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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

    Six More Earnings Updates! • May 21, 2012

    Check in on real estate, drilling, oil, shipping and more. We pick apart one speculation’s recent drone-manufacturing acquisition, and we have a newly announced dividend. Let’s get to the math……Read more…

  2. Capital & Crisis

    Notes From Peru, Plus 7 Updates • May 18, 2012

    The Peruvian economy is one of the fastest growing in the world. It’s enjoyed a decade-long boom, driven by its rich copper, gold and other mines. My record is intact: I leave the country and the market tanks, so we hit seven updates.…Read more…

  3. Daily Resource Hunter

    Add This Energy Company To Your Watch List • May 17, 2012

    Spinoffs are my favorite Special Situation for many reasons. The latest one to watch is Phillips 66. While most investors will hold on to Conoco and sell off Phillips share prices could creep down to a nice buy range. Keep an eye on Phillips 66.…Read more…

  4. Daily Resource Hunter

    The Most Important Investment Trend Of The 21st Century? • May 17, 2012

    My new book World Right Side Up: Investing Across Six Continents is primarily about this new world and the opportunities it creates. I think the story it tells will prove to be the most important investment trend of the 21st century.…Read more…

  5. Agora Financial

    World Right Side Up: Investing Across Six Continents • May 10, 2012

    From Brazilian farmlands to Colombian gold fields, from Chinese shopping malls to Indian hotels, from South African wine country to the boom/bust souks of Dubai, Chris Mayer’s around-the-world investing field trip explores the nooks and crannies…Read more…

  6. Mayer's Special Situations

    Buy 1, Get 3 Free • May 10, 2012

    He doesn’t give interviews, speak at conferences or hold calls with investors, but we can find the secret in his success: stub stocks. Find out what they are, and how to profit……Read more…

  7. Daily Reckoning

    Bar Stool Wisdom from São Paulo • May 4, 2012

    “One cannot overestimate the importance of that hotel bar,” says veteran journalist Mort Rosenblum in his handbook for foreign correspondents, Little Bunch of Madmen: Elements of Global Reporting. The basic idea is that local intelligence has a remarkable tendency to collect in little pools in hotel bars where travelers and locals mix. You can learn …Read more…