Foreign Buyers Aren’t Playing A Key Role In The US Housing Recovery For 2 Reasons

By Mamta Badkar – Tue, Jul 9, 2013 12:17 AM EDT Foreign buyers jumped into the U.S. housing market after the bubble […]

By DennisGao | 12 Jul 13 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Best Time to Invest

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, I frequently speak at investment conferences around the world, and get questions ranging from my […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Jun 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Statistics, Stocks | Comments (0)

Bitcoin Dreams Endure to Savers Crushed by CPI: Argentina Credit

Banned from buying dollars and confronted by the fastest inflation in the Western Hemisphere, some Argentine savers are seeking refuge […]

By MarketAngel | 15 May 13 | Posted in Latin America, Retirement & Savings, 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)

The Economic Singularity, Part II

By John Mauldin, From Daily Reckoning, In our analogy, the event horizon is relatively easy to pinpoint. It is what […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Oct 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Next Frontier

By Mark Mobius, Mobius Blog, Frank Templeton, In a recent interview, I was asked whether I was becoming a “frontiersman” […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Jul 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Argentina Denies Runaway Inflation Subsidizing Loans: Mortgages

By Camila Russo, Bloomberg, Argentines are lining up at banks again. This time, they’re leaving with loans. Veronica Cajal, who […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Jul 12 | Posted in Latin America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Colombia – Latin America’s equity issue superstar

Source:  This link comes from the Financial Times (ttp://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/01/16/colombia-latams-equity-issue-superstar/#ixzz1jfiyYk1v Colombia: LatAm’s equity issue superstar) Which Latin American market racked up […]

By spochoa | 17 Jan 12 | Posted in Commodities, Latin America, Private Equity, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)