Africa investor Weekly Commentary – 1 July 2013

By Staff Reporter | July 1, 2013 A slight loss took the Ai40 Investor’s Index to a fourth straight week of […]

By Brian Andreosky | 01 Jul 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, Stocks, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Obama’s African outlook splits opinion

original post – Africa Investor Days ahead of only his third official African visit, analysts are split over whether Barack […]

By Brian Andreosky | 20 Jun 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Turbulent times ahead: Q&A with economist Didier Sornette

Original post by  David Webber Forecasting the stock market has a storied past of unfruitful predictions. But in today’s TED Talk, Didier […]

By Brian Andreosky | 19 Jun 13 | Posted in The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

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)

The United Kingdom Moves Away from the European Project

By Adriano Bosoni, Stratfor, British Prime Minister David Cameron will deliver a speech in London on Jan. 23, during which […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Apr 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

BRICS and China’s Aspiration for the New “International Order”

By Yun Sun, Brookings Institute, The destinations of new Chinese leader’s first foreign tour are always carefully chosen and reflect […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Apr 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Patience is a Virtue in Investing

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder & Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club, The January barometer bodes well for the stock […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Feb 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Oxstones Food for Thought – February 2013 – Bathing Abe ready to flood neighbors and set the stage for the next asset bubble and crisis!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club History Prime Minister Abe and the LDP party are […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Feb 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

TO: President Obama

FROM: Martin S. Indyk and Robert Kagan, Brookings Institute, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/a-plastic-moment-to-mold-a-liberal-global-order As you enter your second term, the state of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Jan 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Byron Wien Announces “The Ten Surprises” for 2013

By Prieur du Plessis, from investmentpostcards, Byron Wien, Vice Chairman of Blackstone (BX 16.76 ↑1.82%) Advisory Partners, yesterday issued his list […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Jan 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)