Want World Domination? Size Matters

Want World Domination? Size Matters By RICHARD N. ROSECRANCE CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — HORACE GREELEY, Napoleon Bonaparte and Cecil Rhodes may […]

By Oracle | 28 Jul 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

China’s Zhu Changhong Helps Steer Nation’s Currency Reserves

By LingLing Wei and Bob Davis, WSJ, BEIJING—At an official Chinese New Year’s party earlier this year, a former bond […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Jul 13 | Posted in Asia, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

The #1 Thing Worrying Hedge Fund Managers Right Now

By Matthew Boesler, From SF Gate, BofA Merrill Lynch just released the results of its July Fund Manager Survey, which […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Jul 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Hedge Fund, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Dambisa Moyo’s take on Frontier Markets

I just read a great interview by Jonathan Barnes of the CFA Institute Magazine, in which he interviews economist Dambisa […]

By Brian Andreosky | 18 Jul 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Finding Oxstones, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Getting Access to Myanmar, via Singapore

  by John Phillips With high-profile investors like Jim Rogers and George Soros showing a keen interest in Myanmar, it may be […]

By Brian Andreosky | 17 Jun 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Real Estate | Comments (0)

China’s Great Uprooting: Moving 250 Million Into Cities

BEIJING — China is pushing ahead with a sweeping plan to move 250 million rural residents into newly constructed towns […]

By Oracle | 15 Jun 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, Real Estate, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Frontier Markets: Now’s Your Chance To Bank A Fortune

by Chris Mayer, From Daily Reckoning site, From Tbilisi and Vladivostok to Rio and the gold souks of Dubai, opportunities […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Jun 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Real Estate, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Emerging Markets Mid-Year Pulse Check

by Mark Mobius Global economic growth hasn’t been terribly inspiring so far in the first half of the year, but […]

By Brian Andreosky | 10 Jun 13 | Posted in Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

James Passin, the American Who Bought Mongolia

By Brett Forrest, From Bloomberg, Photograph by Max Sher for Bloomberg Businessweek The Mongolian Stock Exchange occupies a single room […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 May 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Stocks | Comments (0)

Mr. Emerging Markets Is Bullish on the US

By Dan Weil, From Money News, Antoine van Agtmael, the investment pro who came up with the term “emerging markets” […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 30 Apr 13 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)