Tag: frontier markets

A Mongolian Mogul – Part III

Jamul Jadamba is an entrepreneur focused on creating wealth through adding value. He’s also a Mongolian national, which makes him uniquely qualified to address the opportunities and challenges his country faces. We’ve been speaking to him for the last 2 days, and this final discussion focuses a bit more on

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A Mongolian Mogul – Part II

We broke from our conversation with Jamul Jadamba yesterday getting ready to discuss China. Here’s part II… ——– Chris: You made a great couple of points yesterday regarding China. You can’t compare China to Mongolia at all. As investors, it’s not just the growth that’s important, but rather the “percentage

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A Mongolian Mogul

Jamul Jadamba is a Mongolian National with an intriguing and diverse background. He’s fast become one of the most valuable members of our on-the-ground network in the country, and he’s a man we are paying a LOT of attention to. You’ll see why over the next few days. Born in

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Frontier Markets Investing 101

I was recently asked the question, “What is a Frontier market?” So, today I thought I’d follow up on our recent post, Cambodia – The New Emerging Market..?, wherein we had a conversation with the CEO of Leopard Capital, Doug Clayton, and answer this question as best I can. Frontier

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Cambodia – New Land of Opportunity (Part 2)

When we left off with our friend Doug Clayton of Leopard Capital, we were discussing how Cambodia is The New Emerging Market. Doug commented that, “Cambodia has a very different approach to business than most of Asia. It forces prices down for consumers due to the free competition. The government

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Cambodia – The New Emerging Market…?

The last time I spoke with my friend Doug Clayton our attention was focused on the unfolding and rapidly rising market in Myanmar, a country Doug is heading to shortly and one I’ll be returning to later this year with some friends. I caught up with Doug fresh off a

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Front-Running Liquidity – A Terrific Investment Strategy

Front-running liquidity has been a terrific investment strategy for Mark and I over the years (and NO, it has nothing to do with getting drunk before everybody else). It allowed me, before reaching the ripe old age of 30, to wake up one morning realizing that, “Hey I don’t have to

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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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