not a repeating reader on this topic here, but I am more interested in the character in the dark glasses than the Economist Magazine-style snippets on current measures of market participation and mining. How is it that this dark-glasses guy chooses a portrait like "here I am in the furthest reaches of wilderness with a private (modest) aircraft and good quality outdoor clothes" ? who is this Anglo-guy who travels over continents and knows the price of things that originate in such secretive ways ? It is either remarkably impressive, or just over-the-top self-absorbed, or both.. which seems reflective of the "me against the world" individualists who are attracted to high-value, high-risk, scarce things that can be traded anywhere there are finance people, on Earth. Like a top-tier hunting bird, literally.. not all animals are like that. Not all communities can sustain these people. It takes multiple economies to get one "dshr" ?
It is pretty easy to disregard or actually hate on owners of mega-yachts. (have you actually seen one of those ships?) It is less obvious how to react to the Eagle guy in glasses. Its like comic-level almost, the personae presented. Anyway, thats my reaction..