The Big Picture

By John Mauldin, By Neil Howe, I’ve been a bit slow in bringing good friend Neil Howe’s predictions for 2016 […]

Collateral Damage

By Rebecca McReynolds, Chazen Global Insights, How legal systems block access to credit in emerging market countries It’s been well […]

Investment funds comparison

Performance comparison Western Balkans Regional and global stock indices comparison March return of Balkan Emerging Frontiers (BEF) Fund is roughly […]

These charts reveal the catastrophe of Ukraine’s refugee crisis

By Simran Khosla, Global Post, If you thought the ballot box would heal Ukraine, you were wrong, at least for […]

Emerging from the Global Competitiveness Ranks

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton Blog, The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently released its annual “Global Competitiveness Report,” which details […]

Why Moldova Urgently Matters

By Robert D. Kaplan, Stratfor, “NATO’s Article 5 offers little protection against Vladimir Putin’s Russia,” Iulian Fota, Romania’s presidential national […]

Borderlands: The View Beyond Ukraine

From Stratfor, Installment in George Friedman’s recent series written during his journey from the Baltics, through Central and Eastern Europe […]

Don’t Let The Ukraine Crisis Go To Waste: Buy These 3 Stocks Instead

By StreetAuthority, Rodney Dangerfield said it best in the movie ” Caddyshack” when he was talking to his broker while […]

Borderlands: First Moves in Romania

By George Friedman, Stratfor, I arrived in Bucharest, Romania, the day after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. U.S. Secretary of Defense […]

Russia Examines Its Options for Responding to Ukraine

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The fall of the Ukrainian government and its replacement with one that appears to be oriented […]