Month: May 2016

The only constant is change
Other
Chris MacIntosh

The Only Constant Is Change

There are times when you just have to say no. It might be tough but it’s the best way. Right now, I’m saying NO to a huge portion of my life I’ve been dedicated to for the last few years. I decided to share some of my thoughts on this

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ING
Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

Opportunity Amongst The Entrails Of European Banks

In a misguided and desperate attempt to fight the headwinds of deflation (a byproduct of unsustainable debt which the market has been trying to unwind for the past decade), central bankers have manipulated markets with a range of tools. This ranges from a lot of preposterous jawboning to quantitative easing and slashing interest rates all

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Farnam Street
Podcast
Chris MacIntosh

How To Be A Smarter Investor

Investing, as you might know yourself, is first and foremost a great mental exercise. Hence, perhaps one of the most important pillars of investing success is continuous education (though this likely holds true for any other area as well, not just investing). And it’s no fluke that some of the best

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Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

Can Someone Find Me A Borrow For This Crazy Investment, Please?

Do you remember when you were growing up and all your friends were allowed Atari game consoles but you weren’t? Well, I do and the things seemed as foreign to me as Venus. Mostly because the little time I managed to spend on the gaming consoles when my friends weren’t hogging them

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Saudi Riyal
Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

Only Two Options For The Saudi Sheikhs

A few years ago, when living in Phuket, Thailand, a group of Saudis stayed for a week’s holiday in a neighboring villa.

Outside of the religious and social confines of the land of black gold and endless sand, this group made a bunch of spoiled 5-year olds left to run amok in a candy shop without adult supervision look positively angelic.

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Moscow, Russia
Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

To Russia With Love

“Freddie experienced the sort of abysmal soul-sadness which afflicts one of Tolstoy’s Russian peasants when, after putting in a heavy day’s work strangling his father, beating his wife, and dropping the baby into the city’s reservoir, he turns to the cupboards, only to find the vodka bottle empty.” ― P.G. Wodehouse, The Best

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