Why Shiite Expansion Will Be Short-Lived

Analysis Forecast That a bloc of Shiite states has coalesced in the Middle East is a significant geopolitical development; that […]

By Aidualc | 05 Jun 15 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Mid-Year Emerging Markets Update: ‘Recovery Phase’

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, As I’ve often said, investing in emerging markets requires patience, long-term perspective, and selective stock-picking. […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Jul 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Greece First Developed Market Cut to Emerging at MSCI

Greece became the first developed nation to be cut to emerging-market status by MSCI Inc. (MSCI) after the local stock […]

By Aidualc | 11 Jul 13 | Posted in Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

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)

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)

China set to unearth shale power

By Aizhu Chen, Reuters, YUANBA, China (Reuters) – China has spent tens of billions of dollars buying into energy resources […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Apr 11 | Posted in Asia, Commodities | Comments (0)

Emerging Economies Move Ahead With Nuclear Plans

By HEATHER TIMMONS and VIKAS BAJAJ, NY Times, NEW DELHI — Despite Japan’s crisis, India and China and some other […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Mar 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Real Estate, Stocks | Comments (0)

Qatar’s Bid for the World Cup: Shifting to a Knowledge Based Economy

From the Brookings Institution, Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup tournament was successful, making it the first Arab […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 11 Dec 10 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Top Investment Trends For Futurists

By JON C. OGG, 247Wallst, Futurists are an odd lot. Generally, they are authors, scientists, consultants and economists. What many […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Nov 10 | Posted in Finding Oxstones | Comments (0)

Is the Gulf Running Out of Water?

By Adam Gonn, The Media Line, Falling water tables and a salinization of underground aquifers is leaving the Gulf in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 28 Nov 10 | Posted in Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)