BEF Fund started 2014 successfully

Dear Investors! Balkan Emerging Frontiers Fund generated more than 4% net return in first quarter of the year! Total return […]

By BEFFund | 05 May 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

Prosperous legacy for 2014

Dear Investors! Balkan Emerging Frontiers Fund generated 0.46% net return in November and 0.49% net return in December. It has […]

By BEFFund | 04 Mar 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, Stocks | Comments (0)

Emerging Markets 2014 Outlook: Shaping the Next Decade

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, As we embark upon a new year, the Templeton Emerging Markets Group believes 2014 could […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Jan 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Africa’s “Glass With Attitude”

by Mark Mobius  Africa has been an area of interest to our team, for many reasons. One might say Africa’s […]

By Brian Andreosky | 26 Oct 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Is the Pump Primed for Emerging Markets Investors?

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, The vulnerabilities—or rather, perceived vulnerabilities—of emerging markets ­have been the focus of heightened discussions over […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Oct 13 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Seven Reasons Why Africa’s Time Is Now

Here’s a link to a recent infographic in HBR.  http://hbr.org/2013/10/seven-reasons-why-africas-time-is-now/ar/1 Summary: Africa’s economy is growing faster than the economies of […]

By Brian Andreosky | 25 Sep 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Africa investor Weekly Commentary – 16 September 2013

Ai40 Index observers breathed a sigh of relief as the Index finally managed to record a substantial gain. The Index […]

By Brian Andreosky | 17 Sep 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Developed market

In investing, developed markets or developed economies are those countries that are thought to be the most developed and therefore […]

By M Guliyev | 01 Sep 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Pre-emerging markets

The term, pre-emerging markets is a standard term for the smaller, and/or less-developed — yet still investable — equity markets […]

By M Guliyev | 29 Aug 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Latin America | Comments (0)

Ai40 Weekly Commentary – 19 August 2013

Good news for the Ai40 Index as it clawed past the 113 mark this week, closing up 0.2%, or 0.23 […]

By Brian Andreosky | 20 Aug 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)