The "Brexit" opportunity... and a Great "classic" TV show about scams and cons...

[Dien Rice]

There's so much going on...

I've been fascinated by the "Brexit" (UK vote to exit from the European Union). When you read how it happened, it was almost like an "accident" - British prime minister David Cameron promised the vote on it to quieten down certain members of his party. I think nobody really expected that the UK would leave the EU.

Now... It looks like it could break up the United Kingdom, as Scotland and Northern Ireland may choose to leave the UK, and stay in the EU, while England and Wales go their own way...

With any change, there are always opportunities. I know that some people guessed right, and made very good money betting on the crash of the British pound (i.e. shorting the pound) in the aftermath of the vote... (I don't do this kind of trading, but I know people who do these kinds of trades...)

Anyway, in other news, I've been watching episodes of a great 1950s TV series, "Racket Squad!"

It's a hidden gem...

They took cases or real scams and cons, and turned them into TV episodes. Some of them are downright ingenious!

I think it's always good to know about scams and cons - so that you are not conned yourself. Unfortunately, the business world is full of such people...

I highly recommend the following episode - "The Case of the Perpetual Pellet." (The con is ingenious...)

(It's the first episode of 2 of them, put in one video back to back...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnnXzUNW8tI

You can find more episodes on YouTube!

Best wishes,

Dien

P.S. Some of the episodes were sponsored by Philip Morris, so some of them have some very pro-smoking advertising messages interspersed throughout the episodes, for those who may wish to know about those ahead of time... The above two episodes are from season 1, and it looks like Philip Morris was not yet a sponsor at that stage...

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

With any change, there are always opportunities.

Every change brings winners and losers... and every change brings opportunities. The goal is to always be on the "winning" side of the change, where possible!

The "Brexit" (the British exit from the European Union) will bring thousands of new opportunities...

Here's another I noticed...

Because of the "Brexit," some companies will be moving their offices (or at least some of them) from the UK to the European mainland. That's because the UK may not have as easy direct access to European markets any more.

For example, I just heard today that HSBC - a very large international bank - is planning to move 1000 of their employment positions from London to Paris as a result of the "Brexit"...

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36629745

Now, it's easy for a huge company like HSBC to make this move. However, think of the smaller companies... Say, an import/export company, that currently deals with the EU, from a UK base. Their business could disappear if they stay in the UK, so they may want to move to an EU country. However, that involves knowing local business laws, as well as local languages.

Clearly, people who know local business laws and the language within an EU country - and who also speak English - would have a great role to play helping these businesses to move... And they can profit by doing it!

There are literally thousands of these kinds of opportunities which will arise...

The key is... change always brings opportunities...

Best wishes,

Dien

[GordonJ]

Originally Posted by Dien Rice

There's so much going on...

I've been fascinated by the "Brexit" (UK vote to exit from the European Union). When you read how it happened, it was almost like an "accident" - British prime minister David Cameron promised the vote on it to quieten down certain members of his party. I think nobody really expected that the UK would leave the EU.

Now... It looks like it could break up the United Kingdom, as Scotland and Northern Ireland may choose to leave the UK, and stay in the EU, while England and Wales go their own way...

With any change, there are always opportunities. I know that some people guessed right, and made very good money betting on the crash of the British pound (i.e. shorting the pound) in the aftermath of the vote... (I don't do this kind of trading, but I know people who do these kinds of trades...)

Anyway, in other news, I've been watching episodes of a great 1950s TV series, "Racket Squad!"

It's a hidden gem...

They took cases or real scams and cons, and turned them into TV episodes. Some of them are downright ingenious!

I think it's always good to know about scams and cons - so that you are not conned yourself. Unfortunately, the business world is full of such people...

I highly recommend the following episode - "The Case of the Perpetual Pellet." (The con is ingenious...)

(It's the first episode of 2 of them, put in one video back to back...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnnXzUNW8tI

You can find more episodes on YouTube!

Best wishes,

Dien

P.S. Some of the episodes were sponsored by Philip Morris, so some of them have some very pro-smoking advertising messages interspersed throughout the episodes, for those who may wish to know about those ahead of time... The above two episodes are from season 1, and it looks like Philip Morris was not yet a sponsor at that stage...

First, 400 year old view, from John Donne;

"No man is an island...'

And from the TV show, Game of Thrones (GOT) character Petry Baelish;

"Chaos is an opportunity, a ladder..."

A historical perspective on the War of the Roses (which GOT is loosely based on)...it too was a war against globalization, the "global" being France (and the European aristocrats watching from afar)...

The Nobles worried of the influence of France and the immigration of the Wildlings (Scots). I think it was Trump of York vs. Gibson of Hollywood...or something like that, history proved them both to be huge turds.

Gordon

Originally Posted by GordonJ

First, 400 year old view, from John Donne;

"No man is an island...'

And from the TV show, Game of Thrones (GOT) character Petry Baelish;

"Chaos is an opportunity, a ladder..."

A historical perspective on the War of the Roses (which GOT is loosely based on)...it too was a war against globalization, the "global" being France (and the European aristocrats watching from afar)...

The Nobles worried of the influence of France and the immigration of the Wildlings (Scots). I think it was Trump of York vs. Gibson of Hollywood...or something like that, history proved them both to be huge turds.

Gordon

As my gym buddy who was the chief in charge of the county sewage facilities before retirement used to say:

"What's **** to you is bread and butter to me."

I guess I mean you could be right about both guys but somebody has made and is still making a **** pot full of $$$ off these guys. I'm jealous I'm not one of them.