Chocolate Has New Latin King as Ecuador Overtakes Brazil

By Nathan Gill – Jan 21, 2014 Ecuador, where the fatty beans used to make chocolate have been grown since pre-Columbian times, is […]

By MarketAngel | 13 Mar 14 | Posted in Commodities, Latin America | Comments (0)

EM and the Fragile Five: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff

By Blaise Antin, David Loevinger, Anisha Ambardar, TCW Asset Management The shift in capital flows triggered by former Fed Chairman […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Mar 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Tiger Global to invest up to $500 million in Brazil online retailer B2W

From Reuters, Tiger Global Management LLC, the investment firm managed by industry mogul Chase Coleman, plans to spend up to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Feb 14 | Posted in Finding Oxstones, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Private Equity, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How retirement systems vary, country to country

  How retirement systems vary among major nations, from the US to China to Germany   By The Associated PressDecember 30, […]

By Aidualc | 11 Feb 14 | Posted in Retirement & Savings, Statistics | Comments (0)

Emerging Markets 2014 Outlook: Shaping the Next Decade

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, As we embark upon a new year, the Templeton Emerging Markets Group believes 2014 could […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Jan 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Future of OPEC

Pump jacks in the Kurdish town of Derik, on the border with Turkey and Iraq, Nov. 25. (ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Dec 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Latin America, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Long Live China’s Boom

After three decades of 9.8 percent average annual GDP growth, China’s economic expansion has been slowing for 13 consecutive quarters […]

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

Is the Pump Primed for Emerging Markets Investors?

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, The vulnerabilities—or rather, perceived vulnerabilities—of emerging markets ­have been the focus of heightened discussions over […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Oct 13 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Third World lessons for First World growth – Video

From LSE Website, YouTube Video link:  Turnaround: Third World lessons for First World growth Thirty years ago, China seemed hopelessly […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Sep 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Eleven Countries with Soaring Inflation

By Jon C. Ogg, From 247WallSt, While inflation has been relatively tame in the United States and Europe, several large […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Sep 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)