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How to exploit opportunities during times of crisis as done by Lee Chin

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Example #1

“I left Jamaica in 1976 bound for Canada. In 1979 when the middle class were selling their homes cheap and fleeing Jamaica, I bought a fully furnished villa in Silver Sands for Cdn$15,000 which I still run today. The owner wanted to get out of Jamaica fast. Now the seeds of wealth are sown in crises. In crises you have people throwing away their good quality assets because they want to get relief. “A year later that same villa was worth US$200,000.Why? Because in 1980 we had a change in Government.

Example #2

In 1982 in Canada, interest rates were 24 per cent with rampant inflation. As a consequence, stocks fell by about 60 per cent. In 1983 I went out and borrowed US$500,000 to buy McKenzie Financial Corporation. I paid one dollar for it. It was one dollar because of the crisis. Four years later the stock went up from one to seven dollars. This gave me my financial base because $500,000 became $3.5 million. It also helped to form my investment strategy, which is you buy great assets in crises when they are inexpensive and that’s how you create wealth.”

Example #3

Back in the nineties NCB was in a terrible state and fell victim to FINSAC. Nobody wanted it. The crisis presented Lee Chin with an opportunity to buy it. The year before he bought it (2001), NCB turned a profit of US$6 million. This year NCB turned a profit of US$120 million.

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John Mahfood “I Listed on the JSE to Raise Capital for My Business”

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Grace Stockholders To Vote On 3-for-1 Stock Split Today

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Shareholders of GraceKennedy Limited will this morning meet to consider and, if thought fit, approve a recommendation for a three-for-one stock split.

If approved, shareholders will receive three stocks for each one that is currently held.

According to group CEO Don Wehby, the stock units with a market price of J$115.00 per stock unit prior to the split will now increase threefold with an initial price of J$38.33 per stock unit

He says the stock split would allow GK’s stock to be made available to more investors while further enhancing the market for the shares.

Ahead of this morning’s Extraordinary General Meeting, GK last week issued 59,360 additional GK shares.

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UK Loses S&P Triple A Rating

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The UK has lost its top AAA credit rating from ratings agency S&P following the country’s vote to leave the EU.

S&P says the referendum result could lead to “a deterioration of the UK’s economic performance, including its large financial services sector”.

Earlier the pound plunged to a 31-year low against the dollar, and UK markets closed lower for a second day. On Friday,

Moody’s cut the UK’s credit rating outlook to negative.

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Caribbean Hotels Named In Jetsetters’ 2016 Best Of The Best

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Three Caribbean hotels have been named in US-based travel and lifestyle magazine Jetsetter’s 2016 Best of the Best awards.

The list which was published recently, highlighted the world’s 20 best hotels in categories ranging from Best Over-The-Top Luxury to Best Safari Lodge.

Included in the list were Antigua and Barbuda’s Barbuda Belle Luxury Beach Hotel, Anguilla’s Zemi Beach House Resort & Spa, and St Lucia’s BodyHoliday.

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