In the last few years there has been a general misconception on what wealthy really means. Politicians in America define it as anyone making $200,000 individually or $250,000 jointly with their spouse per year. Politicians in Canada seem to define it as anyone making more than $130,000 per year. These definitions have been justified all in the name of everyone paying their fair share. According to these same politicians, “fair share” means that the “wealthy” need to pay more than everyone else. In logical terms, this is not the “fair share”, but instead the “lion’s share”. Read More…
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THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY FROM A MINER’S PERSPECTIVE
When I spoke at the World Alternative Investment Summit last year, I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Jarvis, CEO of Hard Creek Nickel Company. Mark has a keen understanding of the base metals market because his company is sitting on one of the largest junior nickel reserves in the world. I was very impressed with Mark’s perspectives on the economy and as such, I asked him to write an article for us. I hope you enjoy
THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY FROM A MINER’S PERSPECTIVE
By: Mark Jarvis, CEO, Hard Creek Nickel Corp. Read More…
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Swine Flu and The Recession: Fear and Reality Catalysts that Affect Commercial Real Estate
Technology’s Effect on Commercial Real Estate Part II
As I wrote in “Technology’s Effect on Commercial Real Estate in a Recession“, the recession becomes a possible catalyst for more telecommuting and less use of office space. The point of that article was not just that technology is the enabler of a telecommuting trend, but also that it sometimes takes a catalyst to bring on the complete consequences of an impending trend. In the last couple of days, many around the world woke up to headlines about the possibility of a Swine Flu Pandemic, and we found ourselves with yet another possible catalyst. With the fear, be it an overreaction or not, of a full pandemic looming, the thought of going into an office with several hundred or even thousands of Read More…
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Identifying a Ponzi Scheme: The Nugget of Glass in a Bowl of Diamonds
By: Dominic Mazzone, Managing Partner, Regent Global FundsIf an economic sink hole brought on by creative financing and lax regulatory controls weren’t enough, there’s nothing like straight forward criminal actions to really paralyze investors. As a fund manager of an extremely transparent fund, there is nothing that brings out more fury in me than a few bad apples scaring people away from the barrel altogether. Sure Madoff is the poster child, but there are a host of others that have created schemes of the Ponzi sort that are equally as devastating to the people that invested in them. Now Stanford Financial is being accused of misrepresenting the safety and security of their C.D. offering while also providing returns that the SEC is called in its filing “improbable if not impossible”. In other words, they are saying it’s fraud. In the midst of all this fraud, we are seeing fingers Read More…
