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March 4, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile This is just too funny… not in that ‘ha ha’ funny way, but a very ironic funny. It’s British humor, folks. The White House announced on Saturday that President Obama had a 90 minute phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Ukraine’s
March 3, 2014 London, England [Editors note: Tim Price, Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management and frequent Sovereign Man contributor is filling in for Simon today.] A few weeks ago, William White (former economist at the Bank of England, the Bank of Canada, and Bank of International Settlements) made
February 28, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile “Hey I just wanted to let you know, a guy from the local government was here today…” That was one of the first phone calls I received from the manager of this place just a few days after I had taken over this
February 27, 2014 Medellin, Colombia $1 billion. That’s how much the old Medellin drug cartel under Pablo Escobar used to lose annually to rats that would eat the currency stored in their warehouses. At its height, the cartel was smuggling 15 tons of cocaine per year into the US. And
February 26, 2014 Medellin, Colombia Pop quiz: When really nasty criminals and dictators want to hide their illicit gains, which country do they go to? I’ll make this easy for you– multiple choice: a) Switzerland b) British Virgin Islands c) Hong Kong With all the drama, history, and stigma surrounding
February 25, 2014 En route to Colombia Li Mi-Yung just wanted to be free. This 55-year old widow in North Korea had spent the last 18-months building up an off-grid residential homestead. She was, for the most part, fully independent. She collected rain as a source of water. She had
February 24, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile It’s like 34 drunken sailors holding each other up. That’s the best way I can think of to describe the latest product from the good idea factory that is the OECD. Over the weekend in yet another cushy five-star hotel, representatives from this
February 21, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile I need to caveat this missive and highlight that I am not a pessimistic person. I’ve traveled to so many places over the years– well over 100 countries. And I typically visit 30-40 each year. So I’ve seen first hand the tremendous opportunity
February 20, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile 4.1%. I read it twice to make sure my brain had processed the number correctly. Yep, 4.1%. This was the annual yield promised on a new 5-year bond investment that a private banker colleague had sent to me. I couldn’t believe it. The
February 19, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile It’s pretty ironic that I have two visitors right now in my home– one from Ukraine and the other from Thailand. Both of their countries are in the midst of chaotic turmoil right now, characterized by riots and violent clashes between protestors and
February 18, 2014 Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile Probably every kid in the world has at some point dreamed of having a time machine and being able to travel back to the past… usually to see dinosaurs or something like that. Time travel is an almost universal fantasy. And if I
February 17, 2014 En route from Buenos Aires, Argentina On the tail end of my Army career over a decade ago when I was still living in the Land of the Free, I used to be a volunteer for the Big Brothers / Big Sisters program. If you’ve never heard
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