Emerging Markets

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Bitcoin
Jon de Wet

Colliding Brain Cells with a Savvy Venezuelan (Part 2)

For those of you tuning back in and for those of you freshly reading this anew, we continue to travel into the mind, the history and background of a Venezuelan, that for privacy reasons we shall call Carlos (which according to a non-descript website during a quick Google, is widely viewed as Venezuela’s most popular boy’s name). Carlos is widely travelled, an early investor in Bitcoin and other alternative assets, and is an avid believer in individual sovereignty.

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Jon de Wet May 11, 2020 1 Comment

Colliding Brain Cells with a Savvy Venezuelan (Part 1)

In this article we travel into the mind, the history and background of a Venezuelan, that for privacy reasons we shall call Carlos (which according to a non-descript website during a quick Google, is widely regarded as Venezuela’s most popular boy’s name). Carlos is widely travelled, an early investor, trader

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Jon de Wet April 10, 2020 1 Comment
Emerging Markets
Chris MacIntosh

Macroworld: Realities And Perceptions

In this weekly wrap up, we look at the capitalist/socialist cycle, Revisit our predictions of an EM crisis, Elon Musk’s weed smoking ways and Tesla’s ongoing issues, and the basket case that is South Africa.

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Chris MacIntosh September 10, 2018 1 Comment
Donald Trump
Emerging Markets
Chris MacIntosh

2016: The Year When China Put Trump On The Throne

Note: The following is a parody. Characters are fictional (some, at least) and any similarities that may exist with people real or imagined are purely coincidental. Really! December 10, 2015, around 2 AM Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the PBOC, turns to his wife, unable to sleep: “We just spent $150 billion this

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Chris MacIntosh February 5, 2016 5 Comments

Getting Paid for Doing the Obvious?

I’ve spent a good few hours running. Up hills, down hills, along flats… just running. A not so startling realization is that running uphill burns more calories, is more taxing on your body, makes you breathe harder, and will make you tired faster than running on a flat or downhill.

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Chris MacIntosh September 25, 2015 4 Comments
Chinese Dolls
Emerging Markets
Chris MacIntosh

Can You Hear the Fat Lady Singing? – Part III

I love what I do! A recent get together filled with blonde stick insects and cologne covered chinos found me subjected to talk about “work at the office”: “What did you do at work today?” “Oh, nothing much, tried to look down the new girl’s top for a bit then

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Chris MacIntosh July 23, 2015 2 Comments
iPad
Chris
Chris MacIntosh

This Country Offers More Than Just Discounted iPads

Everyone likes to buy things at a discount, right? This fact, together with human irrationality, explains why masses of eager shoppers line up in front of stores on the first day of a holiday shopping season. Black Friday anyone? While not exactly buying a new J. Crew V-neck sweater 30% off

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Chris MacIntosh June 9, 2015 2 Comments

Yes, Colombia! A Country in our Radar

One of the reasons I spend a lot of time in New Zealand, whilst having grown up in South Africa, apart from the breathtaking beauty and unbelievable lifestyle, is that South Africa completely blows New Zealand away when it comes to crime (pun intended). Crime clogs the economic pipelines of

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Chris MacIntosh April 22, 2015 3 Comments

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