| Doug Casey
has visited more countries than anyone I know. He goes to the most far-flung
reaches imaginable. What does he look for? Real Estate, bargains, possibilities,
surprises, opportunities, ideas, adventure. At last count he has
visited almost 200 countries and lived in seven. It would difficult to
find anyone who knows more about international investments & international
living than Doug. His book, The International Man was instrumental in inspiring
this website. What makes Doug unique is that he goes far from the beaten
track. He looks at African nations that no one else would consider, he
travels to remote locations and looks at real estate. He publishes what
he learns in his newsletter, "The
International Speculator." Those that follow Doug's advice
end up making money. His advice is on the edge of adventure and entails
ideas and tips that no one else has bothered to consider. His courage has
brought him a large following of investors and expats that follow Doug
around the world, in print and in profit. Doug Casey is also the founder
of the Eris Society -
Eris is the Greek goddess of discord, whose golden apple was marked, "to
the fairest" (Kalliste). The squabble over this apple created the jealousy
that led to the Trojan War. We have adopted that name to describe a group
of free thinkers who meet once a year to discuss the arts and sciences,
philosophy and theology and any other subject which may lead us to the
world of ideas beyond our workaday lives. |
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| Casey
graduated from Georgetown University in 1968, where he was a classmate
of Bill Clinton. He's probably best known for his books:
The International
Man (Alexandria House, 1976) sold over 50,000 copies in the US, and
became the best-selling book of all time in what was then Rhodesia.
Crisis Investing
(Harper & Row, 1979) became the largest selling financial book in history,
on the New York Times bestseller list for 29 weeks, sitting at the #1 position
for twelve of those. It accurately forecast the boom in precious metals,
and the high interest rates of subsequent years.
Strategic
Investing (Simon & Shuster, 1982) received the largest advance
ever for a financial book. It accurately forecast the 1980's stock market
boom, and lower precious metals prices. On the New Yok Times bestseller
list for 7 weeks. |
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His most recent
book is Crisis
Investing For the 90s (Birch Lane, 1993)
Since 1979
he's written a monthly newsletter,
"The
International Speculator" ($145 p.a., 21,000 subscribers).
Casey typically
gives about ten speeches a year, and has appeared on hundreds of radio
and TV shows, including Donahue, Letterman, Regis Philbin, Charlie Rose,
Merv Griffin, NBC News, and CNN. His first TV appearance, however, was
in 1964 when he was the captain of the "It's Academic" team for Marmion
Military Academy. He's been the subject of articles in People, US, Time,
Forbes, The Washington Post, and numerous other publications.
He sat on the
Board of Governors of Washington College (1782) from 1992 to1997. He is
currently a trustee of Northwood University, the Eugene B. Casey Foundation,
the Liberty Foundation, the Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary
Education, and the Fully Informed Jury Foundation.
He is active
in venture capital, mainly in mining and telecommunications. He serves
as a director to Executive Security International and Heartland Capital,
and an advisor to Kenneth J. Gerbino &Co (Beverly Hills, CA), Day Assets
(Annapolis, MD), and Passport Financial (Petaluma, CA).
Casey has lived
in seven countries, and visited over 150, most several times. His main
sport is polo, but has been active in skydiving, martial arts, scuba, auto
racing, and competitive shooting in the past.
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