Is Davos worth the distraction
John Robertson
PortfolioDirect
Is Davos worth the distraction? The World Economic Forum brings together all the world's great minds and influencers so as to galvanise them into action to improve the state of the world. What about an example? The annual gathering of the world's financial luminaries, political leaders and socially aware pop stars is impressive enough to think that something worthwhile might be happening. A poll by The Guardian newspaper this week showed 94% of respondents believed that the Davos meeting would not make a difference. Davos is either elitism gone mad or an organisation doing good but failing abysmally to advertise its value.
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John Robertson is Chief Investment Strategist for PortfolioDirect a provider of resource sector investment stock ratings and portfolio strategies for mining and oil and gas investors. He has worked as a policy economist, corporate business strategist and investment market professional for over 30 years after starting his career as a Commonwealth Treasury economist in Canberra. Since being Australia's top-rated commodities analyst and chief economist at one of Australia' leading stockbroking firms, he has advised companies across the mining, consumer products, IT and biotech sectors on their equity market relations. He leads the firm's investment evaluation and security structuring activities on behalf of the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB), the world's first equity 'crowdfunding' investment platform. John Robertson discusses the interaction of mining and investment markets in his weekly 'From the Capital' column in Mining Journal.
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John Robertson
PortfolioDirect
John Robertson is Chief Investment Strategist for PortfolioDirect a provider of resource sector investment stock ratings and portfolio strategies for mining and oil and gas investors. He has worked as a policy economist, corporate business...
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John Robertson
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John Robertson is Chief Investment Strategist for PortfolioDirect a provider of resource sector investment stock ratings and portfolio strategies for mining and oil and gas investors. He has worked as a policy economist, corporate business...
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