Pie in the Sky? The Economics of Space Travel

Follow this link if this email is not displaying correctly DAILY BULLETIN Friday 3 March 2017 Pie in the Sky? The Economics of Space Travel by Victor Hill | Equities | 6 mins. to read Elon Musk announced on Monday (27 February) that his space company SpaceX has been contracted by two private citizens to circumnavigate the moon and return to Earth late in 2018. The mission will not land on the Moon but the two privileged individuals will get close. And they have already paid a substantial deposit. The identity of the amateur astronauts is unknown – apparently, they know one another – but they can only be drawn from a tiny elite group. Firstly, they would have to be billionaires as they must be forking out something above US$100 million for the ride; and secondly they will have to pass the stringent health and fitness tests that SpaceX intends to impose on them. And then they have to pass the training exams.   Click here to read the full story LATEST STORIES FROM OUR BLOG Auto Trader has investment appeal ahead of Brexit by Robert Stephens | Equities | 4 min. to read Brexit negotiations will soon begin and I believe companies with large economic moats and defensive characteristics will perform well.   Click here to read the full story Swen Lorenz talks to Share Radio about the Master Investor Show Master Investor's Swen Lorenz stopped by at Share Radio this morning to talk about what visitors will be able to see at the Master Investor Show 2017 and why it's worth coming on the 25th of March.    Click here to listen Andalas Energy: Winning the battle with the 200 day line by Zak Mir | Trading | 1 min. to read I am half thinking of starting a series with the title, "You know we are really in a mega bull market for stocks when… is rallying".   Click here to read the full story Can Brazilian stocks continue to rally? by Adam Patterson | Economics | 6 mins. to read In general, taxpayers try to minimise their contributions to the government budget, either by optimising their tax rate or through trying to delay payments wherever they can.   Click here to read the full story Sovereign Mines of Africa: Wedge breakout to target 0.8p again by Zak Mir | Trading | 1 min. to read It would appear that in Sovereign Mines of Africa (LON:SMA) we have a company with a little more personality than many of its sector peers.   Click here to read the full story QUOTE OF THE DAY "By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day."                                                 Robert Frost SPECIAL OFFER FOR OUR SUBSCRIBERS MASTER INVESTOR VIDEO EXCLUSIVE LATEST EDITION OUT NOW SyndicateRoom - Invest with the pros Time to short Google? - Jim Mellon thinks so... Tom Stephenson's big four - Four funds to exploit global trends in 2017 The twilight of the bankers - And the rise of the fintech usurpers AIM IPO superstars - The new issues making waves for investors Click here to download as PDF   Click here to read online Master Investor Ltd. Suite 88, 22 Notting Hill Gate London, W11 3JE T: +44 7515 542707 E: swen@masterinvestor.co.uk Share the newsletter: Follow us: Copyright © 2017 Master Investor Ltd, All rights reserved. Master Investor is a trading name of Master Investor Ltd. Material contained within Master Investor Magazine and its website is for general information purposes only and is not intended to be relied upon by individual readers in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment decisions. Master Investor Ltd. does not accept any liability for any losses suffered by any user as a result or any such descision. If a Daily Bulletin is too frequent, why not opt in to our once weekly mailing list for a round up of the week's news. Want to change how you receive these emails? Why did I get this | Unsubscribe from this list | Update subscription preferences