East or West? Ukraine now has to choose its path

By MARIA DANILOVA, AP, According to an old folk tradition, if a man knocks on the door of a Ukrainian […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Nov 13 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Jeff Gundlach Singles Out The Emerging Market Country Most Vulnerable To A Crisis

By Sam Ro, Business Insider, Jeff Gundlach of DoubleLine Funds just wrapped up his latest public webcast. He reiterated his […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 11 Sep 13 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The United Kingdom Moves Away from the European Project

By Adriano Bosoni, Stratfor, British Prime Minister David Cameron will deliver a speech in London on Jan. 23, during which […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Apr 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Great Disconnect

By: Kemal Derviş, Brookings Institute, Since the second half of 2012, financial markets have recovered strongly worldwide. Indeed, in the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Mar 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Is Spain the Next Target for Chinese Real Estate Investors?

By Michael Cole, Mingtiandi Real Estate site, After having successfully driving up real estate values in Hong Kong and Singapore, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 28 Nov 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Financial Markets, Politics and the New Reality

By George Friedman, Stratfor, Louis M. Bacon is the head of Moore Capital Management, one of the largest and most […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Aug 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Big four of Euro agree growth boost, split on bonds

(Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel resisted pressure on Friday for common euro zone bonds or a more flexible use […]

By M Guliyev | 22 Jun 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Spain, Debt and Sovereignty

By George Friedman, Stratfor, Eurozone countries on June 9 agreed to lend Spain up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion) […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Jun 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Will This Greek Tragedy Climax in the Death of the Euro?

By Doug Elliott, Brookings Institute, Greece could well be out of the euro soon, depending on the results of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Jun 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Waving the White Flag

By John Mauldin,Thoughts from the FrontLines, A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 May 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)