In 2009 I MC’d a couple of evenings of boxing for Hayemaker promotions on Setanta. With the demise of the latter, I haven’t had an opportunity to do this since. But here are a couple of showreels of some of the introductions, perhaps it’ll ‘inspire’ another channel. The atmosphere in at the Ulster Hall for the Appleby-Lindsay fight for the British Lightweight Title was like nothing else …

Short (playing time around 3 mins 50 secs)

Longer one ( 5 mins 40 secs)

My latest for Moneyweek:

George Soros is a man who has outwitted governments before. In 1992 he made more than $1bn by short-selling sterling, as the UK government was eventually forced to withdraw the pound from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. So when he speaks, investors listen.

Last month, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he declared that gold is “the ultimate bubble”. Fears were quickly sparked that the precious metal would tumble.

Various writers, fund managers and investors worked themselves into a frenzy. Many jumped ship and within a week we were trading down to levels last seen in October, almost $1,050 an ounce.

But one canny investor, it seems, was buying. George Soros… More here

I recently met Robert Prechter of Elliott Wave International in London and interviewed him for Frisby’s Bulls and Bears.

If you’re interested in wave theory and some outlandishly bearish predictions for the world economy, it’s well worth a listen. Download it here – Robert Prechter on Frisby’s Bulls and Bears