• “Towson’s book addresses one of the greatest challenges for today’s investor—the world might be globalizing, but that that doesn’t make it easier to understand. Towson wisely shows how the differences between developed and developing countries are not barriers to investment, but instead value opportunities, whether by bringing..."
    - Ben Simpfendorfer, Author of The New Silk Road, Former Chief China Economist , RBS Global Banking & Markets

July 25th, 2012

June 2012 Issue of Buffett in Beijing Report (download)

Topics this month include:

  • How Grupo Gloria made a killing in Peruvian sugar plantations
  • How South Korean CJO became the #1 home shopping channel in China – and then lost it.

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July 5th, 2011

Podcast – “How Saudi Prince Waleed Invested Globally and Grew $30k to $22B” by Tradestreaming.com

You can go to the Tradestreaming link to hear the audio.

The Tradestreaming Introduction is pasted in below. Note: in the audio my title was said to be Chief Investment Officer which is not correct. This correction is also noted below in the text and on their site.

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Saudi’s Prince Waleed took $30k and investing globally, turned it into $22 billion — all with staff of only 2 or 3.

He was able to accomplish this by applying a framework to invest globally. Like Buffett, Waleed is a value investor. But the similarities end there — Waleed is a deal maker, on the prowl to see where he can add value and how.

In this podcast, we’re joined by Jeff Towson, who was Head of Direct Investments Middle East/North Africa and Asia Pacific for Waleed** for almost 10 years. He’s written a new book describing the Waleed model,What Would Ben Graham Do Now: A New Value Investing Playbook for a Global Age. He explores the essential question of our day: how does a foreigner properly invest in emerging markets?

In today’s episode of Tradestreaming Radio, we discuss:

  • ways global value investing differs from what Warren Buffett did so well
  • how Waleed and others like him find and invest in value in inherently chaotic environments
  • why global investing is a hybrid of investment banker, business development exec and investing
  • what geographies Towson is looking at now for their investment potential

** In the audio of this program, I mistakenly refer to Towson as Waleed’s Chief Investment Officer.  His correct title was Head of Direct Investments Middle East/North Africa and Asia Pacific.

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April 11th, 2011

26. Step Two of Becoming a Global Investor: Buffett and Russo

In my previous article on Step 1 of Becoming a Global Investor, I argued that “going global” as a value investor means exponentially increasing your potential opportunities. There are just so many more companies out there now. It’s a fantastic time to start looking globally.

But it is also about overcoming “5 going global” problems:

  1. Limited access
  2. Increased uncertainty in the current intrinsic value
  3. Increased uncertainty in the long-term intrinsic value
  4. A weak or impractical claim to the asset
  5. Foreign disadvantages

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