No.3 Magazine: Deliberately Irreverent

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Some people manage to fit more into their list of achievements than seems reasonable. Take, for instance, British-born Anthony Haden-Guest: journalist, art critic, soldier, amateur boxer, war correspondent, escapee from a WWII internment camp, and cartoonist. He also wrote The Last Party: Studio 54, Disco, and the Culture of the Night, and numerous other books. 

That list only scrapes the surface. “Some people can be a Mozart or Keats and be together by twenty years old,” he says modestly. “Or you can be like me; just turned eighty and learning how to handle your weaknesses.” He’s obviously handling them quite well. 

Earlier this year, for his eightieth birthday party he held a boxing match in which, among others, he fought off an opponent dressed as President Donald Trump. Not long after that, he brought forth his latest collection of art “The Further Chronicles of Now,” which opened at Anderson Contemporary in fashionable lower Manhattan.

As with his boxing match, Haden-Guest is irreverent, but that's not the whole of it. He draws his cartoons mainly in ink, with limited color and seems to follow two rules of thumb simultaneously: bold is better, and less is more. Together they morph into a well defined aesthetic. That’s something with which he has wrestled over time. “I was a photographer for a while and and I realized that if I took a roll of 36 pictures, they would look like they’d been taken by four different photographers,” he says. “That’s a killer for a photographer.” Likewise, he looks back at his drawings and wishes everything from more than a decade ago was turned to ash.

For him, the process of ‘cartoonery,’ is deliberate. “Any artist will tell you there is always a mystery about how everything got there,” he explains. “That is not true about cartoons – it has to be a missile – even the colors should help towards to the joke.” 

Of course, one wonders what deliberate field Haden-Guest will take on now he’s entering his ninth decade.

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U.S. News: Why Emerging Markets Are a Good Bet Now

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Emerging markets have been on something of a tear over the past year, and experts say they have more room to run. That's good news for investors who have arrived late to this party.

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which tracks stocks in 24 countries – including China, Russia, Poland, and Peru – is up more than 25 percent this year. That compares to gains over the same period of less than 20 percent for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, excluding dividends.

What's behind this stellar performance? First, emerging markets are cheap compared to the U.S. stock market. Read more here.

Forbes: Why Obama May Be The Ultimate Victor In Healthcare?

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Who'll be the ultimate winner in the health care insurance battle?

When all is said and done, perhaps it will be former President Obama. Read more here.

Forbes: Bad Economics Just Made The U.K.'s Nursing Crisis Worse

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Britain's National Health Service already has a shortage of nurses and it has little to do with the country's decision to leave the European Union.

The bigger problem is the paltry pay, an issue which the government made worse earlier this week. It's part of a long-standing problem. As with so many things, it comes down to simple economics. Read more here.

Forbes: New Market Regulations Will Backfire For China

By SIMON CONSTABLE

If there is one thing to understand about financial markets, it's that government interference frequently makes things worse than they would otherwise be.

A case in point is China, which over the past couple of months has placed increasing regulations on how its stock markets operate. The sad fact is that the new rules will undermine those markets over the longer term. Read more here.

U.S. News: The Next Bull Market for Gold May Have Just Begun

By SIMON CONSTABLE

With stocks pricey and investors getting valuation jitters, precious metals may be just the thing to add a little luster to your portfolio. 

For starters, there are reasons to believe that a bull market for gold and silver might be beginning. Read more here.

Forbes: Napoleon Hill's Advice On Success Still Relevant After Nine Decades

By SIMON CONSTABLE
Napoleon Hill's classic The Law of Success was reissued last month, nearly nine decades after its first publication. Still, the lessons seem as relevant as ever. Read more here.