The Global Investor

Issue 21.1, Auckland, 4 January 2021  Have you heard our latest Global Investor podcast with Kim Iskyan. This is one you do not want to miss. Kim is one of the most interesting people I know. Having lived his life in nine countries across the globe, Kim has developed...

Issue 20.5, Auckland, 28 December 2020 Warren Buffett is often quoted as calling gold a "barbarous relic".  While this is a misquote, it was actually John Maynard Keynes talking about the early 20th-century gold standard, Buffet is certainly no fan of gold.  Buffet...

Issue 20.4, Auckland, 18 December 2020 My best friend was a university professor in Kiev. The son of a military colonel, Alexander worked his way up in the Soviet system. First as a Young Pioneer, then a dedicated Komsomol member through his university years. Shortly...

Issue 20.3, Auckland, 11 December 2020 We have been rather quiet the past several months. When we wrapped up the Angel's Advocate earlier this year, we began developing content to expand the Global Investor podcast to include this newsletter, deep dive investment...

Issue 20.2, Auckland, 15 July 2020 We are optimistic about Southeast Asia. Ok, we are downright bullish about the long-term prospects for Southeast Asia.Obris has hosted Global Investor Summits in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Cambodia and Singapore. Myanmar, Thailand and...

Issue 20.1, Auckland, 03 January 2020 What Defines a Successful Active Investor?Kyle Gonzales is one of the most astute investors I know. He built his career in technical architecture at Red Hat, a multinational enterprise open-source software company. While Kyle...

Profiting from Crypto Mining in Good & Bad Times Check out our latest Podcast Each of us has potential to make significant gains when the crypto world is thriving. Yet given the highly speculative nature of this asset class, there is also much to lose. It takes a...

We recorded a great interview with John Nemanic of Colombia based The Green Mile. We hear a great deal about the Cannabis industry in Canada and the US, but little about the burgeoning industry in Latin America. The Green Mile offers a remarkable business model, not...

Issue 19.1, Auckland, 05 July 2019 Check out the latest Global Investor Podcast. We recorded an interview with Aly Moore of Entopian Capital. Entopian is the first large scale VC fund that seeks to identify the winners in the insect as food and feed industry. Aly's...