An Emerging IT Hub: Lviv, Ukraine

This article is a response to Tetyana Salo, “Future at Home” (in Ukrainian language), Lvivska Poshta, No. 42 (1417), August […]

The Next Big Breakout Economies

By Sharon Kahn , From Chazen Global Insights, When most of us think of “breakout nations,” the BRIC juggernauts come […]

Best Stock Pickers Trawl Frontier Markets as U.S. Funds Lose

By Michael Patterson, Bloomberg, Stock pickers focused on the least- developed markets are trouncing their benchmark index and producing annual […]

Europe in 2013: A Year of Decision

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The end of the year always prompts questions about what the most important issue of the […]

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 […]

Russia and China’s Neighborly Interests

By Mark Mobius,  Franklin Templeton Blog, http://mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2012/11/15/russia-and-china/#more-1943 Whether our neighbors are as close as the airplane seat next to us […]

Vladimir Putin: The New Global Shah of Oil

By Marin Katusa, Casey’s Research Exxon Mobil is no longer the world’s number-one oil producer. As of yesterday, that title […]

Balkan Emerging Frontiers Fund September Investment Commentary

Following noticeable growth in June and July, value of indices of large stock exchanges in developed countries (MSCI World Index, […]

The Skype Killers of Belarus

By Brett Forrest, From www.BusinessWeek.com, Living in a dictatorship has its advantages. You don’t need to stay up all night […]

The Winds of Market Change

From http://us.beyondbullsandbears.com/2012/09/10/the-winds-of-market-change/,  Franklin Templeton Investments site, As we cross the mid-way point of the year, you might say the equity […]