The Business of Diamonds, From Mining to Retail

Diamonds. For thousands of years, they have been believed to bring good luck (and bad luck!) – health, wealth, and […]

By Aidualc | 12 Sep 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, North America | Comments (0)

China’s Roads-to-Subways Construction Spurs Stocks Rally

By Jasmine Wang, Bloomberg, China approved plans to build 2,018 kilometers (1,254 miles) of roads, spurring the biggest stock- market […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Sep 12 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Real Estate | Comments (0)

A View of the ‘Real China’ from Beijing’s Wangfujing Street

By Tony Sagami While most of Wall Street is at the beach, my colleague Tony Sagami just spent the last […]

By Aidualc | 05 Sep 12 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)

The Mongolia of America

By Chris Mayer, From The Daily Reckoning, Question: How is North Dakota like Mongolia? Answer below…but first a little background. As […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Aug 12 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Will Burma Become Asia’s Next Economic Tiger?

By Michael Schuman, Business Times, On paper at least, Burma has all of the elements required to create another Asian […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Aug 12 | Posted in Asia, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Jim Rogers on the Coming Fiscal ‘Catastrophe’

By YUVAL ROSENBERG, The Fiscal Times, Renowned investor Jim Rogers is still worried. As the U.S. heads for the fiscal […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Aug 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

China Developers Vanke and Vantone Target US Real Estate Market

By Michael Cole, Mingtiandi real estate, Chinese investment in the US real estate market took a new turn recently when […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Aug 12 | Posted in Asia, North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

GM says China sales hit record high in July

  by RightSite, GM’s sales in China — the world’s biggest auto market — rose 15.1 percent in July from […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Aug 12 | Posted in Asia, North America, Stocks | Comments (0)

Will the Real Chinese Amazon Please Stand Up?

By Justin Loiseau, Motley Fool, If you’re bullish on Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and China, chances are you’ve heard of Dangdang […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Aug 12 | Posted in Asia, Private Equity, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China’s Growing Pains

By Mark Mobius, http://mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2012/08/01/chinas-growing-pains/#more-1620 Many feel that China is the engine for the world economy, and worry that if it […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Aug 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)