From Worst to First

By Chris Mayer, From Daily Reckoning I like to tell people that Greece’s stock market was one of the world’s […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Feb 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

TO: President Obama

FROM: Martin S. Indyk and Robert Kagan, Brookings Institute, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/a-plastic-moment-to-mold-a-liberal-global-order As you enter your second term, the state of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Jan 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Cocoa to Rice Woos Kuwait to Asia’s $2 Trillion: Islamic Finance

By Dahlia Kholaif, Bloomberg, Kuwait China Investment Co. (KCIC), part owned by the Persian Gulf nation’s sovereign-wealth fund, wants to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Dec 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

What an Obama Victory Means for the Middle East

Memo to the Arab World: Good news and bad news with the re-election of Barack Obama to the White House. […]

By MarketAngel | 22 Nov 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Vladimir Putin: The New Global Shah of Oil

By Marin Katusa, Casey’s Research Exxon Mobil is no longer the world’s number-one oil producer. As of yesterday, that title […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Oct 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Stocks | Comments (0)

Where the world’s running out of water, in one map

By Brad Blumer, Washington Post Blog, Many of the world’s most important food-producing regions depend on freshwater from massive underground […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Aug 12 | Posted in Commodities, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Countries Where Women Do Not Feel Safe

While the march towards gender equality slowly progresses around the world, one disturbing issue remains unresolved — safety for women. […]

By Aidualc | 26 Jul 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Next Frontier

By Mark Mobius, Mobius Blog, Frank Templeton, In a recent interview, I was asked whether I was becoming a “frontiersman” […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Jul 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Iran’s Strategy

By George Friedman, Stratfor website, For centuries, the dilemma facing Iran (and before it, Persia) has been guaranteeing national survival […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Apr 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Crude Oil vs. Iran: Who Blinks First?

By EconMatters , Oil futures spiked more than 2% in one day to their highest level in nine months on […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Feb 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities | Comments (0)