Yuan Sets Tone for Asia as Japan Dethroned by China: Currencies

By Lilian Karunungan and Yumi Teso, Bloomberg, Asian central banks are tolerating gains in their currencies against the yen as […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Dec 12 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Paradox of China’s Naval Strategy

By Rodger Baker and Zhixing Zhang, Stratfor, Over the past decade, the South China Sea has become one of the […]

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

Asia’s wealthy heirs defy stereotype

The heirs of the ultra-rich in Asia spend most of their time working, and being able to buy whatever they […]

By Aidualc | 21 Sep 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Hottest International Housing Markets

By Douglas A. McIntyre, 247Wallst site, Even as the value of residential real estatearound the developed world continued its multi-year […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Sep 11 | Posted in Asia, Latin America, Real Estate, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Emerging Market Fund Watch: MSCI Index Reclassification Doesn’t Change Much

From 247 WallSt site, In yesterday’s article about emerging market funds, we noted that three of the funds that track […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Jun 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Latin America | Comments (0)

A Former No-Name from Taiwan Builds a Global Brand

HTC is the No. 1 maker of Android handsets, the one segment growing faster than iPhones By Bruce Einhorn The […]

By Oracle | 30 Oct 10 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)