New 2025 Global Growth Projections Predict China’s Further Slowdown and the Continued Rise of India

Cambridge, Massachusetts – The economic pole of global growth has moved over the past few years from China to neighboring […]

By Aidualc | 26 Jan 18 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Russia Stirs the Hornet’s Nest

Forecast Highlights Russia will keep trying to exploit divisions in the western Balkans, traditionally a theater of competition for many […]

By Aidualc | 07 Jun 17 | Posted in Eastern Europe, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The cheapest countries to live in 2016

THRIFTY LIVING       Want to know where you can get cheap groceries, eat out for less and rent […]

By Aidualc | 11 Feb 16 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

The European countries that take in the most refugees, in one interactive map

Europe is in the middle of a refugee crisis. Over the past several years, hundreds of thousands of people have migrated […]

By MarketAngel | 15 Dec 15 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Investment funds comparison

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

By BEFFund | 06 Apr 15 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, Stocks, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

The Origins and Implications of the Scottish Referendum

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The idea of Scottish independence has moved from the implausible to the very possible. Whether or not […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Sep 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Time is running out‏

Link: Regional and global stock indices comparison-1 As we are explaining for a while, stock exchanges in the region of […]

By BEFFund | 23 Jun 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Geopolitical Journey, Part 2: Borderlands

By George Friedman, Stratfor, A borderland is a region where history is constant: Everything is in flux. The countries we […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Jun 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The World’s Most Content (and Miserable) Countries

By Thomas Frohlich and Vince Calio, 247WallSt, World news does not always fully capture people’s level of happiness. Last year, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 May 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

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)