Bronte Capital

On my travels I found myself in a fine hotel in Central Milan. I came in about Midnight the previous night from London (courtesy the atrocio...

I do irregular (but extended) business travel. (It comes from living in Australia – when you travel it is usually more than a week.) And ...

This is from the guy who took a $113 million loan from a fund he managed for his clients . His vehicle - Lightsquared - owned a bunch of s...

I just received a survey request from the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of State Street Corporation. The target group was clearly me...

I wrote a post yesterday which impinges on American politics. I simply observed that the alleged New York Madam who is being locked in soli...

I am a resident of a country without a bill-of-rights in our constitution. Whilst I think some of the rights are antique (second amendment, ...

Houston American  is an oil-and-gas explorer which had enough cash for one speculative well in Columbia. Just one speculative well. It had...

My blog post suggesting that small-cap stocks were mostly to be avoided roused the animosity of many readers. The problem was that many of ...

Wayne Swan the Treasurer of Australia (in UK parlance the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in US parlance the Secretary of the Treasury) has be...

Houston American Energy yesterday announced a problematic exploration well. They had (drilling) tool failure. The stock fell 35 percent. ...