Concerned about the Consumer? Look at What China Wants

by Darcy Travlos,, Forbes, Investors concerned about a potential US “Double Dip” ought to focus where the growth is:  luxury […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Caught in a Steel Trap (from wsj)

There’s an output boom in steel with global production up 15% last year to a record 1.42 billion tons. So […]

By spochoa | 17 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Russian IT market is trending upward

Report reveals sectors charted for greatest development to 2016 “The Russian IT market http://www.ictrussia.com/ has bounced back. In fact, all […]

By pmr | 16 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Low Oil Prices Not Here To Stay, Says Barclays

By Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Blog, Enjoy the drop in oil prices, because it’s not going to last.  In a 114 […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Latin America, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The “shorts” who popped a China bubble

By Daniel Bases, Ryan Vlastelica, Clare Baldwin and Mark Bendeich, Reuters, NEW YORK/SYDNEY (Reuters) -They are a rag-tag bunch, often […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, Investment Wisdom, Stocks | Comments (0)

Smallest Stock Exchanges Can Only Go Up

by Thomas Kostigen, Market Watch, The world’s smallest stock exchange opened last week in Cambodia and joins a growing cadre […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Aug 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Investment Wisdom, Stocks | Comments (0)

Indonesia’s Global Significance

By George Friedman, Stratfor, I am writing this from Indonesia. Actually, that is not altogether a fair statement. I am […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

NIA Exposes Debt Ceiling Truth

By National Inflation Association, NIA hasn’t written about the whole debt ceiling issue over the past few weeks because in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Bullish on Silver

By Doug Hornig, Casey’s Research, Are you bullish on silver yet? Admittedly, it’s been a wild ride for the white […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Jul 11 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, North America | Comments (0)

China crash coming? Don’t bet on it

By Jim Jubak, MSN Money, Is China’s economy headed for a hard landing in 2011 or 2012? I don’t think […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Jul 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)