We don't write about markets we observe — we write about markets we operate in. Every piece of content here is drawn from live investments, active operations, and battle-tested decisions.
A rental car and a local SIM within the first hour, Waze over Google Maps, more buffer time than feels reasonable, and originals with wet signatures. Practical, on-the-ground lessons from handling business in the UAE — the hard-won kind.
Read Full ArticleKetogenic diets, fasting, and autophagy are drawing serious research attention as adjuncts to standard oncology care. Here is the honest state of the science — the promise, the mechanism, and where the evidence still falls short.
Featuring Steven Schiffbauer, founder of Nu Energy (Cayman Islands): a guaranteed multi-decade demand curve in electrical services, an AI-driven back office, and a fragmented market with far less competition than the crowded professional-services world. We don't just find this thesis interesting — we're putting capital into it.
A 1.39-million-person study maps exactly where cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic decline starts driving cancer risk — and the sharpest jump happens well before old age.
The Nobel laureate who found cancer's metabolic fingerprint in 1931 — and why it never became a treatment paradigm.
We are the most optimized generation in history — and somehow more depleted than ever. What neuroscience is confirming about breathwork, connection, and the ancient tools the body actually needs.
Binge eating, unmanaged ADHD, and chronic stress are usually treated as separate from cancer risk. The biology says otherwise.
The most reliable engine of real growth isn't the biggest bank or the deepest market — it's credit that reaches productive local enterprise. From Germany's Sparkassen to the businesses mainstream banks won't touch in Cayman, Argentina, and rural Texas, here is the model we're building around.
Why we need to talk about end-of-life wishes before we can't — and how to make sure they're known and honored.
The UK's anti-corruption champion is back at Cayman's door, and a change of prime minister is coming with no signal of retreat. We hold our structure here. Here is what the standoff actually means for members.
Somewhere in the last few decades, in the name of protecting them, we quietly reversed the formula that resilience is built, not born. Here is what the data — and thirty years of clinical practice — actually show.
The mutated cell isn't the whole story. A growing body of mainstream oncology research confirms the environment that cell grows in matters just as much. Here is where terrain theory fits — and where it doesn't.
If inflammation drives depression in a meaningful subset of people, what does that mean for a substance with a well-documented inflammatory effect of its own? The connection holds up — with real caveats.
A new proof-of-concept trial in JAMA Psychiatry resolves a decades-old contradiction: anti-inflammatory drugs kept failing depression trials because depression was never one condition to begin with.
“The exciting news is that we may not need Pap smears anymore,” a physician said. Here is what the vaccine actually covers, what the trials actually measured, and what informed consent requires.
Soloway’s near-term call on metals is deliberately bearish — and that is exactly why it matters. We hold direct positions in gold and real assets. Here is the accumulation logic we are watching.
Alan Greenspan died at 100 having spent two decades doing precisely what he once warned, in writing, that central bankers should never do. What he built still governs where your wealth sits today.
More than a billion people worldwide are deficient. The mainstream bar for “normal” was set to prevent rickets — not to support immune function, cancer prevention, or cardiovascular health. Here is what the evidence actually shows.
Cayman tops the hospitality investment rankings again. But a new Auditor General report reveals a public sector payroll growing at twice the rate of revenue. We are invested here. Here is what we see.
The athletes on that pitch run 13km a match and eat to the gram. The companies bankrolling the spectacle sell Coke and Big Macs. This is not just irony — it’s one of the most brazen examples of health-washing in modern sport.
A severe, potentially fatal lung condition called EVALI has been documented in thousands of patients — predominantly adolescents and young adults. It has killed people. And it is frequently missed until it becomes critical.
The days following cancer surgery are one of the most biologically vulnerable windows in a patient’s journey. A food-derived compound called Modified Citrus Pectin may be the most overlooked tool in perioperative oncology.
Post-FOMC quad-witching volatility, gold's bull-trap scenario, WTI crude sticky at $74–75, and a structural rotation thesis fifteen years in the making.
The Gabbard documents add something new: a named, documented account of how a closed information loop operates — and why this is not a political story. It is an investment thesis.
WTI crude shed ~$20/barrel on peace-deal headlines, gold reclaimed key moving averages after a liquidity-driven dislocation, and the FOMC, quad witching, and Juneteenth converged into a compressed calendar.
More than 40 million Americans take a statin daily. Most were never told the Number Needed to Treat. Most were never offered a structured lifestyle alternative. Here is the full picture patients deserve.
The WHO has stated it plainly: no level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health. The cardioprotective myth of red wine has been methodologically dismantled. Here is what the current evidence actually shows.
When institutional capital finally turns to Argentina, it will find a liquid equity market worth ~$80 billion. What happens next is the investment thesis we have been building toward.
Every reform story arrives with momentum and a narrative. The discipline is in separating structural change from political theatre — and knowing how to position capital in the interval between the announcement and the delivery. A framework for reform-economy investing.
MSCI Inc. will decide whether to place Argentina on the road back to global indexes — a move that could trigger $5 billion in inflows. We have capital on the ground when it lands.
When a single offering clears in under 24 hours, the instinct is to celebrate. The smarter question is: what does that velocity tell you about pricing, positioning, and where the next window of opportunity opens? A case study in capital and scarcity.
Modern chronic disease management treats symptoms while leaving root causes untouched. Sleep, nutrition, movement, stress biology, and social connection are not soft variables — they are the primary levers. A clinical framework for reversing the sequence.
The tobacco playbook has been replicated across industries. Internal documents now entering the public record reveal a pattern: fund the research, shape the narrative, delay the consensus. What investors and patients need to understand about the manufactured uncertainty industry.
Two people can have identical cholesterol numbers and wildly different heart disease risks. The ApoB test can reveal which category you fall into — and most doctors aren’t ordering it.
52 grams of sugar, zero magnesium, zero calcium, and petroleum-derived food dyes. Here is what's actually in the bottle — and what genuine electrolyte replacement looks like.
My daughter is nineteen. Yesterday she came to me with something that stopped me completely in my tracks — the kind of moment a parent quietly prays for and rarely dares to expect.
A practitioner's guide to the structure that offers ownerless privacy, litigation-resistant governance, and global bankability — without the Panama problem.
The EU’s “full third-country ban” on crypto-asset services isn’t about Russia. It’s about governments building the infrastructure to close the last open door on capital mobility — and what that means for anyone who still has the option to act.
Alcohol is a Group 1 carcinogen — the same classification as tobacco and asbestos — linked to at least seven cancers. There is no safe level for cancer risk. Here is what the science says, and what the industry would prefer you didn’t know.
The U.S. is shifting official dietary guidance toward protein, healthy fats, and whole foods — and away from refined carbohydrates and ultra-processed products. The science has been building toward this for years. The policy environment is catching up.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, each organ is linked to a virtue — and modern research is catching up. How resentment stagnates the liver, why acts of kindness are cardioprotective, and the daily practices that bridge ancient wisdom with evidence-based medicine.
Gordon Goss on why a Cayman Foundation Company is structurally harder to attack than a trust, what ownerless actually means for your privacy, and the realistic cost picture that most advisors won’t give you.
Banking is broken for multi-jurisdictional structures. IBV Gold offers certified precious metal storage, same-day global fiat liquidity, and full documentation. Dr. Motsinger is a personal client.
Turkey enacted a 20-year foreign-income tax exemption in 2026 and offers one of the fastest citizenship-by-investment timelines globally. The Director completed the process personally. This is not a brochure.
The world’s foremost energy analyst says Argentina has a historic window. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has repriced non-bottleneck supply — and Vaca Muerta sits at the centre of the beneficiary thesis.
CI Mavericks holds direct positions in Argentine energy assets through the Terra Chachahuen joint venture. This analysis draws on Daniel Yergin’s framework for the post-Hormuz energy realignment.
Why the “just exercise more” approach to obesity is a beautiful, well-meaning, thoroughly outdated idea — and what the hormonal science actually says about weight loss.
The science of mindset, metabolism, and the sacred in the scrub brush — two landmark studies reveal that what you believe about what you eat and how you move shapes your body’s measurable physiological response.
On wandering, searching, and the quiet convergence of mysticism, neuroscience, and the expat experience — what Shel Silverstein’s rolling circle can teach us about the search for meaning.
Two groups. Same workout. Same duration, intensity, and five days a week for twelve weeks. One group cut blood pressure nearly twice as much as the other. The only variable was timing. What the 2026 circadian biology research means for anyone who exercises and wonders why results feel modest.
The caregiver feeding your child for the majority of their waking hours has more influence over their long-term health than almost any other factor — including you. A frank look at the food-as-love dynamic, the neuroscience of reward, and the conversation most families are not having.
A pain specialist told Marney that spontaneous laughter was more effective than morphine at driving down a patient’s pain scale. The science has been quietly building that case for decades. What laughter actually does to the body — biochemically, immunologically, neurologically — and why joy belongs in every treatment plan.
A 45-minute run burns 300–400 calories. A Venti Caramel Frappuccino contains 500. The maths has never been in favour of exercise as a weight loss strategy — and the hormonal science explains exactly why. What Dr. Jason Fung’s research actually says, and what actually works.
No amount of SPF protects against glycation — the process by which sugar molecules bind to collagen and elastin, stiffening them into compounds called Advanced Glycation End-products. AGEs. They age you. And in a Caribbean dietary and UV environment, the attack is coming from two directions at once.
A JAMA Network Open randomised controlled trial: high-dose vitamin D produced a 19% lower chance of developing type 2 diabetes — but only in 70% of participants. The other 30% saw zero benefit. The same supplement, same dose, same duration. What the ApaI gene variant tells us about personalised prevention.
For children with ADHD, sensory processing differences, or a family history of addiction, the daily biscuit-and-juice ritual is something significantly more consequential than a snack.
A pain specialist told Marney that spontaneous laughter was more effective than morphine at driving down a patient’s pain scale number. The science has been quietly building a case behind him for decades.
In a world of manufactured expertise, the advisors who build real authority do it through accumulated intellectual honesty — not credentials or cold outreach. Why content-driven trust is the moat that compounds, and how to build it deliberately.
Why looking good in your Lululemon is not the same as being healthy — and why the metabolic health crisis hiding inside thin bodies (TOFI: Thin Outside, Fat Inside) is the one nobody is talking about.
Why people, places, and things are not just triggers — they are the architecture of the behaviour itself. Drawing on Dr. Jason Fung, Dr. Robert Lustig, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, and Dr. Gabor Maté.
The neuroscience of why overcoming addiction produces a greater dopamine reward than the addiction itself. Featuring research by Dr. Anna Lembke (Stanford), Dr. Nora Volkow (NIDA), Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Deci & Ryan.
The Prochaska & DiClemente Stages of Change model, unpacked. Why change doesn’t happen in a straight line — it spirals, stalls, doubles back, and occasionally gets abandoned next to the treadmill. Here’s how to get unstuck.
Pain is real. Trauma is real. Learning differences are real. But there is a profound difference between acknowledging struggle and building an identity around it. What the science actually shows about post-traumatic growth.
OPEC fractures, banks contract, medicine misallocates, food chains thin — and the people who saw it coming are quietly buying the replacements. The CI Mavericks Strategic Conference this July is built around that diagnosis.
Why an Anthropic AI model pulled Powell, Bessent, and the U.S. bank CEOs into an unscheduled meeting — and what it means for how we hold and move wealth.
A CI Mavericks perspective on fiscal desperation and the future of financial mobility — reading the EU Commission’s 2026 wealth taxation study not as policy research, but as a planning document.
There is a population of people for whom weight loss is genuinely, neurologically harder — not because they lack willpower, but because their nervous systems were wired from early life to seek regulation through oral behavior.
The science of dopamine saturation, why modern life is wrecking your reward system, and what genuine recalibration requires.
What Dr. Robert Lustig’s Metabolical reveals about the lab markers that actually predict disease, and the supplements with real evidence.
What tech neck is doing to the next generation, why early intervention is everything, and the role every parent must play.
The neuroscience of food addiction, how the bliss point was engineered, and what genuine recovery actually requires.
Following regional geopolitical pressure, Dubai prices have softened 10–15%. Villas have held up better than apartments, and properties priced at the deeper discount end are clearing quickly. Our read on what the data means for the JV’s UAE exposure.
Forgiveness is not forgetting. It is not excusing. It is not reconciliation. It is the radical act of releasing your own nervous system, your own cells, your own life force from the ongoing burden of an injury that was never yours to carry in the first place. What the research now shows about resentment as physiology — and what to do about it.
Touch is the first language we learn and often the last comfort we receive. In cancer care, it may be one of the most powerful, most accessible, and most consistently underutilized therapeutic tools available. What the research shows — and what every faith tradition arrived at independently.
Dr. David Unwin has reversed type 2 diabetes 157 times in a Liverpool GP practice. The data on what causes the metabolic disease moving through the developed world — and what reverses it — is clearer than the food pyramid suggests.
CFA charterholder. Eight years at Deloitte’s Cayman investment management practice, six years in RBC corporate finance. Joining the CI Mavericks platform through our partnership with Shorecrest Capital.
Cayman, where statute itself guarantees the audit work, is about to feel it. KPMG cut 600 UK jobs. PwC made 175 junior auditors redundant in 2025. The Big Four advertised more AI specialist roles than auditor positions last year. The deal between juniors and partners is being renegotiated, and the juniors aren’t at the table.
Spike protein has been detected in human circulation up to 187 days after vaccination. The published intervention framework, in plain language, for the audience that has not been given an honest place to discuss it.
The Cayman Compass reports junior audit roles in Cayman are under structural pressure from AI, with KPMG, PwC, and other Big Four operators cutting headcount globally. Our read on what this means for professional services pricing — and for the way CI Mavericks built its own operating model.
Meaning, connection, and inner stillness are not soft additions to good oncology care. The psychoneuroimmunology evidence places them squarely on the biological pathway that drives cancer outcomes — and the seeds are best planted in childhood.
The health crisis hiding inside thin bodies is the one nobody is talking about. Meet TOFI — Thin Outside, Fat Inside — and the blood tests that actually tell the truth.
If you’ve ever lost weight only to watch it return despite your best efforts, you’ve experienced homeostasis — not failure. The body defends a set point through hormones, metabolism, and neurology. Here’s how it forms and how to change it.
What a mother eats during pregnancy doesn’t just nourish her baby — it programs the child’s metabolic set point, reward circuitry, and food preferences before birth. The science is far more powerful than the cultural messaging.
6,106 private jet movements in 2025 — a record. The terminal was already over capacity in 2014. The $49M rebuild was scrapped. On peak days, billionaires are being turned away. Supply problems on a 76-square-mile island resolve in favour of asset holders.
Four stories in 48 hours: Gargash on Iran’s “decisive turning point,” the first loaded LNG tanker through Hormuz since February, Qatar Airways rebuilding routes, and the UAE exiting OPEC after 59 years. We read this as investors.
The UAE has reportedly signalled it could shift oil trade to the Chinese yuan as it presses Washington for financial support amid the ongoing Iran conflict. What this means for the dollar’s reserve status.
Three fathers — Eric Klein, Gordon Goss, and Dr. Charles Motsinger — sit down for an honest conversation about presence, mistakes, and lessons they wish they’d learned sooner.
A classically trained physician explains how SavviSound uses frequency-based therapy to clear your body’s dominant energy channel — 15 minutes at a time.
Gordon Goss synthesizes the SWP Metals quarterly update — cycle positioning, Middle East conflict dynamics, and what the debasement lens implies for long-term holders.
Michael W. Green argues Bitcoin’s fixed-supply design doesn’t fix fiat’s failures — it makes every one of them structurally worse. A summary for serious investors.
Zywiec et al.’s landmark multi-author review in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons — covering gain-of-function origins, systemic adverse events across 184 million people, and the ethical reckoning ahead.
Martin Armstrong lays out why the Strait of Hormuz is the most dangerous unprotected asset on Earth — and what his cycle models forecast through 2032 for oil, gold, and the Gulf.
They told us cigarettes were safe once, too. A nurse’s deep dive into what the research actually shows about e-cigarettes — and what every parent needs to know.
A hospice nurse on the most profound act of love you can give your family — and why we’re so afraid to write one. Practical guidance from oncology and palliative care.
New Finnish registry data covering 2,083 patients finds no reduction in suicide risk after medical gender transition — challenging one of the most politically charged claims in modern medicine.
Three mothers from the CI Mavericks community share hard-won wisdom on what families get right, get wrong, and wish they could do over when raising kids surrounded by abundance.
Our fourth dispatch from Dubai. A CEO managing 30,000 megawatts across the Gulf, a contact who just landed at DXB, and the honest assessment behind the relief rally.
Anna Amica ran a $100M-a-year energy operation with 500 people on the ground. FX restrictions, FCPA compliance, talent, and why execution is everything south of the equator.
Growth mindset research, Wolff’s Law, and a dirt bike story. Why muscles, bones, and children all need resistance to grow — and what happens when you remove it.
Egypt’s energy crisis is a real-time case study in what happens when import-dependent economies face supply shocks. We make the case for Argentina’s resource independence.
How to evaluate real estate flips beyond the numbers. Jim Coyne’s hard-won principles on ownership structure, capital adequacy, fee transparency, and why you should never let urgency override due diligence.
Research in psycho-oncology shows that patients who develop a sense of meaning during illness report greater resilience, reduced depression, and higher quality of life. Here's the evidence.
Meditation is not just psychological — it's a biological intervention. Research shows it reduces inflammatory markers linked directly to cancer development, progression, and recurrence.
A landmark JAMA Pediatrics study puts hard data behind what parents already sensed. Social media doesn't just waste time — it reshapes development. Here's what the science says.
Vitamin D isn't a vitamin — it's a hormone. 30% of Americans are deficient, and the consequences cascade. Here's what the evidence actually says, and why we take it seriously.
An exclusive CI Mavericks podcast conversation on achieving success in real estate investing and emerging market opportunities. Jim Coyne brings decades of hands-on experience from Arizona to Argentina.
Budget properties are seeing competitive bidding again, rents have flattened, and the buyer pool has rotated almost entirely toward GCC, Russian, and Asian capital.
Gordon Goss synthesizes a trading desk’s metals and energy positioning — where natural gas sits as the best-setup trade, why gold is in distribution, and what the “stamina game” means for long-term holders.
Regular soda floods your body with sugar. Diet soda was marketed as the solution. It isn’t. Here’s the truth about both — what they do to your gut, your metabolism, and your long-term health.
Brilliant marketing convinced a health-conscious person to eat ultra-processed food regularly. The protein was real. Almost everything else was misdirection — and your gut is paying the price.
The movement got something profoundly right. But in the space between self-acceptance and self-awareness, a silence has grown — and chronic disease grows in silence. A registered nurse on what investigation, not appearance, actually tells us.
You track your macros, hit the gym, and hydrate. But if you’re sleeping six hours or fewer, those investments are being undermined by the one recovery system you can’t hack or skip.
Intangible assets, active consulting contracts, and documented operations aren’t just good practice — they’re the difference between a defensible structure and a regulatory target.
After three record-setting quarters, Dubai recalibrated in Q1 2026. We hold UAE real estate exposure. Here’s how we read the data — and why we’re not reducing.
A growing body of evidence is asking us to look more carefully at sugar in our children’s diets. The connection runs through insulin resistance — and the research is both sobering and actionable.
Wealth creates extraordinary opportunities — but also a quiet risk. What the research says about raising resilient, grounded kids when money is never the constraint.
Scientists are turning their attention to a stage happening deep inside our cells. The mitochondrion's role in how cancer starts, survives, and spreads — unpacked.
Cayman doesn't have one banking sector — it has two. We hit the walls firsthand as an exempt company. Here's what we learned, and where we banked instead.
Gold sold off 17% from its highs. The media called it a reckoning. Former BlackRock PM Ed Dowd calls it a liquidity event. We held through the drawdown. Here's the thesis.
The liquidation cascade in gold has exhausted itself. Natural gas sits on a massive short that could unwind fast. For the first time in two weeks, the operating environment has shifted from acute stress to structural opportunity.
Every skilled professional who starts their own practice makes the same mistake: believing they escaped management. In reality, they just added two roles on top of the technical work they were hired for.
Seed oils are in nearly everything — and a growing wave of researchers are asking whether the fat we've been told to embrace for decades is fueling a rise in cancer and chronic disease. The linoleic acid debate, unpacked.
Frequently discussed only in the context of diabetes, insulin resistance plays a far broader role — influencing inflammation, tumor growth signaling, and the metabolic environment cancer cells thrive in.
Two off-market properties. Two very different conclusions. What a real due diligence session — with our capital on the line — taught us about evaluating agricultural investments in South America.
The headlines haven't stopped. Dubai is finished. The Gulf is collapsing. We called someone managing 120 luxury properties on the ground — because we have real capital deployed there, not a research subscription.
Markets just went through a liquidity-driven reset. Gold got caught in the crossfire. But the structural thesis hasn't changed — and if you're a long-term investor, this is noise, not signal.
Thirty percent of the world's urea just got cut off. It's planting season. And countries that can't feed themselves with their own resources are about to find out what that means.
The "Dubai is over" headline is a recurring event, not a new development. A former UAE parliamentarian and DIFC architect provides a calm, legally grounded assessment — and it stands in sharp contrast to the panic narrative.
The offshore world can be a powerful tool for legitimate business and wealth structuring. But it comes with rules — and the DOJ doesn't care how clever you think you are.
We obsess over stock portfolios, real estate, and retirement accounts. Yet the single most valuable asset we own — the one that makes every other investment possible — is the one we most often neglect.
A curated recap of Dr. Peter McCullough's base spike detoxification protocol. As a physician, I'm presenting the key clinical insights — not as endorsement, but as intelligence.
Seventeen years in Canadian capital markets. A billion dollars in new capital at RBC. Now, a conversation about how the world's most concentrated pool of financial talent turns a barbecue into an $18.5 million land deal in Patagonia.
While the world fixates on Vaca Muerta, a generation of underinvestment has left Argentina's conventional oil fields underproduced and undervalued. We're on the ground doing the diligence — here's what we're finding.
The UAE government says capital flows freely. That's the official line — and it's probably true at the policy level. But capital controls don't always come from government decrees. Banking friction, KYC escalation, and compliance bottlenecks tell a different story.
The headlines say one thing. Our on-the-ground intelligence says another. We called our partner in Dubai — who helped us purchase properties and secure a golden visa — to get the real story on conflict impact, transaction data, and where the opportunity sits now.
The Cayman Islands government has passed sweeping new immigration legislation that fundamentally alters the investment-based Permanent Residence pathway. Our legal residency expert Nicholas Joseph breaks down the new timelines, thresholds, and strategic implications.
There's no point building a life you're proud of if your body gives out before you get to live it. Dr. Ted Harrison lays out the evidence-based protocol — diet, exercise, sleep, hormones, and the drugs hiding in plain sight.
Most people treat wealth and health as separate goals. We think that separation is one of the most expensive mistakes a high-performing individual can make. Here's the case for integrated advisory.
A cancer diagnosis changes everything instantly. But research in psycho-oncology shows that patients who develop a sense of meaning during illness demonstrate improved resilience, reduced depression, and higher quality of life. The science of posttraumatic growth is real — and it matters.
The media says Dubai is finished. The Land Department says $4.5 billion cleared in five business days. We own property there — here’s what’s actually happening.
A curated recap of Dr. Peter McCullough's base spike detoxification protocol — nattokinase, bromelain, curcumin — presented as clinical intelligence by a physician who understands the stakes. Your health is the one asset class you can't diversify away from.
The offshore world can be a powerful tool for legitimate business and wealth structuring. But it comes with rules — and the DOJ doesn't care how clever you think you are. A hedge fund manager just found that out the hard way.
The Cayman Islands is drawing a line in the sand against external pressure for public beneficial ownership registers. We break down what this means for our investors and why jurisdictions that fight for privacy while delivering compliance are the ones worth operating in.
The case for the Dow reaching 100,000 is gaining traction. We examine the thesis through the lens of capital rotation, monetary policy, and what it means for investors who hold real assets — not just paper.
Dubai just posted its biggest single-day real estate haul in history. We dissect what's driving the capital surge, where the smart money is flowing, and why this matters for anyone deploying capital in global property markets.