The Youth Unemployment Bomb

From Businessweek, Peter Coy, In Tunisia, the young people who helped bring down a dictator are called hittistes — French-Arabic […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Feb 11 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Back to the Future?

by Randall W. Forsyth, Barron’s, Commodity prices could squeeze economy, just as in 2008. China’s central bank raised interest rates […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Feb 11 | Posted in Commodities, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Gloomy Economic Guru Says America Is Back

by Al Lewis, Market Watch, Commentary: Robert Aliber is suddenly Mr. Sunshine One of the gloomiest economists I know suddenly […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 Feb 11 | Posted in Investment Wisdom, North America | Comments (0)

David Tepper Unveils His Latest “Heads I Win, Tails I Win” Investment

By Joe Weisenthal, Business Insider, David Tepper made waves last year when he said he was bullish on the stock […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Jan 11 | Posted in Commodities, Investment Wisdom, North America, Stocks | Comments (0)

In China, Cultivating the Urge to Splurge

By DAVID LEONHARDT, NY Times, When the Wuqi International Hotel was completed this spring, it immediately dominated the modest skyline […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Dec 10 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Private Equity, Real Estate, Stocks, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

A Forecast That Obama Could Love

By JEFF SOMMER, NY Times, THINGS are looking up for Barack Obama. You might not think so, given the flow […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Nov 10 | Posted in Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Eat a carrot, hurt the economy? Sometimes

November 11, 2010 By MARIA CHENG , AP Medical Writer Eating a healthy diet may be good for you, but […]

By Aidualc | 11 Nov 10 | Posted in Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Kass: The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

By Doug Kass, the street.com, This blog post originally appeared on RealMoney Silver on Nov. 1 at 8:55 a.m. EDT […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Nov 10 | Posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Banks Lose Their Post as Drivers of Rally

By Jonathan Cheng and Dan Fitzpatrick, WSJ Amid the stock market’s gains in the third quarter, one notable group was […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Oct 10 | Posted in Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Charlie Munger on Communism, Botox, and Goldbug Jerks

By Morgan Housel-Motley Fool Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A – News; NYSE: BRK-B – News) co-chairman and Warren Buffett’s sidekick Charlie […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Sep 10 | Posted in Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)