Commodities: Correlating Trends with Opportunities

By Mark Mobius,  From mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2013/02/06/commodities-trends/ Commodity price inflation is both a social and an economic issue. In emerging markets in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Feb 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Latin America | Comments (0)

Dalian Wanda Group Leads China’s First Foray into India

Dalian Wanda Group, which has recently been in the news for buying theatre chain AMC and shopping for hotels in […]

By MarketAngel | 08 Jan 13 | Posted in Asia, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Emerging market hedge funds stand out in mediocre year

(Reuters) – Fund managers that specialize in investing in emerging markets have achieved standout gains of nearly 8 percent in […]

By Aidualc | 24 Oct 12 | Posted in Asia, Hedge Fund | Comments (0)

EM INVESTMENT: Show of hands

(EM) Emerging nations are talking big about investing in each others’ currencies. But diversifying reserves out of traditional assets will […]

By M Guliyev | 10 Oct 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

9 Reasons to Move into Emerging Markets

By Jeff Reeves, Editor of InvestorPlace.com, Everyone is worried about the rally — will it last? Can the 15% gain […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Sep 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Stocks | Comments (0)

China Surpasses U.S. in Smartphone Volume

The American media and consumer electronics research groups tend to focus on the state of the smartphone market in the […]

By Aidualc | 15 Sep 12 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Business of Diamonds, From Mining to Retail

Diamonds. For thousands of years, they have been believed to bring good luck (and bad luck!) – health, wealth, and […]

By Aidualc | 12 Sep 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, North America | Comments (0)

Will Burma Become Asia’s Next Economic Tiger?

By Michael Schuman, Business Times, On paper at least, Burma has all of the elements required to create another Asian […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Aug 12 | Posted in Asia, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Where the world’s running out of water, in one map

By Brad Blumer, Washington Post Blog, Many of the world’s most important food-producing regions depend on freshwater from massive underground […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Aug 12 | Posted in Commodities, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

India’s Role as Enemy to Women

India remains in the Dark Ages among developing nations largely because of its culture and its broken political system. It might […]

By Aidualc | 23 Jun 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)