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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Hell is empty: A review of Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera on the financial crisis

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There are lots of books on the financial crisis and some are very good.  Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera have entered a crowded market - but t...
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Monday, November 15, 2010

China Media Express: A Wall Street drama

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Sorry I have not been blogging for a while.  There are a few reasons.  Firstly I have been travelling to raise money for my funds management...
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Karratha property boom

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I was criticized by some for cherry-picking my houses in the last Australian property post.  I did not cherry pick houses – but chose ordina...
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Friday, October 8, 2010

Universal Travel Group: the auditor resigns edition

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On September 29th Universal Travel Group held a conference call to discuss their business model. They took no questions on the phone but ins...
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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Australian bubble pornography

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I have a lot of readers who ask me about the Australian bubble and when it will burst.  I am not the person to ask – I have been wrong for a...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Travelling through time with the Universal Travel Group

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Universal Travel Group just held an investor conference call to answer investor questions about their business.  They answered some and left...
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Questions for the Universal Travel Group conference call

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The only communication I have had from Universal Travel Group was a kind email from the acting Chief Financial Officer saying that I needed ...
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Friday, September 24, 2010

Mr Bean declares the European debt crisis over

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The WSJ has a piece where Mt Bean (ahem: Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero) declares the European debt crisis over. I j...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Further down the rabbit hole with Universal Travel Group: related party transactions edition

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I don’t spend nearly enough time reading SEC Proxy Statements.  Proxies are the bread-and-butter of serious readers of SEC Statements (such ...
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Gratuitous advert time... go see the Nick Hempton band

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Much cooler than reading a finance blog (or poking around on Chinese websites):  Go see The Nick Hempton Band at the Zinc Bar (Greenwich ...
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