Will Asia “buy up” America?

by Michael Schuman, curiouscapitalist site, Those of us old enough to remember the 1980s – and I unfortunately include myself […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Sep 11 | Posted in Asia, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Jim Rogers – ‘U.S. Needs To Cut Spending With A Chainsaw!’

From dailybail.com site, Interview transcript: Jim Rogers: I hope it’s only one decade of loss that we lose in America. Japan […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Sep 11 | Posted in Asia, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Der Spiegel Interview with George Soros

By Gregor Peter Schmitz and Thomas Schulz, ‘You Need This Dirty Word, Euro Bonds’ In a SPIEGEL interview, billionaire investor […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Big Mac Index and Currency ETFs

By Tom Aspray, Forbes, The “Big Mac Index” suggests a new long-term trend for the Chinese yuan while the US […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and API sourcing: why not Central Europe?

At present, only a few companies based in Central Europe and the Balkans emphasise their contract manufacturing and API sourcing […]

By pmr | 17 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Low Oil Prices Not Here To Stay, Says Barclays

By Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Blog, Enjoy the drop in oil prices, because it’s not going to last.  In a 114 […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Latin America, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Being Like Soros in Buying Farmland Reaps Annual Gains of 16%

By Seth Lubove, Bloomberg, Perry Vieth baled hay on a neighbor’s farm in Wisconsin for two summers during high school […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Commodities, Hedge Fund, Latin America, North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

The “shorts” who popped a China bubble

By Daniel Bases, Ryan Vlastelica, Clare Baldwin and Mark Bendeich, Reuters, NEW YORK/SYDNEY (Reuters) -They are a rag-tag bunch, often […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, Investment Wisdom, Stocks | Comments (0)

Indonesia’s Global Significance

By George Friedman, Stratfor, I am writing this from Indonesia. Actually, that is not altogether a fair statement. I am […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

NIA Exposes Debt Ceiling Truth

By National Inflation Association, NIA hasn’t written about the whole debt ceiling issue over the past few weeks because in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)