Category: Financial Markets

Risk, Loss, And The Butcher Of Prague

In this line of work I have been fortunate to meet some of the most interesting and intelligent folks to walk this planet. One such gent I’ve more recently had the pleasure of speaking with on a regular basis is the extraordinarily eloquent mind of Tim Price of Price Value

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Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

One More Reason To Go East

Thousands of listed companies are being told to get woke, or else. Nasdaq is yet another player in an ever growing list of Western Corporates to cave to the new religion… increasing the appetite for capital to go East, where it is treated better.

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Agriculture
Chris MacIntosh

A Giant Bubble in Nonsense

That’s what Eric Weinstein calls it. To be more accurate: “We are in the middle of a giant bubble of nonsense that is 50 years in the making in my estimation” Speaking of nonsense I’ve previously discussed the ESG movement on this site. ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance.

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Shortages Are Not Just For Ivan

The USSR was known for many things. Shortages were absolutely one of them. It was so bad that you could wait for up to 10 years to order and receive a car. And after that 10 year wait you got to be the proud owner of one of these. And

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Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

When Trust Evaporates

I thought I’d compare the current Wuhan zombie apocalypse bat virus to that of SARS and see what is similar this time around…and what is not. Now, I’m not going to get into which virus wins the “I killed more faster”, (thus far, it was SARS with a fatality rate

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Pot Stock ETF’s Are Making History Repeat Itself

I’ve been thinking that at some point in the future I want to buy the snot out of pot stocks. Did I say in the future? Let me explain by taking you back to the 2000’s. Remember the mid 2000’s? Nokia was still “the bomb”, wearing bandanas was cool, and

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Financial Markets
Chris MacIntosh

As Gold Nudges Higher – What Michael Burry Predicted

When Michael Burry saw the impending housing crisis looming large, he went out and bought credit default swaps on subprime mortgages. What did he know that the broad market didn’t? He knew the structure of the housing market better than most because he did the homework. He dug through the

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