Acknowledgments
My father passed away when I was relatively young. My greatest regret is his not witnessing the successes and trials of life experienced by his children, myself, my brother Minaz, and my sister Noorjehan, and, never meeting his grandchildren. But, his teachings and advice have lived on through my mother who has been a stalwart of support and great wisdom throughout my life despite the torture that I put her through as a child and teenager! This one’s for you, Mom!
It began on the basketball court at Rollins College where I have been playing for more than a couple of decades with a great group of people three times a week. One of those players was Mark Skousen, editor of Forecasts and Strategies, and a very close friend. Mark, always seemed to be enjoying himself. He was an adjunct member of the faculty at the time, but he always spoke about “great” trips he had taken and how he loved writing about financial markets and stocks. I asked what he was talking about—what was his other job? He said he was an editor of a financial newsletter. I told him that was something I wanted to do—it really was that simple. He put me in touch with his friend Bill Bonner at Agora. Agora was a very small company then and my job was to take over the Research Director’s position from Robert Czeschin, who had moved to Asia to set up shop. Little did I know that it was the beginning of the longest and best journey of my life . . . a lot of which is threaded throughout this book.
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