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December 2012

Housing’s Repo Man Is Back

By: Diana Olick   The good news is that overall foreclosure activity continues to fall and a decline in new […]

By DennisGao | 20 Dec 12 | Posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Best US Housing Markets for Buyers and Sellers

By: Diana Olick As the overall housing recovery gains steam, local market divergences are growing wider. That is because one […]

By DennisGao | | Posted in North America | Comments (0)

Purple Palace Abandoned Shows China Shadow-Banking Risk

Niu Dianqing stopped his motorbike at a construction site in China’s Inner Mongolia one morning last month. The front door […]

By MarketAngel | | Posted in Asia, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

‘Super cycle’ for forest products expected to send lumber prices up in 2013

By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun,   VANCOUVER — Lumber prices are expected to soar next year before hitting all-time highs […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Middle-Income Trap Looms in China

China’s breakneck, double-digit growth rate is decelerating. That’s hardly a secret, but Liu Shijin, vice minister of the Development Research […]

By MarketAngel | 19 Dec 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

China Grabs Share in Latin America Wind With Cheap Loans

Chinese wind-turbine makers have broken into the South American market, the world’s fastest- growing, by offering government-backed loans at interest […]

By Aidualc | 18 Dec 12 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Emerging markets outlook 2013: more bulls than bears

(By EM) The bullish outlook for emerging markets for 2013 is supported by a “return from the abyss” for the […]

By M Guliyev | 17 Dec 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Latin America, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Exxon Mobil to explore offshore South Africa

(by AP Associated Press) Exxon Mobil to explore offshore South Africa through stake in region, future rights IRVING, Texas (AP) […]

By M Guliyev | | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)

Biggest Opportunity Will Be Shorting the Bond Market: Dalio

By: John Carney, CNBC, Rising interest rates in 2013 will likely push down prices in almost every financial asset in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

DTZ Report Expects Growing Demand for China Logistics Space

By Michael Cole, From Mingtiandi site, As China’s ecommerce sector continues to grow at a rapid pace it is creating […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Dec 12 | Posted in Asia, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)