It’s the end of the year, so we’re running into all those stories again about how this is the longest expansion in history, and we have never gone this long without seeing a 20% (or more) drop in the market. Which, of course, fires up the market timer in all of us — especially now […]
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Here’s your assigned reading for the week: Go check out Stop the financial pornography! from Nick Maggiulli. A good reminder of how manipulated we all can be by attention-getting investment and economic news that doesn’t really have any relevance. Don’t worry, it’s short. So… what’s up this week? Leading the news for me, outside of […]
Before you get sucked into reading more of my blather, take a moment and read the Wall Street Journal if you’ve got a copy nearby or an online subscription — not the whole thing, but read Christopher Mims’ column The World Isn’t as Bad as Your Wired Brain Tells You. It’s an unusually brief and […]
Lots to discuss this week, mostly because several Real Money Portfolio companies reported earnings… and because I added money to two positions this week, and brought a new company into the portfolio. Enjoy! Shopify (SHOP) had reasonable earnings when they came out, but “reasonable” isn’t enough for a high-growth momentum stock that’s trading at almost […]
Fairfax India Holdings (FIH-U.TO, FFXDF) is a separate investment fund controlled (and about 1/3 owned) by Fairfax Financial (FFH.TO, FRFHF). For those unfamiliar, it was started because Fairfax wanted to put more into India, but felt there was a limit to what they could invest in that one country — so they launched a separate […]
A few thoughts to share with you today, and I’m breaking it up into two different pieces — this first one includes a few updates on companies and a couple articles that caught my eye this week… and the second piece is my notes and reactions following the Grant’s Interest Rate Observer Conference, which I […]
What do I think? That’s what a lot of readers are asking during these volatile days… and there is, of course, no easy answer. My thoughts are all over the place, so today’s Friday File musings are going to run the gamut. Tesla (TSLA) is a good example of how the market is treating investors […]
For those who’ve been paying attention, we finally got the expected official Dataram/US Gold name/ticker change…. it’s now U.S. Gold Corp, an the ticker is now USAU. The stock is not moving at the moment, which makes sense — I’d guess that the highest probability near-term news is a secondary offering, which would be negative… […]
In how many areas of life can you be guaranteed to get average results even if your abilities are inferior? That was one of my favorites quotes from the presentation by Ed Wachenheim at the Grant’s Conference: “People with inferior abilities can get average results with an index fund, which is remarkable.” But, of course, […]
Very interesting and honest take on the breakdown in India from an honest Indian money manager. He’s clear about how terrible things are in India — but says that India has been cyclical and the underlying reasons for the economy to grow are still there … and the stocks are cheap. Business confidence at lows, […]
Amitabh Singhi has spoken at Value Investing Congresses in the past, and he typically talks about India-listed stocks that, frankly, we probably can’t easily buy — but he talks about the state of the economy, and the growth we should expect to continue, so though I probably won’t buy his stock I like learning about […]
Global Investment Strategist is the newsletter that was called Silk Road Investor back when it was launched with Yiannis Mostrous at the helm six or seven years ago — it was given the less evocative new name once the market crash and the huge wave of Chinese frauds made investors worry about the new “silk […]
This teaser has gotten a lot of attention from my readers, as do all the pitches thrown by the folks at Stansberry’s Phase 1 Investor newsletter — you just know that if you charge $5,000 for a subscription, and use one of the world’s largest investor mailing lists to tease a tiny stock in order […]
Well, I couldn’t resist a little foray into the mysteries of the 401(r) Royalty investment teaser yesterday … but today, as promised, I’ll return to Dalal Street Insider to uncover some more interesting Indian investments for you. Dalal St., by the way, is similar to Wall Street, it’s the address of the Bombay Stock Exchange […]
Today we’re again hearing from old friend Christian DeHaemer (“old friend” as in, “don’t even know what he looks like and have never spoken to him but read lots of his ads”) — he’s selling his BreakAway Investor newsletter with this pitch … “On March 31st, 2009, The “EMN Initiative” Goes Live “A Historic Government […]
Today’s ad for our review comes in from Bryan Tycango, who writes the Asian Growth Stocks newsletter — we’ve looked at a few of his ideas before, but it’s been a while. This time, the ad is for a company that’s going to “jerk the rug out from under today’s tottering automobile giants.” Which just […]
This one’s from Christian DeHaemer for Material Profit, one of the “introductory” inexpensive newsletters from Taipan (on sale for $49 at the moment, apparently). This group is no stranger to your friendly neighborhood Gumshoe, but I don’t think I’ve looked at one from Material Profit before (I’ve looked at many from DeHaemer’s other services, most […]
This one comes in from Chris Mayer for his Capital & Crisis newsletter. Chris has brought us, via teaser email, several investing ideas over the past year — from one of many “next Berkshire Hathaway” picks (down about 15%) to an interesting under-the-radar natural gas company (up 75% or so). But this one actually includes […]
This teaser email comes in from Bill Mann at Motley Fool Global Gains … and as with all such reports from the Fool, this one is a bit like reading Tolstoy, by the time you get to the end you can’t quite remember why you started. But even though his missives are long-winded, Mann has […]
To anyone who read this in the first hour it was up — apologies! I read the rest of the investment teaser and changed my mind — this has been edited. The email solicitation covered here was sent in by an alert reader, so thanks for that. It was a very brief email, at first […]
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Thanks Joe. It makes logic sense that India has a huge market to be tapped in. What I don't know is why WIT stock hasn't...
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Haven't looked at them recently, though I see they've been trying to build in India through acquisition... including, ju...
The earnings are largely irrelevant — the impact of the rise or fall in value of their investments in any given quarte...
Travis, I wonder if you could go into a little more detail on your thoughts on Fairfax India. I'm really unhappy with t...
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Sorry, I don’t follow the India market (or the so-called “Emerging Markets” in general) but I chanced upon a brief...
I've been a subscriber for almost two years and in that time I've made some money plus or minus 15K BUT most of that was...
India in general is down in the past year, so it would be exceptional for any India fund to buck the trend. While I am a...
Mr Travis, do you (or readers) follow India markets as a whole? My 401k mutual fund (I have no choice) on India did poor...
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Travis, $EBIX long, has a growing presents in India. You make want to take a look at them. Founder and CEO is Indian and...
You were smart to doubt it. That's an ongoing world wide scam. The known sources are mainly from India, Nigeria, and Eas...
Thanks Sarah, this only helps get the story out there. Regards India I'd say that after China, India have a very good re...
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IMO I wouldn't say that they choose India per se. The mandate is what their attention is focused on. As the market for E...
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The preventative antibiotics situation is scary, especially in India. As always, thanks for all the information and i...
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I sold my positions in India (ffxdf). I don't like corruption....
Corruption is huge in India, as is bureaucratic molasses — that’s a lot of what reform is trying to address, having ...
Brilliant summary on India Travis! Corruption is specifically not mentioned as a risk but, as compassion and spiritualit...
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There are quite a few — INDA is the biggest broad Indian index ETF, and EPI is the earnings-weighted one Fromm wisdomt...
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Okta is the stock pitch The one they talk in India is a partnership with netki in california Estonia is something call...
Hi Travis/gumshoes, general question I’ve been meaning to ask following the portfolio updates. I’m from the UK and h...
It says: "The technology is already used in Estonia, India, and soon in China, etc." which is of course misleading. Indi...
I would trust a India gold exchange as much as the Rupee as a world currency....
Jean, It's BRAND NEW !! We don't even have it. China and India do. It will store everything you have driver's license...
They are saying in 4-8 weeks Ionic is going to have a JV with $CTEQF to market high tech public water purification in CH...
Solar is anything but free!! You have to buy the equipment all supplied from China so you've started by paying tax mone...
HN. I was referring to the two autoclaves fabricated in India in a rush order by Access Petrotec for BHP Billiton's Kwi...
Interesting. I am having trouble accepting any of your premises. Not caring about species going extinct? Is that o...
A keen Austrian environmentalist buddy, Max Deml, put me and my readers into a company which runs large solar electricit...
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well. India and China come to mind. Suzuki, the parent firm of India's largest car-maker, Maruti Suzuki, announced i...
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I've owned FFXDF for over a year and I can already tell this is going to be a long term holding. Love the fact it's Prem...
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When Travis wrote up the Yatra warrants one of my US writers got excited and bought some and then proposed that we write...
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I almost bought FRFHF a while back but went with FFXDF instead. It allowed me to invest in both Prem Watsa and India. Ca...
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Hello, Michael -- Thank you for making the effort, writing this rather long and very heartfelt piece. While each of you...
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I got into Fairfax India due to India's economy and it has been doing well....
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