US debt downgrade could mean rate hikes for all

Eileen Aj Connelly, AP Personal Finance writer, On Monday August 8, 2011, 2:35 pm EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Lawmakers […]

By DennisGao | 09 Aug 11 | Posted in North America, Stocks | Comments (0)

China’s Real-Estate Developers Struggle with Debt; Servicing China’s Total Debt Load is Problematic; Dramatic Slowdown in China Coming

By Mike “Mish” Shedlock, Mish Economic Analysis Blog, Inquiring minds are digging deeper into China’s bank credit bubbles, fixed asset […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 May 11 | Posted in Asia, Real Estate | Comments (0)

In an Undercollateralized World

By Frederick J. Sheehan,  The world is undercollateralized. This is the single most important feature of the 2011 economy. Sixty […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 May 11 | Posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Currency Wars Retreat as Fighting Inflation Makes Emerging Markets Winners

By Garth Theunissen and Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg, As recently as last month, governments of emerging economies from South Africa […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Mar 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Most Dangerous Bubble of All

By Martin D. Weiss and Safe Money editor Mike Larson, If you agree that the tech bubble of the 1990s […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Mar 11 | Posted in Food for Thought, North America, Regions, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Back to the Future?

by Randall W. Forsyth, Barron’s, Commodity prices could squeeze economy, just as in 2008. China’s central bank raised interest rates […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Feb 11 | Posted in Commodities, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Roubini Global Economics: Things are looking up in LatAm

By Nouriel Roubini’s team of analysts at RGE. In our 2011 Outlook, we revised up our growth forecasts for Latin […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 11 Jan 11 | Posted in Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Pessimist’s Guide to 2011

By Morgan Housel, Motley Fool, I’m a long-term optimist. You should be, too. But even when you’re an optimist, a […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Jan 11 | Posted in North America, Real Estate, Stocks, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

QE = wealth redistribution

By Dian Chu, Economic Forecasts and Opinions, James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis was on […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Dec 10 | Posted in Commodities, Food for Thought, Hedge Fund, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Stocks vs. Bonds

Commentary: How worried should you be about rising interest rates? Will rising interest rates sabotage the stock market? That’s the […]

By DennisGao | 22 Dec 10 | Posted in Investment Wisdom, Stocks | Comments (0)