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Over 4,000 years ago during Sargon the Great’s reign of the Akkadian Empire, it took 8 units of silver to buy one unit of gold. This was a time long before coins. It would be thousands of years before the Lydians in modern day Turkey would invent gold coins as
Every time I come to Viet Nam, I’m always astounded at the incredible growth and opportunity here. This time around I’m reviewing a number of suppliers to buy raw materials from for a new business we’re acquiring in Australia. Just a few years ago those supply contracts would have easily
Just stunning. German newspaper Der Spiegel reported yesterday that the Bavarian Banking Association has recommended that its member banks start stockpiling PHYSICAL CASH. Europe, of course, has been battling with negative interest rates for quite some time. What this means is that commercial banks are being charged interest for holding
In the middle of a heated battle against my jetlag yesterday, I finally decided to exercise the nuclear option and turn on CNBC in order to stay awake. I figured someone would say something completely ridiculous, and it would get my blood boiling enough to power through the next couple
Before there was an America, before there was a Britain, before even Rome and Ancient Greece, there was Assyria. For more than five centuries, the Assyrian empire was the wealthiest, strongest superpower in the world. If you could go back thousands of years during the reign of Ashurbanipal and suggested
On January 26, 1841, two years into the First Opium War between China’s Qing Dynasty and the British Empire, Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer hoisted the British flag above Possession Point in Hong Kong. At the time the island’s population numbered less than 10,000. Most were illiterate fishermen. Hong Kong was
[Editor’s note: Tim Price, London-based wealth manager, is filling in for Simon today.] “My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.” – Charles Kettering. Perhaps the most extraordinary and important presentation you will ever see can be found on YouTube,
I had an amazing time this weekend sharing the stage at an investment conference in Miami, with other speakers like Robert Kiyosaki, Peter Schiff, and G. Edward Griffin among others. During a panel on the future of money and banking we discussed how the financial system is rapidly losing control
Hot off the presses, the US government just published its audited financial statements this morning, signed and sealed by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew. These reports are intended provide an accurate accounting of government finances, just like any big corporation would do. And once again, the US government’s financial condition has
Last week the Canadian Island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, off the Atlantic Seaboard near Maine, made an unusual offer to the American public. If Donald Trump wins, move to Cape Breton. There’s even a whole website about this, though not one officially affiliated with the local government. This is
Last week the FDIC released its annual financial statements, giving the public a glimpse into the financial condition of the organization responsible for backing up the entire US banking system. The numbers are pretty incredible. The FDIC maintains the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF), which is the emergency stash for nearly
[Editor’s note: Tim Price, London-based wealth manager, is filling in for Simon today.] For the benefit of non-subscribers, there are two versions of the Financial Times newspaper. One of them is the hard copy edition, still printed on pink paper, an exact digital replica of which is available on the
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