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Greg Grillot

Greg Grillot is an erstwhile philosophy student whose only similarity to Socrates is an utter lack of knowledge. Under the inimitable guidance of Byron King, Chris Mayer, Dan Denning, and Addison Wiggin, he hopes to learn enough about the markets and macroeconomics to actually say something meaningful someday. He enjoys jujutsu, Russian literature and pit bulls. He rues the day he left his tree-trimming job for publishing, as he has no time to think anymore.

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What’s Rarer than Gold..?

Mar 19th, 2006 | By Greg Grillot | Category: Gold
DO YOU HAVE an implicit, unswerving trust in the government-assured value of the dollar? If so, please don't waste your time reading this essay. But if you have even a sliver of doubt in the ever-dwindling value of fiat currency...if you fear the ravages of inflation...or if you're interested in some ...read more

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Whiskey Plods Eastward ~ Again!

Mar 5th, 2006 | By Greg Grillot | Category: Macro Economics
HERE'S A QUICK photographic rundown of my recent trip to India. Sitting alone at my desk in dreary, chilly Baltimore, I often dream myself tramping around the crowded, filthy, sweltering streets of Mumbai.  But don't you fear, staid Whiskey aficionado - I'll return to India this fall.  With you, if you'd ...read more

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India Joins the 5-Digit Quartet

Feb 19th, 2006 | By Greg Grillot | Category: Emerging Markets
THE FOREIGNER GIVETH. Then he taketh away. Or so it is in the case of India's main stock index, the Sensex. For those who have no clue, the Sensex is a bundle of 30 of the largest stocks on the Bombay Stock Exchange. It is the DJIA of India. And ...read more

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The Sandinistas: Central America’s Last “Value” Play

Jan 29th, 2006 | By Greg Grillot | Category: Macro Economics
Greg Grillot gives a recent history of Nicaragua: The Somoza dictatorships and the Sandinistas who overthrew them and were voted out of office in turn, and discusses the cheap real estate opportunities available in the country. PHYSICALLY SPEAKING, I hail you from the ground floor of Agora Financial's Baltimore office. But my ...read more

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Tireless History

Jan 15th, 2006 | By Greg Grillot | Category: Macro Economics
"I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time." ~ Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, I.22 QUITE AN AMBITIOUS task he set for himself. But then, an inherent duty of all historians may be ...read more

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Impeach President Bush: Liberty or Safety?

Dec 25th, 2005 | By Greg Grillot | Category: Macro Economics
Greg Grillot argues the case for Impeaching President George W. Bush. "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~ Benjamin Franklin "There is undeniably an important and legitimate privacy interest at stake with respect to the activities described by the president. ...read more

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Chinese Banking System: The Mystery of Mr. Wu

Apr 28th, 2005 | By Greg Grillot | Category: Currencies, Macro Economics
Greg Grillot recounts a visit to China and a friendly, elderly archaeologist named Mr. Wu -- and springboards from there into a discussion of the Chinese Banking System and the Chinese economy in general. Yesterday afternoon, a wizened Manchurian fellow with an enormous, yet calming, black mole on the tip of ...read more

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