Following on the heels of our last post, Viva Ecuador!, I wanted to address a few common and some not so common misconceptions about the country. A lot has been written about Ecuador, to be sure. It seems to be a favourite among the expat focused lifestyle and PT publications, which all claim to be [...]
March 5, 2013 By 5 Comments
Viva Ecuador!
“Mark, you can’t get much more “frontier market” than Ecuador. It’s a value frontier market to boot! So said an email I received from my new friend, Hector Quintana, wherein he invited me to get my “boots on the ground” with him on his home turf of Ecuador. Hector continued, “Ecuador is hammered in the [...]
February 21, 2013 By 1 Comment
A Conversation with Harris Kupperman – Part 1
For long time readers, Harris Kupperman (Kuppy) needs no introduction. For more recent readers Harris is a friend, fellow cynic, hedge fund manager and CEO of Mongolia Growth Group (Ticker: YAK.V). Someone crazy enough (we are very grateful) to move from sunny Florida to Ulanbaatar in order to take advantage of the growth there. Harris [...]
April 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
Kung Fu Finance – Part II
Today we’re finishing up our discussion with Susan Fujii, otherwise known as Kung Fu Girl. Her website KungFuFinance.com is an EXCELLENT place for novice investors to begin their journey to mastery. However, even experienced investors can learn a little something from Susan’s journey of investor self-awareness. I just made that up by the way… Hmmmmm. [...]
April 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
Kung Fu Finance
A couple months back I had the pleasure of meeting Susan Fujii. We were both in attendance at Simon Black’s presentation for his sustainable farm community in central Chile. Unfortunately we really didn’t get to chat until the event was literally over. In retrospect that may have been a good thing, as I would have [...]
April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mongolia Growth Group – Cash Flow Positive
It’s been a while since we’ve updated our readers as to what Harris Kupperman, CEO of Mongolia Growth Group, has been up to. If you are a new reader to our site then we humbly suggest you go and read “A Mongolian Capitalist – Part I”, and “A Mongolian Capitalist – Part II”, where we [...]
