By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa, WSJ Blog, China’s overall debt load has risen quickly since the global financial crisis. While […]
Emerging from the Global Competitiveness Ranks
By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton Blog, The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently released its annual “Global Competitiveness Report,” which details […]
Asia’s biggest health concerns
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Capital Markets Reform in China: Gaining Momentum
By Eddie Chow, From Mark Mobius Blog, Reform efforts in China seem to be gaining momentum. The big question is […]
Housing Misery Maps Going Viral on China’s Weibo
By Michael Cole, Mingtiandi, Map of China housing “agony” shows years of work necessary to save up a down-payment […]
Chinese gold demand may rise 20% by 2017: industry body
London (AFP) – China’s annual demand for gold could jump around 20 percent by 2017 as more of its increasingly […]
How China (and the Rest of the Emerging Markets) Spend Today
By Matthew O’Brien, The Atlantic, After 30 years of catchup growth, consumers around the world are starting to look more […]
The Renminbi’s New Normal
By Teresa Kong, Matthews Asia, The gyrations in Chinese money markets in the last few weeks have caused much alarm […]
Getting Comfortable With Volatility
By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen significant volatility in the markets, which has spooked […]
Do China Insider Transactions Lie?
by Smead Capital Management Dear Fellow Investors: In our business, we like to say that insider transactions never lie. For […]