Weekly dispatches

ZCCM Investments Holdings is a little-known mining small-cap that could become a multi-billion dollar giant. The company – and its stock – may not remain dormant for much longer.

Genuinely original, outside-the-box investment ideas from the tri-continental Weird Shit Investing conference – all wrapped up in a free manual.

Can shareholders instigate change by writing letters to boards? Can doing so catalyse a re-rating?

The US government is actively working to reopen Venezuela for business. Pioneer investors should take a closer look at Canada’s Gold Reserve Limited.

Investment newsletters, Substacks, and ‘finfluencer’ channels are coming under growing regulatory scrutiny. A global crackdown is underway.

Paris-listed SBM owns swathes of Monaco. With capital flowing back to Old Europe, both the Principality and its largest company are thriving.

Germany’s OHB SE is a space economy success story. Investors have benefited handsomely, too. The upcoming SpaceX IPO has propelled OHB stock into orbit.

Zurich-listed Swissquote Group provides services that many internationally minded investors may find useful. Its stock is also worth watching.

Solidcore, the Kazakh rump of former Russian miner Polymetal, is already up 3x. A re-listing in London or Hong Kong could provide further upside.

Taxes, compliance and regulations only ever increase. Andersen Group is making a mint from helping wealthy clients navigate this growing burden.

Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International is up 200%. It remains one of the smartest (and cheapest) proxies for investing in the CEE region, including Ukraine.

London-listed Camellia PLC long seemed like a relic from bygone times, but it has recently updated its capital allocation strategy. Does a short-term catalyst beckon?