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August 2011

Eurozone growth sags to 0.2 percent in Q2 Eurozone sees growth sag to anemic 0.2 percent in Q2 as officials struggle with debt crisis

Eurozone sees growth sag to anemic 0.2 percent in Q2 as officials struggle with debt crisis David Mchugh, AP Business […]

By M Guliyev | 16 Aug 11 | Posted in The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Global stocks lose steam on weak German growth

Global stocks lose steam on weak German growth and dashed eurobond hopes to tackle debt crisis Colleen Barry, AP Business […]

By M Guliyev | | Posted in North America, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Web 2.0: How to Spot the Top

by Joshua M Brown, Reformed Broker,  “When I see a bubble, I invest.” – George Soros I don’t think there […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 Aug 11 | Posted in Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The 10 Housing Markets That Will Collapse This Year

The real estate market is already in the deepest depression in modern U.S. history. If you think it can’t get […]

By DennisGao | 14 Aug 11 | Posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

A Soft Landing For Brazil As Output Slows And Growth Centers On Middle Class

By Agustino Fontevecchia,, Forbes Blog, Money managers, bankers, traders, and analysts agree that the Brazilian economy is headed for a […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Are Hedge Funds ‘Too Big to Fail’?

By Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ, Who’s afraid of hedge funds? A year after Dodd-Frank was signed into law, regulators still have […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Aug 11 | Posted in Food for Thought, Hedge Fund, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

More optimism in the Ukrainian IT market in 2011

IT product and service sales in Ukraine stabilised and even began to grow in 2010. In interviews and opinions expressed […]

By pmr | | Posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Oxstone Food for Thought – The Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstone Capital Management,    8/12/11 For the past few weeks stock markets around the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Aug 11 | Posted in Food for Thought, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Stocks, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Financial Turmoil Evokes Comparison to 2008 Crisis

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, NY Times, It feels eerily familiar: Stocks are plummeting. The economy is slowing. Politicians are scrambling […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Analysts spot improvement in Romanian construction

The Romanian construction market http://www.ceeconstruction.com/ experienced substantial contraction during the period from 2008-2010. As this year began, however, the number […]

By pmr | | Posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Real Estate | Comments (0)