Brazil REITs’ Record Returns Lure Yield-Hungry: Mortgages

By Cristiane Lucchesi, Bloomberg, Sales of Brazilian funds that invest in real estate and mortgage securities doubled this year to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Dec 12 | Posted in Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Private Equity, Real Estate | 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)

Rio Rents Reaching $9,300 Mask Sputtering Real Estate Market

By Adriana Brasileiro and Peter Millard, Bloomberg Markets Magazine Lucia Faro is working harder these days. For the past three […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Oct 12 | Posted in Latin America, Private Equity, Real Estate | Comments (0)

EM INVESTMENT: Show of hands

(EM) Emerging nations are talking big about investing in each others’ currencies. But diversifying reserves out of traditional assets will […]

By M Guliyev | 10 Oct 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

9 Reasons to Move into Emerging Markets

By Jeff Reeves, Editor of InvestorPlace.com, Everyone is worried about the rally — will it last? Can the 15% gain […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Sep 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Stocks | Comments (0)

China, the Game-Changer

By Rebecca McReynolds, Chazen Global Insights, It’s almost impossible to overstate the impact that China’s growth has had — and […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Jul 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

What Else Could Go Wrong? Well, Since You Asked…

By Lloyd Khaner May 29, 2012 4:40 pm Lloyd’s Wall of Worry soars to 31 blocks as even more uncertainty […]

By Aidualc | 02 Jun 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The World’s Most Resource-Rich Countries

From 24/7 Wall St site, By -Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale, Paul Ausick 24/7 Wall St. performed a detailed […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Apr 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Latin America, North America | Comments (0)