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Chris Mayer

Chris Mayer is managing editor of the Capital and Crisis and Mayer’s Special Situations newsletters. He also is a contributor to the Daily Reckoning. Graduating magna cum laude with a degree in finance and an MBA from the University of Maryland, he began his business career as a corporate banker. Mayer left the banking industry after ten years and signed on with Agora Financial. His book, Invest Like a Dealmaker, Secrets of a Former Banking Insider, documents his ability to analyze macro issues and micro investment opportunities to produce an exceptional long-term track record of winning ideas. Mayer’s commentary has been featured by MarketWatch, Russia Today TV, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Huffington Post.

  1. Mayer's Special Situations

    How to Play the “Cat Bond” Boom • June 17, 2013

    Immune-to-meltdown “cat bond” creates boom for this company. Grab a 14.4% yield on an energy stock safe enough for an 89-year-old mom. And it’s the best time to buy hotels since 1991.…Read more…

  2. Capital & Crisis

    Mandelbrot’s Shocking Discovery • June 14, 2013

    When volatility knocks! Mandelbrot’s chart explores the S&P 500 without the 10 biggest one-day price moves. The result may shock you. Plus, an update on the European fire sale from Ireland.…Read more…

  3. Capital & Crisis

    “Huge Barrier to Entry” • June 10, 2013

    The government owns about 86% of Nevada. But one company has 22,500 acres in Summerlin, locked up on the western rim of the Las Vegas Valley. And it’s one in our coffee can. Plus, more from the VIC in Vegas, and updates on bank stocks……Read more…

  4. Capital & Crisis

    An Oil “Revelation” • June 7, 2013

    Mega-plays in oil and gas! “Today’s North American oil boom, if sustainable, takes us back to the discovery atmosphere of the 1950s and ’60s.” This wasn’t supposed to happen. The geologists said so!…Read more…

  5. Capital & Crisis

    The Making of an Investor, the Coffee Can & More • May 31, 2013

    My son started a $4,000 play investment portfolio. After one day, he was up $48… and he thinks the whole thing is as easy as pie. Updating our coffee can stocks, which make investing a little easier……Read more…

  6. Capital & Crisis

    What’s Still Cheap? Hint: It Starts With an “L” • May 24, 2013

    Fewer and fewer undervalued stocks to choose from, but there’s one sector that I think is still cheap! A few tickers, including my favorite in the sector, which I’ll update here.…Read more…

  7. Daily Resource Hunter

    One Of The Best Bull Markets In The World — Mongolia Is A “Buy” • May 20, 2013

    Find the best bull markets in the world. Get in early. Buy the best assets. Ignore the volatility. And enjoy the ride. That was the basic formula Harris Kupperman, CEO of Mongolia Growth Group, presented at the Value Investing Congress in Las Vegas. MGG checks all these boxes. It has great assets, acquired early in a massive bull market. Mongolia Growth Group is a buy.…Read more…