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Invest Like a Cockroach and Thrive in All Economic Climates
A quick heads up before we come to today’s piece: I am taking my “lecture with funny bits” about gold to the West End for one night only. October 19t…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Sorry State of Junior Mining
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Lots of exciting things coming up on this Substack in the next c…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ten Reasons I’m Voting to Leave the EU
I wrote this article for Moneyweek the day before the EU referendum, on June 22, 2016. I thought with everything that has happened since, as your Sun…
2 years, 6 months ago
Landmark court ruling for bitcoin
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News broke late yesterday of what could prove a landmark court r…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Rise and Fall of Sound Money in Ancient Rome
This is the last of these pieces about gold in ancient history. I’m back from the Edinburgh Fringe now, and more regular market commentary will resum…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Richest Man In History
I once presented a documentary for Italian TV which declared that Jakob Fugger - Fugger the Rich - was the richest man in history. He was a German wh…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Midas Touch and World Trade
The story of Midas, and how everything he touched turned to gold, is perhaps the most famous golden myth of all. His touch led to one of the most suc…
2 years, 7 months ago
Jason and the Golden Fleece: A Legendary Quest
We continue with my series about gold in pre-history today with one of the earliest and most enduring of the golden myths: Jason and the Golden Fleec…
2 years, 7 months ago
Sun, sand and success
In my late teens and early 20s I was obsessed with beaches. I had always liked them, we all do, but I think it was a trip to Thailand in 1989 that tr…
2 years, 7 months ago
Our Instinct for Gold Is Primal
I’m doing a show about gold at the Edinburgh Fringe. If you are in Scotland between August 4th and August 20th, plesase come. It’s at Panmure House i…
2 years, 7 months ago