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It was early spring in 1971 when an obscure American folk singer wrote a song that would change his life forever. Sitting at a café in Saratoga Springs, New York, Don McLean scribbled the lyrics to a long ballad about an experience he had as a 13-year-old boy. It began
Last night I got robbed. Not in the literal sense of the word. There weren’t armed men in masks holding me up on the sidewalk in Panama City. (I’ve been coming here for 13 years and have never once felt unsafe…) It was at the cashier’s cage at the Veneto
[Editor’s note: Tim Price, London-based wealth manager, is filling in for Simon today.] “We don’t see a recession coming in the United States.” – Abby Joseph Cohen in a recent Bloomberg interview. US corporate profits are experiencing a “gut wrenching slump”, according to SocGen’s Albert Edwards, in a research note
It’s been way too long since I’ve visited Managua, and since I was already nearby in Colombia, I thought it would make sense to come check out Nicaragua once again. One of the people on my staff has a father from Nicaragua, and we were able to obtain a Nicaraguan
What an amazing weekend. We just finished up a wonderful event here in Medellin for members of our Total Access group. (Total Access is the highest level of Sovereign Man membership, and we routinely hold trips like this to introduce members to business and investment opportunities all over the world,
My team and I are holding a very special event for members of our Total Access group for the next few days here in Medellin, Colombia. Medellin is a spectacular city. It’s vibrant and growing, and it has a fantastic energy. I’ll tell you much more about this, and what
What’s the dumbest thing you can possibly imagine your government doing? It’s a serious question– think about it for a moment. Now, whatever you come up with, I’m about to present an option that will probably blow it out of the water. This morning, pharmaceutical mega-companies Pfizer and Allergan announced
[Editor’s note: Tim Price, London-based wealth manager and frequent Sovereign Man contributor is filling in while Simon is en route to Colombia.] Successful investing requires having an edge. If you do not know what your edge is, you do not have one. One doesn’t need to be a rocket scientist,
[Editor’s note: Tim Price, London-based wealth manager, is filling in for Simon today.] “By virtue of exchange, one man’s prosperity is beneficial to all others.” – Frédéric Bastiat. It remains one of the most powerful metaphors in economics. In 1850 Frédéric Bastiat gave the world the story of the broken
A friend of mine who’s an equities analyst at a large brokerage firm recently sent out pretty ironic note to all of his private clients. He focuses on the financial sector, so his job is basically to analyze bank stocks and figure out which ones his investors should buy. To
After every major financial crisis there’s always a retrospective analysis where we can look back and identify “the top”. Looking back at the tech bubble of the 1990s, for example, all of my friends in technology point to the acquisition of Netscape by AOL for $4.2 billion as the obvious
America is and has always been an extraordinary idea. It espouses the values of liberty, economic freedom, self-reliance, and independence. What’s not to love about that? It’s an idea that resonates within each of us, speaks to our inner humanity and our desire to prosper. The United States is not
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