Oil Prices Continue to Define Geopolitics

From Stratfor, Geopolitical diary, Editor’s Note: Oil prices dropped steeply Oct. 14, with crude oil futures falling 4.6 percent to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Oct 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Happiest and saddest countries 2013

The Prosperity Index Everywhere you look in this world there are signs of instability, destruction, hopelessness. Syria is in civil […]

By MarketAngel | 10 Dec 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Africa’s “Glass With Attitude”

by Mark Mobius  Africa has been an area of interest to our team, for many reasons. One might say Africa’s […]

By Brian Andreosky | 26 Oct 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

The Business of Diamonds, From Mining to Retail

Diamonds. For thousands of years, they have been believed to bring good luck (and bad luck!) – health, wealth, and […]

By Aidualc | 12 Sep 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, North America | Comments (0)

The 15 Countries With The Highest Inflation Rates

Like death and taxes, no one escapes the ravages of inflation.   These days, it’s the talk of folks from Caracas […]

By Aidualc | 10 May 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Regions, Statistics | Comments (0)

In Africa, can Brazil be the anti-China?

By David Lewis, Reuters, NIMBA-BUCHANAN RAILWAY, Liberia (Reuters) – In the muggy forest of central Liberia, a gang of workers […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Feb 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Private Equity, Real Estate | Comments (0)