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Watches & Wonders

How wonderful are watches? Time personified in a little machine on your wrist. From Jewelry to Timekeeping Wristwatches are a relatively new phenomenon. Prior to World War I wristwatches were primarily worn by women, and they were called ‘’wristlets’’. They weren’t...

Superconducting Alchemy

The Philosopher’s Stone Imagine Isaac Newton toiling away in a dark room attempting to find the process which could transform lead into gold. This was the basic philosophy of alchemy and the pursuit thereof during the 5th to 18th centuries evolved into what we...

Classic Signs of Speculation – GMO

In a recent article GMO noted that more than half of U.S. Growth stocks have negative earnings, yet Growth stocks have dramatically outperformed in the past few years. Please click on the link below to read the original article. Chart 1: % of Russell 3000 Growth...

Piggybacking off of the collective

A benefit of a collective investment scheme (CIS) There are benefits to investing in a collective investment scheme (CIS) (also called a unit trust or mutual fund) relative to an individual share of a listed business in a post-tax discretionary investment account. The...