What Fishermen Could Learn from Foresters

I recently read Mark Spitznagel’s ‘The Dao of Capital’. Mark Spitznagel is one the world’s most successful investors. More interestingly, he is openly an “Austrian economist”. You can read his 10 chapters to understand he became a self made billionaire. You may be tempted to skip to the last two for him to reveal the … Read more

40 years of improvement – the UK Car’s industry

  I’ve just got back from a day trip to England. People seemed to be prospering, although a lot of people seemed to have drunk the cool aid that things were so much better before the UK joined the EU in 1972 than they were today. I was curious. The UK car industry is touted … Read more

Why Protect The High Street?

Why Protect The High Street? I have had a hard time understanding the weeping for the death of high street shopping or indeed shops in general. The UK Xmas news spoke of the crisis impacting retailers. It has got so bad that even the so called free market UK Government is pumping in taxpayers cash to keep high streets … Read more

Making A Buck – Crony Capitalism

How To Predict Share Price Performance – Read the Bills I just read an  excellent piece on crony capitalism or how laws directly influence share prices. Whilst it seems obvious, the study shows how this is done, and how you can choose (legally) the shares that will go up. It shows you a smart clipper … Read more