Disrupting the existing luxury wearables market

Following A Trail Of Success

In the stock markets traders come and go and most that go are never seen again. They get absorbed back up in the constant haze that is the struggling man's version of society. Where every day dreams keep playing themselves out only to awake and find they were just dreams. For that small percentage of traders who make the right moves and even live year after year dreams can come true. At some point you find your dreams get bigger and the "want" list keeps growing with your thirst for yet another amazing run in the markets.

Some traders play smart on low level stakes and scrape out a meager existence rather than go after that brass ring they have heard is out there. But lets face it not only do you need to have luck you also need to have an uncanny ability to know what the market wants before the market even knows themselves. This means you need to have your hand on the pulse of the market trends and be able to predict the swings in momentum and the pressure building towards the new direction you have already moved to.

About now you might think this is a bit too much to take in that people can be that clairvoyant to know which way the wind will blow, but it does happen. For every trader out there that is constantly hitting the next best thing and winning big there is a CEO that seems to have the ability to see into the future. The actual ability to see into the hearts and minds of the mainstream consumers and investors and provide the very thing they didn't even know that they wanted. I lumped the consumer and investor together because in a way investors are consumers on a market that provides a product. Some products have little value and some grow more valuable by the minute. The product is a transferable share in the ownership of a company listed on one of the many exchanges around the globe.

We trade hard assets and resources but we also trade an opportunity at wealth. These companies may have their own hard assets but history has shown these can be squandered quite fast and thus wiping out any inherent value in those shares we just bought. The point I have tried to emphasize in this whole discussion is that some traders who don't have the ability to make all the right moves and predict the new trending markets should at least surround themselves by those who are doing it right. If you continually do an activity with someone worse than you at the same activity you will never get better. Bad brokers hang out with bad brokers. Bankers who mismanage funds probably hang out with the same loser type personalities.

I am not saying everything will rub off on you or that you will instantly be transformed but hey what's wrong with following a leader if he always gets you across the goal line? I have met hundreds if not thousands of investors over the years on line and in person and I made sure to keep in touch with the ones I knew were always in the money on the latest trends. I love putting the puck in the net and walking away from a deal knowing I made the right move and increased my portfolio at the same time. I don't know if I am one of those traders but I sure follow a lot of winning traders and brokers.

This philosophy extends to company management as well and winning CEO's tend to attract a lot of deep pockets and a lot of action junkies waiting for the party to start. I have had the pleasure of meeting a lot of CEO's but must admit there are not many that make it past the first round of scrutiny. For those that do; I sometimes find myself on a winning run only to see the most unprofessional moves made that force me to rethink my holdings. I don't have the luxury of just living with corporate mistakes. I have to keep a close eye on the ball and if a CEO has a habit of dropping the ball I tend to go play somewhere else. If you are good you probably have just as many friends as you have haters. I know in Vancouver there is a direct relationship to certain social circles based on your net worth. Just as equally driven is a crowd that stands on the sidelines and cheer for your failure. I know this does not make any sense but believe me the haters are out there. Maybe they lost it all on a junior gold or they squandered it on Nortel at the high, either way they hide in the shadows watching the winners in hopes they fall from grace. For this very reason I know that my mentors in the markets are not everyone's hero and may even be hated by many, but in the end they made me who I am today and I think I have enjoyed some success.

You can't go through the Vancouver trading circle and not know the name Keir Reynolds. The guy is in the who's who of making money on several fronts. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/meet-a-man-who-loves-small-caps/article4290024/

One of his key successes as I see it has been to reinvent himself and his strategy with an uncanny ability that leaves some traders in awe. In my mind Keir has set up a track record for catching that lightening in a bottle on many occasions and I am watching closely for this next big move. Keir is an investor but more recently the head of a new and exciting company called Mezzi. It's not gold, it's not tech, its what I call high fashion with a purpose. His designs appeal to the masses while encompassing such fine materials that the glitterati find themselves drawn to the elegance. If your not from Vancouver then it may sound funny talking about the high fashion scene. Toronto, LA, Paris and yes Vancouver. A lot of wealthy people live in greater Vancouver and the money just keeps coming. Vancouver has long considered itself Hollywood North and the locals like the finer things. Sure we have our share of the granola crowd but walk downtown among the suits on any business day and you can feel the flow of money and information. The markets move fast and the small caps tend to fly out of the gate faster in Vancouver. About Mezzi

From the Mezzi web site:

With a mission to disrupt the existing luxury accessories and wearables markets, MEZZI is proud to introduce a collection that defines the intersection between high fashion and smart technology. Each piece features a seamlessly integrated MEZZI Trackr, allowing wireless connectivity between your MEZZI bag and smartphone.

MEZZI delivers an inspired collection of women’s and men’s accessories ranging from essential travel duffels and totes to business savvy portfolios and briefcases to statement making handbags. Always dedicated to quality, MEZZI sources fine leathers from Italy and is very proud to support luxury fashion manufacturing in the US. MEZZI

Mezzi plans on several collaborated designs that suit even the most discerning buyer in North America and product is now shipping out for Christmas. The new web site is attracting a lot of attention and many took advantage of Black Friday specials.

You can check out Mezzi on line and read through some of the recent news items or better yet go through the products on the site. It's time to get on that Christmas wish list before the stock is all gone!! Mezzi Home Page

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