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Chris Mayer

Chris Mayer studied finance at the University of Maryland, graduating magna cum laude. He went on to earn his MBA while embarking on a decade-long career in corporate banking. Chris is the editor of Capital and Crisis and Mayer’s Special Situations, a monthly report that unearths unique and unconventional opportunities in smaller-cap stocks. In 2008, Chris authored Invest Like a Dealmaker: Secrets From a Former Banking Insider.

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Buffet’s Investing in Railroads in Early 2009

Feb 6th, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
The Financial Times led off one headline column this week thundering: “The world economy will this year suffer its worst performance for more than 60 years with a serious risk that 50 million people will lose their jobs, international organizations warned yesterday.” The consensus has gelled. Now it’s just a matter of ...read more

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Stimulus Stocks and Infrastructure Plays in 2009

Feb 3rd, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
I think of it as “The Great Suppression.” The government keeps trying everything it can to suppress the unfolding economic bust. Whether the Great Suppression succeeds or not is beside the point. What concerns us is that its actions will have consequences in the marketplace. And as investors and speculators, ...read more

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A Coiled Spring of Growth

Jan 29th, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Featured, International
Trying to make any headway in this market is like trying to move around in a barrel of molasses. It’s a test of your patience. Meanwhile, there is a steady drumbeat of bad news in the press. Every day, there are layoffs and bankruptcies of one kind or another and ...read more

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Trammel Crow: Lessons in Real Estate Investing

Jan 26th, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Featured, Housing, Investing Strategies
“There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.” — Trammell Crow, real estate mogul Cycles are an inseparable part of the landscape of markets. Fortunes are often made in the valleys. I was thinking of this after I read several obituaries of Trammel Crow, who died this month. He ...read more

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Investing in India in 2009

Jan 21st, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Featured, International
Of all the crazy events in 2008, seeing the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in flames on TV is one I'll remember for a long time. Last year, when I traveled throughout India, my first stop was Mumbai (or Bombay, as people still call it). I stayed at the Taj Mahal ...read more

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Turkmenistan Emerges as Serious Natural Gas Player

Jan 12th, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Energy, Featured, International
Ukraine and Russia are at it again. This time, it’s turned especially nasty, as Russia cut off natural gas supplies to a host of European countries. Tired of relying on Russia, the EU will again look for alternatives. Its eyes will wander to Turkmenistan. Back in October, while the world was busy ...read more

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Investing in Water: Mining for Blue Gold

Jan 8th, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Commodities, Energy, Featured
Two days before Christmas, a 66-inch water main burst on River Road, not far from where I live, during morning rush hour. Water spewed out at a rate of 150,000 gallons per minute, turning River Road into an actual river for a time. People at the scene described the burst ...read more

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Phil Carret: The Pioneering Investor Who Always Looked on the Bright Side

Jan 6th, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
The Christmas tree is out on the curb, the ornaments carefully packed away for next year. We recover from the New Year’s party as the fog of it lifts from our heads. Our revels now are ended, as the Bard says. It is time to look ahead to 2009. Well, let’s ...read more

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Investing in the Global Infrastructure Boom

Jan 2nd, 2009 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Energy, Featured, International
He won a decisive victory in the presidential elections and his party picked up a bunch of seats in Congress. The American economy is in the dumps and the mood is glum. The new president puts in motion sweeping new legislation and spending plans in an attempt to fix things… I'm ...read more

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Potash Profits Amidst the Growing Demand for Fertilizer

Dec 29th, 2008 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Commodities, Featured
The basic idea is simple: The demand for food is rising, and hence so is the demand for fertilizer, which is essential to crop production. As farmers work with ever-decreasing amounts of good arable land, the need to boost crop yields is paramount. Fertilizers are a key part of doing ...read more

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