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April 28, 2014 Santiago, Chile And another one bites the dust. Now it’s Bank of America, one of the largest banks in the Land of the Free, that is inadequately capitalized. Last month, Bank of America made a lot of noise about how they were going to buy back up
April 28, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: This letter was written by Simon’s colleague Tim Price in the UK, who is currently Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management] As contrarian investments go, we’re probably in three of the biggest. As regular readers will be aware, gold is one –
[Editor’s note: Michael O’Brian is a European private banker] One of the founding fathers of the United States famously remarked that death and taxes are the only certainties in life. And as tax day rolled around once again in the US, individuals the length and breadth of the country were
April 24, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile Folks… you just can’t make this stuff up. A few days ago the President of the United States signed into public law bill S. 2195, now known as Pub.L. 113-100. The law aims to “deny admission to the United States to any representative
April 23, 2014 Santiago, Chile “Why does Obama suck?” If you’re not sure, ask Google. It seems that millions of Americans already have asked this question, along with: “Why does the government want to kill us?”, and “Can the government take your gold?” These are among the jewels of Google
April 22, 2014 Molina, Chile Thirty-six year-old Koo Bon-hee recalled hearing a loud bang, when suddenly the ferry he was on tilted drastically in the water. The Sewol ferry, traveling from Incheon to Jeju Island in South Korea, was starting to sink, and it was sinking fast. Those still standing
Stephen Roach is one of the top economists in the world and former Chief Economist at Morgan Stanley. This is a great, very recent interview. I recommend skipping to 13:05 for about 30 seconds of brilliance if you’re pressed for time: “The market has been distorted by far bigger forces
April 21, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile Having traveled to well over 100 countries, I have seen some pretty shocking signs of poverty around the world. In parts of Asia, it’s not uncommon for parents in poor villages to sell their children for bags of rice… or for children to
April 17, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile Today is a pretty great day for Team Sovereign Man. As I’ve mentioned before, we’ve got a very close-knit team down here in Chile– people from all over the world. They hail from places like Slovenia, Lithuania, Ukraine, New Zealand, Argentina, Thailand, etc.
April 18, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile In the Land of the Free, people grow up hearing a lot of things about their freedom. You’re told that you live in the freest country on the planet. You’re told that other nations ‘hate you’ for your freedom. And you’re told that
April 16, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile Here’s a guy you want to bet on– Li Ka-Shing. Li is reportedly the richest person in Asia with a net worth well in excess of $30 billion, much of which he made being a shrewd property investor. Li Ka-Shing was investing in
April 15, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile Among all the great stories and conversations passed down from the ages, probably my favorite is one from the ancient historian Lucius Cassius Dio about Roman emperor Caracalla. Caracalla ruled in the second century AD, and he was notorious for bankrupting the Roman
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