DEVELOPERS GET NEW FUNDING SOURCE AS CHINA ANNOUNCES FIRST REIT

  BY MICHAEL COLE    REITs like Citic’s could provide new cover for developers A new channel for fundraising may be […]

By Aidualc | 10 Jul 14 | Posted in Asia, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Piketty’s inequality story in six charts

PIKETTY’S INEQUALITY STORY IN SIX CHARTS POSTED BY JOHN CASSIDY In this week’s magazine, I’ve got a lengthy piece about “Capital […]

By Aidualc | 08 Jul 14 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Clock Is Ticking on This Massive Currency Shift

  By: Money_Morning Shah Gilani writes: Last week I was asked by a Wall Street Insights & Indictments reader about a new challenge […]

By Aidualc | 02 Jul 14 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

This chart shows which countries produce the most electricity from renewable energy

By Simran Khosla, Global Post, Using data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, we found which countries are producing the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Jun 14 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

ASEAN Cooperation: A Growing Global Power

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, Southeast Asia represents one of the fastest-growing regions of the world today, and to us, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Jun 14 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

BRICS emerging nations close to launching bank; to start lending in 2016

By Alonso Soto, Reuters, The five BRICS nations will likely agree to fund their $100 billion development effort equally, giving […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Jun 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

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   […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 May 14 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Real Estate, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

America’s Biggest Edge Over the Rest of the World

By Morgan Housel, Motley Fool,   Check out these recent headlines: “Japan’s population falls by record 244,000 in 2013” “China’s […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Apr 14 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

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 […]

By DennisGao | 16 Apr 14 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Retirement & Savings, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The best real estate plays in 25 years

By Lawrence Delevingne, CNBC, The global real estate market in 2039 will be city-centric, with an increased focus on Asia […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Apr 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Finding Oxstones, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)