Emerging Markets Mid-Year Pulse Check

by Mark Mobius Global economic growth hasn’t been terribly inspiring so far in the first half of the year, but […]

By Brian Andreosky | 10 Jun 13 | Posted in Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

Africa investor Weekly Commentary – June-03-2013

By Staff Reporter | June 3, 2013 Heading slightly upwards last week after several weeks of straight losses, the Ai40 Index […]

By Brian Andreosky | 05 Jun 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)

Investors Living in Emerging Markets are a Bullish Bunch!

By Mark Mobius, From Mobius Blog – Franklin Templeton, Part of my job involves putting myself out on a limb […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 28 May 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Dambisa Moyo: Search For Alpha Leads To Frontier Markets In Africa

Summary:  Frontier markets like Rwanda are actually offering higher equity market returns than developed and emerging markets. Dambisa Moyo: Search […]

By Brian Andreosky | 21 May 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Africa investor Weekly Commentary – 20 May 2013

http://www.ainewswire.com/?p=1260 By Staff Reporter | May 20, 2013 The Ai40 Index took a slight dip this week. It lost 0.85 points, […]

By Brian Andreosky | 20 May 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)

Waistline Index Grows as Emerging Markets Eat Fast Food

Even as McDonald’s Corp. (MCD), Yum! Brands Inc (YUM) and Domino’s Pizza Inc. (DPZ) work to placate anti-obesity advocates at […]

By MarketAngel | 30 Apr 13 | Posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Clear Signs of a Global Inflationary Tsunami Are Already Visible Around the World

Since the Financial Crisis erupted in 2007, the US Federal Reserve has engaged in dozens of interventions/ bailouts to try […]

By MarketAngel | 29 Apr 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Risk Unrewarded as Emerging Stocks Lag Behind Most Since ’98

By Michael Patterson and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg, The link between risk and reward in stocks is breaking down as emerging […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Apr 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Low-Volatility ETFs for Emerging Markets

By Tom Lydon, From www.etftrends.com/2013/03/low-volatility-etfs-for-emerging-markets-2/ Low-volatility ETFs have been a hit with investors and could make even more sense for […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Mar 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Stocks | Comments (0)

Mobile Money: A Technology Game Changer for Tackling Global Poverty? – VIDEO

By Laurence Chandy, Brookings Institute, Mobile money—the ability to store and transfer money using cell phones—is one of the most […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Mar 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)