Year: 2012

Some Days just Suck!

Yesterday was a BAD day! Trouble came first thing in the morning when my children woke me at half-past-dark. Taddy was dead. Likely killed by a neighborhood cat. Taddy is, err, was my daughters pet tadpole. He lived in a bucket near the back door and was fed and talked

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Why GDP Numbers are a Farce!

Listening to some of the clowns at Davos prattle on with myriad broken theories, while simultaneously using statistics as weapons in their intellectual tantrums, it struck me that most people have little idea what actually goes into government numbers such as CPI, GDP, unemployment levels, etc. In theory GDP or Gross Domestic Product should give

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Davos – Profiting from the Asinine

Davos  (?dæv?s) — n. Romansch name: Tarau.  A mountain resort town in Switzerland. Let’s consult the CapitalistExploits.com Dictionary for a better definition: Davos – n. A mountain resort town in Switzerland. It is best known as a place invaded annually by an assortment of the world’s most arrogant power brokers,

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Frontier Markets Investing 101

I was recently asked the question, “What is a Frontier market?” So, today I thought I’d follow up on our recent post, Cambodia – The New Emerging Market..?, wherein we had a conversation with the CEO of Leopard Capital, Doug Clayton, and answer this question as best I can. Frontier

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Cambodia – New Land of Opportunity (Part 2)

When we left off with our friend Doug Clayton of Leopard Capital, we were discussing how Cambodia is The New Emerging Market. Doug commented that, “Cambodia has a very different approach to business than most of Asia. It forces prices down for consumers due to the free competition. The government

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Cambodia – The New Emerging Market…?

The last time I spoke with my friend Doug Clayton our attention was focused on the unfolding and rapidly rising market in Myanmar, a country Doug is heading to shortly and one I’ll be returning to later this year with some friends. I caught up with Doug fresh off a

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Front-Running Liquidity – A Terrific Investment Strategy

Front-running liquidity has been a terrific investment strategy for Mark and I over the years (and NO, it has nothing to do with getting drunk before everybody else). It allowed me, before reaching the ripe old age of 30, to wake up one morning realizing that, “Hey I don’t have to

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The Virtue of Failing – More on Incubators

Following on from our last post on incubators, since Mark and I don’t come to our investment decisions whimsically, I wanted to flesh out our logic and rationale for investing in an incubator. First, and most importantly, failure is a huge part of business and investing; heck, it’s a huge part

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