Obama’s Bluff

By George Friedman, Stratfor, Images of multiple dead bodies emerged from Syria last week. It was asserted that poison gas […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 28 Aug 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Global Shipping Contends with Oversupply Problems

Summary The global shipping industry is oversupplied. Because supply far exceeds demand, shipping rates have plummeted, as have the prices […]

By Aidualc | 26 Aug 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

In China, an Unprecedented Demographic Problem Takes Shape

From Stratfor, Summary Chinese society is on the verge of a structural transformation even more profound than the long and […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Australia’s mining boom rolls on for Chinese entrepreneur in the outback

  Australia’s mining boom rolls on for Chinese entrepreneur in the outback                 […]

By Oracle | 25 Aug 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road

By KEITH BRADSHER, New York Times, AZAMAT KULYENOV, a 26-year-old train driver, slid the black-knobbed throttle forward, and the 1,800-ton […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Aug 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

China’s Growth Story Ends With a Whimper

  by Dan Amoss, Daily Reckoning,   The Chinese model of economic growth is flawed. It has wasted resources on […]

By Aidualc | 14 Aug 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Stanley Druckenmiller On China’s Future And Investing In The New Normal

From Goldman Sachs Stan Druckenmiller is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Duquesne Family Office. He founded Duquesne Capital Management […]

By Aidualc | 13 Aug 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railway

From Stratfor site,   Rail-based transport between Asia and Europe is considerably cheaper than seaborne transit, and Russia’s infrastructure investments […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Aug 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Statistics, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

What makes the wine a ‘hot investment?’

Buying fine wines and then selling them can be extremely profitable, as long as you know the business, and you’re […]

By PeterSmith | | Posted in Asia, Investment Wisdom, North America | Comments (0)

Companies in emerging markets to increase spending

Companies in emerging markets are likely to increase spending and investment this year, a survey of senior finance executives shows […]

By M Guliyev | 06 Aug 13 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)