Author: Tim Price

September 22, 2014 London, England [This letter was written by Tim Price, frequent Sovereign Man contributor and Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management in the UK.] Several years ago we highlighted the work of Leopold Kohr. Kohr was an Austrian Jew who only narrowly escaped the Holocaust. The village in which he

August 26, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: This missive was penned by Tim Price of PFP Wealth Management in the UK, a frequent contributor to Sovereign Man] Few films have managed to convey the feeling of approaching menace more effectively than Jeff Nichols’ 2011 drama, ‘Take Shelter’. Its blue collar protagonist, Curtis LaForche,

August 11, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: Tim Price, frequent Sovereign Man contributor and Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management, is filling in while Simon is teaching at his entrepreneurship camp.] On September 9th, 1965, US Navy pilot James Stockdale was shot down over North Vietnam and seized by a mob. He

“Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on that strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of

July 21, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: This missive was penned by Tim Price, Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management in the UK and frequent Sovereign Man contributor.] They call them ‘junk bonds’ for a reason. They now constitute an offence against linguistic decency: ‘high yield’ no longer even is. Consider the

June 30, 2014 London, England [Editor’s Note: This column was written by Tim Price, frequent Sovereign Man contributor and Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management in the UK] “We are currently on a journey to the outer reaches of the monetary universe,” write Ronni Stoeferle and Mark Valek in their latest, magisterial

June 9, 2014 London, England [Editor’s Note: This column was written by Tim Price, Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management and frequent Sovereign Man contributor.] “Are we finished ? The answer is no.” – Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, 5th June 2014, having just cut ECB deposit rates to

[Editor’s note: This missive was penned by Tim Price, frequent Sovereign Man contributor and Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management in the UK.] “I say to all those who bet against Greece and against Europe: you lost and Greece won. You lost and Europe won.” – Jean-Claude Juncker, former prime minister of

May 28, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: This post comes from Tim Price, frequent Sovereign Man contributor and Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management in the UK.] “I don’t know what to say. I’ve been investing since January and I’ve never seen anything like it.” – Unnamed Hong Kong housewife during the

May 20, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: This letter was written by Simon’s colleague Tim Price in the UK, who is currently Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management] “The stock market is filled with people who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.” – Philip Fisher. A personal perspective

May 6, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: Tim Price, frequent Sovereign Man contributor and Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management is filling in for Simon today.]   “If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on it, I would use the first 55 minutes determining the proper

April 28, 2014 London, England [Editor’s note: This letter was written by Simon’s colleague Tim Price in the UK, who is currently Director of Investment at PFP Wealth Management] As contrarian investments go, we’re probably in three of the biggest. As regular readers will be aware, gold is one – subject to the