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History: Capital & Crisis (formerly Fleet Street Letter) was founded in Great Britain in 1937 and is the oldest investment advisory letter published in English. It is one of the most well respected letters in the world.  Agora Publishing purchased this publication and launched Capital & Crisis U.S. version in 1997.

Philosophy: Capital & Crisis focuses on “value stock” picks, finding little known, but profitable new companies that have been previously overlooked. 

Editor: Christopher Mayer joined the Capital & Crisis team in July 2004.  Christopher Mayer's contrarian essays have appeared on a number of websites and publications, including The Mises Institute, The Freeman, The Daily Reckoning, GoldEagle.com, LewRockwell.com, FiendBear.com, PrudentBear.com, Grant's Investor and Individual Investor Magazine. His views on financial matters have also been widely quoted, including in the highly regarded Grant's Interest Rate Observer. 

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Where Recommendations are traded: Generally the recommendations are mostly traded on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) and NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation).

More on Capital and Crisis's Chris Mayer: Christopher began his career in banking, specifically, corporate lending, after earning an MBA with a concentration in finance, He later started writing Capital & Crisis, a monthly newsletter that gave Christopher's unique brand of financial commentary a more regular and expanded format.  With an unusual fondness for old books, old investors and old ideas, Christopher fits perfectly into the Capital & Crisis mold. He claims a personal library of over 400 books, numerous periodicals, papers and pamphlets, which he brings to bear on understanding the financial world of today.

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Whiskey and Gunpowder Articles by Chris Mayer
The Fall of China...and What it Means For America - 12/10/2005
by Chris Mayer "Here's the first Weekend Whiskey! I've got a couple exciting things for you today, so please read the whole thing and shoot me an e-mail with any opinions or complaints about this latest addition to the Whiskey repertoire...what better way to inaugurate our new shot than an essay from our buddy Chris Mayer."
The World's Most Dangerous Economic Minds - 08/30/2005
by Chris Mayer "The 29th economic symposium hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City began Thursday night in Jackson Hole, Wyo. This is a highly exclusive group of people; entrance is by invitation only. There are only about 100 attendees. I like to call it a Gathering of the World's Most Dangerous Economic Minds."
Oil: The 1970s Redux - 06/29/2005
by Chris Mayer "Chris describes the origin and early history of the Middle Eastern oil industry (as opposed to Byron's meme of Pennsylvanian oil.) Chris goes on to describe the outrageous wealth that the Mid-Eastern oil sheiks accumulated when the price of oil rose in the 1970s...but what happened to all of that oil money?"
China Courts Economic Disaster - 05/11/2005
by Chris Mayer "It is widely acknowledged that China is keeping its currency artificially cheap. By doing so, it is alleged that China is giving its exporters an unfair advantage against struggling U.S. manufacturers, who are having their lunch eaten by cheaper Chinese imports."

Rude Awakening Articles by Chris Mayer
Ka-Ching...Love That Sound! - 11/15/05
by Chris Mayer "American consumers may be strapped for cash, but American corporations are loaded. Just look at the companies in the S&P 500 Index (generally representative of the market as a whole). Corporate coffers hold in excess of $2 trillion, a staggering amount of dough, and an all time high."
Oil, The New Reserve Currency - 11/03/2005
by Chris Mayer "I borrowed the title of today's column from Robert Friend, the successful international investor at Recon Capital. At last week's Grant's Investment Conference, Friend used this title to provide a context for his bullish remarks about oil and oil stocks. "
The Next Enron - 11/02/2005
by Chris Mayer "From the podium of the posh St. Regis Hotel ballroom, Chanos identified the likely victims of this seismic shift. The attendees seemed to hang on his every word. Chanos, is afterall, the most famous short-seller in the land…and for good reason. He rose to celebrity as the 'Man Who Called Enron.'"
Let's Play Monopoly - 10/19/2005
by Chris Mayer "The nature of Chris Mayer's investment philosophy affords him the opportunity to chase profits the world over. Today the quest for value plays has taken Chris down to the land of the long white cloud: New Zealand, and to friendly South Korea.Check out why Chris is getting all worked up about two monopoly companies set to turn some healthy gains."

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