Indonesian Optimism

From Mark Mobius Blog, Franklin Templeton Southeast Asia represents one of the fastest-growing regions in the world today, and is one […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Nov 14 | Posted in Asia, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Emerging from the Global Competitiveness Ranks

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton Blog, The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently released its annual “Global Competitiveness Report,” which details […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Oct 14 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

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)

ASEAN Cooperation: A Growing Global Power

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, Southeast Asia represents one of the fastest-growing regions of the world today, and to us, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Jun 14 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Seven Nations Buying the World’s Gold

Gold prices may have tumbled in 2013, but gold has tried to make a significant recovery at the start of […]

By Aidualc | 07 May 14 | Posted in Commodities, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | 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)

Patience in Asia

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton Blog, Investing in a multitude of markets and companies as we do within the Templeton […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Dec 13 | Posted in Asia, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The PC16: Identifying China’s Successors

By George Friedman, Stratfor, China has become a metaphor. It represents a certain phase of economic development, which is driven […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Oct 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)