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May 26, 2015 Santiago, Chile Of all the peculiarities about human nature, one of the most interesting in my opinion is that we’re so resistant to change. Humans simply don’t deal with it well. We tend to root. We find comfort in familiarity. And, even when the familiar becomes unpleasant,
While I was in Mexico for our Global Offshore and Investment Summit in Cancun in 2015, I was approached by Forbes Mexico for an interview on some of the key trends in the global economy as well as internationalization strategies for investors. You can read the full article here in Spanish,
May 15, 2015 New York City Remember all that talk about “taper” last year? After years of conjuring trillions of dollars out of thin air and rapidly expanding its balance sheet, the Federal Reserve promised to end its unprecedented ‘Quantitative Easing’ (QE) programs. In total the Fed’s balance sheet exploded
We have entered a most bizarre and unprecedented age in the financial system where there’s risk in just about everything that we do. Indiscriminately investing in stocks at their all-time highs carries enormous risk, and financial history is unkind to people who fail to learn that lesson. To buy bonds,
May 13, 2015 En route to New York One of the many experiences uniquely endured by Americans is having to confess your sins once a year to the federal government. Specifically, Uncle Sam requires most individuals with foreign bank and financial accounts to fess up and disclose on an annual
May 12, 2015 Santiago, Chile A few days ago I was having lunch with some executives who run one of the largest fruit companies in the world. The company is Chilean, and as the guys are all local, they were curious about my take on Chile as a foreigner. I
May 11, 2015 Santiago, Chile Under the republic of Ancient Rome, to be a citizen was an unparalleled status that people throughout the entire known world aspired to achieve. Roman citizens were granted very special privileges and benefits. The right to vote. The right to stand for election. The right
Roughly 100 kilometers outside of Medellin, Colombia’s second largest city, is a veritable paradise. I spent an incredible weekend with some friends there, high up in the Andes riding horseback and exploring the quaint coffee villages of Colombia’s beautiful highlands. It was amazing. The weather is just perfect. The high
May 7, 2015 Victoria, Chile Boris and Svetlana were simple farmers back in the old Soviet era. They grew grapes on Russia’s bountiful Caspian coast, dried them in the sun, and sold raisins according to the quotas set by the committee. Every year the Soviet Union’s Raisin Administrative Committee (RAC)
May 5, 2015 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Our beloved amigos at the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), have just issued the first-ever ‘civil enforcement action’ against a virtual currency. The offending criminal mastermind in this case? Ripple Labs. If you’re
May 5, 2015 London, England [Editor’s note: This letter was written by Tim Price, Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management in the UK.] There is one thing riskier than investing in a free market: investing in a rigged market when you think the central bank has your back. At
May 4, 2015 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile It was another time. Another era. Another superpower. Great Britain’s was the largest economy in the world in 1873. And it showed. The British pound dominated world trade and was the most widely used reserve currency on the planet. And London was the
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