Month: August 2013

This is What The Impending War with Syria Means for Gold

Without sifting through the rotting underbelly of the political machine to determine the real reasons why the US and the UK need to go to war in Syria, I’d like to look at what the coming war means for real money. Yes, the shiny stuff. There are a few common

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This Company’s Burn Rate Should Scare The Hell out of You!

Burn Rate: Investopedia – “The rate at which a new company uses up its venture capital to finance overhead before generating positive cash flow from operations. In other words, it’s a measure of negative cash flow.” Day in and day out I review businesses. Most are privately run businesses, some

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Why I love PRISM

If you drink poisoned water thinking it’s safe you’re a victim. If you drink poisoned water knowing it’s poisoned you’re an idiot. In that context, I have been a complete idiot. I’ve stored unencrypted financial information on companies which I’ve been researching on Dropbox I’ve used Gmail I’ve used Skype

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“Rio Tinto Is Screwing Turquoise Hill Shareholders!”

So says a contact of ours in Mongolia. (This post is the result of various conversations which have transpired over the last few weeks. As such consider this a timely “bonus” issue.) Journalists are often constricted in many ways. Firstly by their publishing houses, whose prerogative is to sell copy.

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I am RICH

J told me that Kate had cancer. J and Kate were best friends growing up. The kind of best friends who shared everything. Inseparable, trusting, honest…the best friends any person could ever hope to have. I had been close friends with both J and Kate ever since I was in

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S”pain”… Still More to Come

  Spain. For those who may not be aware, Spain is a country which enjoyed one of the largest real estate manias in living memory. It continues to find itself mired in economic, political and subsequent social stresses. By the way, if you are not already a subscriber to one

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