Chris Wood was recently interviewed by Richard Byworth, partner at Syz Capital, on what Trump’s election means for the markets, his outlook for the Chinese economy, potential risks in the private markets and his portfolio positioning in the current environment. Worth a listen – some of my notes are included below (these are for personal […]
Readings For The Week (21/12)
Last post of 2024 – it has been a long year, so we are looking forward to some time off exploring Malaysia! Happy holidays to everyone and best wishes for the new year! This week’s links include Russell Napier on the consequences of economic nationalism, reflections from James Hay on the Pangolin Fund turning 20 […]
Jim Mellon (Chat With Traders)
A slightly dated but interesting interview with Jim Mellon, a private investor with a wide range of holdings in private and public companies. He was formerly a co-founder of Regent Pacific Group, an investment firm based in HK, and spent a large part of his career focused on Asia and emerging markets. He discusses some […]
Readings For The Week (8/12)
Happy weekend! First up, some minor housekeeping. A few people have pointed out that the email sign up button on this blog wasn’t working. Apologies, I have now fixed the issue. The blog itself is probably due for an upgrade as it is starting to look quite dated. I hope to do that sometime next […]
Readings For The Week (1/12)
This week’s links include Scottish Oriental’s 2024 annual report, Russell Napier speaks to Lionel Barber about his new book on Masayoshi Son, Esquire on the cult of Haruki Murakami, Brown Advisory’s interview with Vineet Mitera of Ward Ferry, the WSJ on another example of China’s malinvestment problem, Kerrisdale Capital’s short report on advanced nuclear technology […]
Readings For The Week (16/11)
Happy weekend! This week’s links include Syzygy’s James Grigor on global market opportunities, John Hempton’s write up on Brambles, Shane Parrish’s conversation with Orbis President Adam Karr, Reuters on Russia’s temporary export ban of low enrichment uranium to the US, Grab’s efforts to build out hyperlocal mapping in Southeast Asia and the Pangolin Fund’s update […]
Readings For The Week (2/11)
Happy weekend! A slightly expanded content list this week. Some highlights include Hedgeye’s conversation with Murray Stahl of Horizon Kinetics, Bloomberg on Indian whiskies holding their own against scotch, the launch of Nintendo’s music streaming app, Viktor Schvets discussing his new book “The Twilight Before The Storm,” an interview with Malaysia’s top adman Austen Zecha […]
Event – Singapore Dinner
After many years of writing this blog, I thought it might be fun to arrange an informal dinner and meet up with more like-minded investors in the region. I used to know many readers of the blog, but the audience has grown over time. To be clear, the value proposition is not to meet with […]
Readings For The Week (12/10)
This week’s readings/links include a Discovery Channel documentary on FPT’s evolution into Vietnam’s national champion, an interview with Tan Sri Nazir Razak, David Baker on gold equities, Michael Weinberg discusses China’s economic challenges and commercial real estate in the US, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian on the Medici Affair, the history of free trade zones, and […]
Readings For The Week (21/9)
Happy weekend everyone! This week’s readings/links include Culper Research’s short report on Kaspi.kz, Richard Koo on China’s balance sheet recession, Richard Lawrence on the lessons from his journey building Overlook Investments, Nandan Nilekani on the creation of Aadhaar and his vision for India’s digital transformation, Joe Walker’s wide-ranging conversation with Nassim Taleb and Bloomberg on […]