New York Drops to World’s 9th Largest City

By Douglas A. McIntyre  New York’s population barely puts it into the top 10 worldwide, and cities such as Dehli and […]

By Aidualc | 30 Sep 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, Statistics | Comments (0)

Piketty’s inequality story in six charts

PIKETTY’S INEQUALITY STORY IN SIX CHARTS POSTED BY JOHN CASSIDY In this week’s magazine, I’ve got a lengthy piece about “Capital […]

By Aidualc | 08 Jul 14 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

BRICS emerging nations close to launching bank; to start lending in 2016

By Alonso Soto, Reuters, The five BRICS nations will likely agree to fund their $100 billion development effort equally, giving […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Jun 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

How India’s 2014 race was won

You Tube Link: How India’s 2014 race was won From the Economist YouTube Channel,

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 May 14 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Chinese gold demand may rise 20% by 2017: industry body

London (AFP) – China’s annual demand for gold could jump around 20 percent by 2017 as more of its increasingly […]

By DennisGao | 16 Apr 14 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Retirement & Savings, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The best real estate plays in 25 years

By Lawrence Delevingne, CNBC, The global real estate market in 2039 will be city-centric, with an increased focus on Asia […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Apr 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Finding Oxstones, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

10 countries with the most gold

The world’s biggest gold bugs Gold just experienced its first annual price decline in 13 years, wrapping up its worst year […]

By Aidualc | 11 Mar 14 | Posted in Commodities, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

EM and the Fragile Five: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff

By Blaise Antin, David Loevinger, Anisha Ambardar, TCW Asset Management The shift in capital flows triggered by former Fed Chairman […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Mar 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Ten Countries Where People Live Longest

Life expectancy in the U.S. has risen in the past few decades. While in 1970 life expectancy at birth was […]

By Aidualc | 07 Jan 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, Retirement & Savings, Statistics | Comments (0)

The Future of OPEC

Pump jacks in the Kurdish town of Derik, on the border with Turkey and Iraq, Nov. 25. (ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Dec 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Latin America, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)