Year: 2017

Adoption, Not Just A Game For Brangelina

Who would have guessed that US Patent No. 3,906,166, granted in 1975 to Martin Cooper of Motorola would completely change the world? My kids tell me that was a long time ago, which I suppose it was…. Here’s global cell phone penetration over the last decade. Not bad… With hindsight

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Chris MacIntosh

Insider Weekly: When Will The Great Australian Housing Boom End?

Welcome back! Hat tip to Stephen for this beauty from Santa Barbara, California. In This Week’s Musings and Observations: Aussie housing: Walking a tightrope blindfolded after a bottle of Kalashnikov vodka Cobalt/EV vs. the rare earth mania of 2011 BMW (Maybe I’m biased) Fantasy land (More on the Tesla’s truck) Combustion engines dead?

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Global Trends
Chris MacIntosh

The Candle Problem (And Why Bitcoin Is Misunderstood)

Karl Duncker, that’s who came up with it. The Candle Problem, that is. If you haven’t heard of the candle problem, here’s the skinny. In 1945, just as Hitler was murdering himself (thankfully), psychologist Karl Duncker was turning his attention to how humans solve problems. He came up with “the candle

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Chris MacIntosh

Insider Weekly: Take Note Of This Technological Breakthrough

Welcome back! And a quick reminder: Send me your shots of sunsets and/or sunrises. Each week, I “share the love” with you all. Because there is more to life than money, and beauty is free. And just to keep you on your toes, no sunset, but look at the colour

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Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

Elon Musk Pulls An ICO

First up, this beauty received by one of the crew here at HMS Capitalist Exploits: Marketing an ICO… Killer! The Tesla ICO Speaking of ICOs, last week something amazing, breathtaking, and revolutionary happened. We had another ICO… the very first of its kind. An Initial Car Offering. Pundits said it was an unveiling

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Chris MacIntosh

Brace Yourself, This Market Is About To Skyrocket

Don your suits, ladies and gentlemen. We’re going back in! Slowly at First, the Ship Turns This is an update to our uranium Trade Alert of December last year.  The Trade(s):  We’re doubling down on our holdings of uranium stocks and buying in equal amounts: GoviEx Uranium (GXU:TSX) Fission Uranium (FCU:TSX)

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Chris MacIntosh

Insider Weekly: Why 2018 Will Likely Be A Great Year For This Commodity

Welcome back! Sunsets from Africa. Hat tip to your fellow Insider member Mike who took his lovely wife to see where he grew up. I was going to choose just one then…. ah, screw it. Here’s the lot, and they’re awesome! In This Week’s Musings and Observations: This week I’m keeping it “short”.

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Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

The “Other” Side of Asymmetry You Never Hear About

Everyone’s heard of “The Big Short”. We’ve Hollywood to thank for that, and thank them I will. After all, who didn’t love Margot Robbie explaining how it all worked? Even Mrs. Chris liked her. Of course, our heroes correctly bet against these mortgage backed securities smoking piles of isht and

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