Category: Current Affairs/Politics

Investing in the World’s Longest-Running Civil War

Burma has been in an almost perpetual state of civil war since 1949. Human rights violations, brutal oppression against a mostly un-armed populace, child trafficking, and living conditions I would not subject a dog to (a central banker yes… a dog no) have been synonymous with Burma since its independence

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Capital Intensive Investments, Scavenging Amongst Corpses, And Hating

“You parasitic money-grubbing bastard; I hate people like you!” I was not making myself popular. I was spending some time getting my arms around the state of the kiwi fruit industry, which is centered on New Zealand’s North Island. I had been talking to growers, real estate agents and bankers

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Diaspora

My childhood years were misspent in Southern Africa where since ancient times (1960’s), prior to gracing my parents with my presence, the educated, ambitious and most talented often left the region for markets such as the UK, Europe and to a lesser extent the US. There were many who took

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The Next Bubble to Burst – Student Loans

Scott is entering his senior year at a university in Boston, majoring in Business Administration and Finance. He is looking to enter the hedge fund industry after graduating. I first met, and was impressed by Scott due to a proactive, value driven approach he has adopted to secure employment after graduating

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Direct Democracy Is The Way To Go

That we live in both exciting and dangerous times should be obvious to anyone not living under a rock. London’s cities are on fire, Europe teeters, Japan manipulates, intervenes, and the US…well the thugs now investigate S&P. Not that I care for S&P but its amusing nonetheless. Downgrade, how dare they! Politics

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Greek Debt: Why Politicians are so Successful

It takes a uniquely special idiot to grab my attention these days, as there exists a smörgåsbord of options to pick from. One example caught my eye fresh off the press: “We must avoid the country’s collapse at all costs. Now is not the time to step back,” – Greek

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Popular Currencies: What Benchmark are You Using?

Roughly 7 years ago I moved to NZ. The local currency was one of the cheapest on the planet and possibly the cheapest currency of any first world country in terms of purchasing power parity. It traded around 40 cents to the greenback. Real estate had not gone anywhere in

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Patriotism: A Very Different View

Capitalism and politics are inextricably linked and so as an avid capitalist it certainly pays to pay attention to politics. Following straight on the back of my post on Military Minds, I thought it worth sharing an article written by one Fred Reed. Fred speaks his mind in a way that

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