By Nathan Kowalski
“Wow that cost over $20 a drink?” said a girl sitting at the table with our group.
“That’s crazy”, said another guy, peanut shells on the floor crunching beneath his feet.
“You all...
In clinical terms the extreme or irrational fear of heights is known as acrophobia. It’s derived from the Greek word meaning “peak, summit, and edge”.
In fact most of us suffer somewhat from a natura...
The Value Investing Congress just concluded in Las Vegas where approximately 20 speakers gave their pitches for their favourite stocks. I always find this conference a useful source of ideas to take a...
The SAGE Commission in Bermuda has been formed “to identify activities that are central to the core mission of Government; to evaluate and analyse the operations of Government and its corporate bodies...
“Nothing new ever occurs in the business of speculating or investing in securities and commodities.”
— Jesse Livermore’s Trading Rules Written in 1940
Commodities are cyclical. In fact the price of n...
The world continues to be flooded with cheap money as central banks engage in monetary easing. This grand financial experiment is likely leading to some aberrations and distortions in fiat currencies,...
Regular readers of this column know that I am a big fan of Warren Buffett. As a shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway, I am always pleased to get my copy of the annual report. Inside I know I’ll find Buff...
Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean (3,572 square miles) with a population of roughly one million people.
Its gross domestic product is minuscule in terms of the Eurozone, estimat...
Although equity markets are soaring near all-time highs, public trust in the finance profession has moved in the other direction.
Even though the financial service industry does provide a necessary a...
Modern portfolio theory espouses the benefits of diversification. Essentially holding a basket of securities with varying correlations should help lower volatility and enhance risk adjusted returns. I...
