Month: May 2022

OWTW
CapEx Team

Time to buy stocks?

The “popular press” tells us it’s time to buy stocks… But is it really? We highlighted Apple as an example in last week’s Insider Weekly. By all respects, Apple is a great company. Lately it looks like the dish served is apple crumble. Bottom fishing investors are screaming it’s a buy.

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OWTW
CapEx Team

Tech stocks: avoid the undertow – OWTW

Looking at the carnage in “growth” stocks, it feels like it was eons back when our friend Kuppy warned just a few weeks ago (on 25 April to be exact) about the undertow building up in the tech market: The tech sector has an undertow to it. It started slowly in 2021,

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Capitalist Viewpoints
CapEx Team

EUROPE, DRY SHIPPERS LOVE YOU

The EU formally adopted the fifth round of sanctions against Russia last week. In essence, it targets Russia’s coal sector. European companies will no longer be able to enter into new agreements to purchase coal from Russia, and any existing contracts will have to be terminated during early August. So

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Current Affairs/Politics
CapEx Team

DUBAI

As far as I can tell the Emirates are doing everything in their power to open this place up and make it more attractive. Two examples of many: Dubai Land Department makes all real estate data publicly available as it strengthens transparency – Arabian Business UAE Cabinet approves Executive Regulations

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Energy
CapEx Team

I HATE BEING RIGHT

No, really. Especially about crappy things like this. But here we are and the pointy shoes in Berlin have a solution to their self-inflicted energy catastrophe. You wanna know what it is? Nationalize their energy assets. I know, I know… it’s what Venezuala did and it’s been tried and tested

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Capitalist Viewpoints
CapEx Team

The Road to Zero

Human beings — regardless of race, religion or culture — like to embrace any belief that is absolute. This is because absolute beliefs are simple, easy to comprehend, and false positives that offer us a false sense of security. If we come to believe that a particular idea, place, or

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