 20, 2012 By 5 Comments
Finding Your Sneetch
Mark and I recently finished our Fiji Meet Up with a small group of totally awesome people. With the laughable US presidential election process taking place at exactly the same time, I have to say that our attendees spent their time far more productively than standing in a voting queue or sitting glued to the [...]
