Truth & Beauty Newsletter

Enter Dragon, Smoking…

One of the wonderful things about living in Russia is the number of times one can celebrate the same holiday. The glorious October Revolution occurred in November, while the Orthodox Christmas and New Year occur some two weeks after their … Continue reading

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Of Blind Men & Elephants – Notes from China

As a strategist, one can no longer assemble a coherent world view without taking a view on China – not just the world’s second largest economy, but the world’s first-largest source of economic growth and commodity demand. The secular rise … Continue reading

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Death Wish II

T&B rides again! We are living in exceedingly interesting times, and T&B has recently enjoyed a role as spectator to the ambient madness. That said, the plethora of truly clueless commentary in the media has spurred us once again to … Continue reading

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Greek Crockery

In our last paper, we suggested a few fairly opportunistic trades, including a long gold/short silver idea which worked out nicely indeed – alas, between the start of the drafting, and the time we finally managed to release the report, … Continue reading

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The “Idiots” Issue

Whenever one of our peers declares that he is “at a loss for words” you can be certain that a veritable torrent of verbiage is set to pour forth. We – on the other hand – have more words than we … Continue reading

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