Category: Current Affairs/Politics

The Seemingly Flawed Military Mind

Years back, while returning home from a night out on the town in London, I found myself on the “underground” in a carriage packed full of late-night revelers. Into my carriage stepped a large brute of a man who immediately began threatening and harassing anyone close to him. Stoned, drunk

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Technology Distraction is a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry

Recently I found myself interviewing a founder of a business who is seeking funding. While on a video call I could hear a TV talk show in the background, and during our conversation the gentleman I was talking to kept a text messaging conversation going on his mobile phone. While

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Ugly, Uglier and Ugliest

I’m a bit rushed today. Airports, taxis, meetings… As such, if this post appears rushed that’s because it is being typed while trying to ignore the woman on my right, who won’t shut up about her “lovely new condo she’s purchased which EVERYONE should see.” Note to self… freaking insane!

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Fact or Fiction?

This post either has everything or nothing to do with investing and capitalism, but I can’t get the topic out of my mind so… I want to ask you a couple of questions, but before I do that I want to tell you a short story. Last night I had

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Coup d’Etat: Surviving The Backlash From The Masses

There is an awful lot happening on this ball of dirt we’re on and Mark and I are fortunate enough to have some exceptionally smart and talented friends whom we rely on both to second guess our own analysis of situations as well as build our own understanding of the

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Chinese FDI and What it Means for Hong Kong and Singapore

Sound bites… We need to dig deep into the bowels of these nasty little things, which are eagerly snapped up by an increasingly frivolous media. An argument put forward to me recently is why I am engaging this topic. The argument was that foreign capital flows into China are completely

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The Future of Banking: Season, Cycles & Shifts in Direction

Over the course of the last week my family and I have been coming to terms with the death of a loved one.   Having attended the funeral yesterday, and thinking back on the life of an individual that experienced nearly all of the last century’s ups and downs, I

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An Urgent Appeal

In the spirit of a little light-hearted capitalist banter, and hoping we don’t offend too many of you, I offer the following dispatch.  As I am a capitalist with a bit of a “dark humor” streak, I will offer up the following business opportunity to anyone interested… For those of you

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