Author: Chris MacIntosh

Did Elon Just Declare War On A Human Blockchain?

One of the things that makes the Bitcoin blockchain network so appealing and powerful is that every transaction is validated by a swarm of folks who are decentralized, and whose single purpose is to validate whether a transaction is true or false. It has created what is presently THE most

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Chris MacIntosh

Insider Weekly: A Welfare State Without Welfare?

Hello, and welcome back! No sunset picture for you this week. No, really. Some weeks I have many submissions and I always have at least one. This week you’ve made me feel lonely. Please don’t do that again. As you know we’re balls neck deep in switching our systems over and

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Who’s Rigging Elections Again?

This is a follow on from last week’s article about how the left possibly handed Trump the 2020 election. In that article I said: There was — and is — election meddling taking place, but it’s not from the Russians. Rather it’s from Silicon Valley companies, which today control the

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Chris MacIntosh

Insider Weekly: Peak Performance For Growth

Hello, and welcome back! Early evening in Camelback mountain, Phoenix courtesy of your fellow member Ed. This Week Lyft and Uber: Peak performance for growth Deep value manager amasses offshore oil exposure A revival of offshore oil capex Greece: We’re not alone Mexico in trouble Dirty shale oil Aussie housing:

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Did The Left Just Hand Trump The Next Election?

Two events. Unrelated. Both jet fuel to Trump’s 2020 campaign. Black Privilege Walking the frigid streets of Chicago mid winter in a polar vortex is, I would imagine, uncomfortable. So even if you were some rabid racist, gay hating Neanderthal swaggering about with a bottle of bleach you’d think twice

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Chris MacIntosh

Insider Portfolio Review: Part 4

This is part 2 of our update to our alerts on battery metals from late 2017 (October 2017, cobalt) and early 2018 (January 2018, vanadium) where we will update you on vanadium and introduce hydrogen. As discussed in part 1, we’re combining all these themes into one: Battery technology. The

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Chris MacIntosh

Insider Weekly: A Growth Story To Make You Cry

Hello, and welcome back! Two photos from Stephan in Tasmania. This Week China cranking up fuel cells A “growth” story to make you cry (with laughter) Uranium Where we sit in the cycle Huge yields on coal stocks Lynas: not what we were looking for, but we will take it!

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The End Of NATO (Part 2): Why War Is Coming To Europe

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his. George S Patton This is part 2 of my first article discussing NATO. It’ll make more sense if you’ve read part 1. If you’ve already read it, cool. If not,

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