March 1, 2012
By Thom Calandra OYADAO BORDER CAMP -- Cambodia explorer Angkor Gold is little known to travelers who visit this country to tick off Buddhist temples and irrawaddy fresh-water dolphins flipping in the Mekong River. [caption id="attachment_1356" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="They...
January 30, 2012
By Thom Calandra www.babybulls,com VANCOUVER, Canada -- Ordinary folks go to investment shows to advertise their fears. Not to buy. That's what I call fup-the-duck. This holds for most shows in most market moods: up, down, euphoria, despair. Insecurity. Torrents of sweat for those who don't...
December 27, 2011
By Thom Calandra www.babybulls.com MOSCOW -- Just back from Russia, where I was researching what might be a diamond in the rough. More on that early next year after some double-D. I returned from Moscow on Saturday, when 100,000 or so Russians demonstrated peacefully amidst slush, ice and...