This week’s readings/links include Fred Hickey on why this is the perfect environment for gold, a wide-ranging conversation with Malcolm Turnbull, an interview with Grant Williams, Izabella Kaminska on the mystery (revived) of the United States Oil Fund and Greg Miller with an update on the tanker market. Fred Hickey: This is the perfect environment […]

This week’s readings/links include an interview with Stephen Diggle, Charlie Munger on why the phone is not ringing off the hook, a follow-up discussion with Harris Kupperman on oil tankers, Gerard Minack on how the coronavirus crisis will change investment strategy, a Tim Ferriss conversation with Jane Goodall and Marc Andreessen on why it’s time […]

This week’s readings/links include Patrick Ghali of Sussex Partners on where his firm currently sees opportunities in Japan, Horseman Capital’s Russell Clark on junk in the trunk, interviews with Hugo De Stoop (CEO of Euronav) and Jason Hsu (founder & CIO of Rayliant Global Advisors) and Nadjeschda Taranczewski on the role of source in organizations. […]

This week’s readings/links include Jonathan Tepper on how Covid-19 has exposed our financial fragility, Antipodes Partners on identifying opportunities in a crisis, an interview with Jim Grant, Harris Kupperman talking tankers with RealVision and Carson Block on short selling in the time of coronavirus. Jonathan Tepper: Covid-19 has exposed our financial fragility. Antipodes Partners: Identifying […]

Bumper reading list this week. Stay safe everyone! Gordo Byrn: Corona to do – write a letter to your future financial self. Paul Tustain: Our broken financial system. Ashmore Group: Assessing the EM policy reaction-function in the context of a COVID-19 induced recession. Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Corporate socialism – the government is bailing out investors & managers […]

This week’s readings/links include a podcast interview with John Hempton of Bronte Capital, Dan Rasmussen of Verdad Advisors questions the value private equity firms are applying to their energy holdings, Bill Winters of Standard Chartered on navigating global change and disruption, a look at how complex structured products sold in South Korea could roil global markets […]

This week’s readings/links include the Pangolin Asia Fund’s February newsletter, Mak Yuen Teen on the challenges of the new quarterly reporting regime, Zhiguo He on assessing China’s capital requirement and systemic challenges, the 2020 Ruffer Review and Gordo Byrn on fear and panic. Pangolin Asia Fund: February 2020 newsletter. Mak Yuen Teen: Challenges of the […]

This week’s readings/links include RIT Capital Partners’ annual report for 2019, Jiro Yasu’s thoughts on investor engagement with companies, Sequoia’s letter to their portfolio company founders and CEOs, a Guardian long read on how Hindu supremacists are tearing India apart and the Yale endowment’s update on climate change. RIT Capital Partners: Annual report for 2019. […]

This week’s readings/links include Horseman’s Russell Clark asking when does the buying of US assets end, Ashmore on the VIX spike, Antipodes Partners’ coronavirus update, Sawarak Report on Malaysia’s meltdown story and Philip Bowring on the myth of a single Asia. Russell Clark: When does the buying of US assets end? Ashmore: It’s here again […]

This week’s readings/links include a conversation with Michael Sonnenfeldt of TIGER 21 on how the ultra-wealthy are investing, Charles Ellis on the easily misunderstood Yale model, the investment and travel journal from Terra Nova’s Burton Flynn and Ivan Nechunaev, a long-form interview with Creador’s Brahmal Vasudevan and notes from Notz Stucki’s 2020 investment conference. How the […]