2013 Prognosis

The following are my thoughts about things that might happen in 2013. This (Link) takes you to a discussion of […]

By Aidualc | 21 Jan 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Yuan Sets Tone for Asia as Japan Dethroned by China: Currencies

By Lilian Karunungan and Yumi Teso, Bloomberg, Asian central banks are tolerating gains in their currencies against the yen as […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Dec 12 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Economic Singularity, Part II

By John Mauldin, From Daily Reckoning, In our analogy, the event horizon is relatively easy to pinpoint. It is what […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Oct 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Visualizing Japan’s Debt Crisis

From the largest Japanese pension fund unwinding its JGB holdings to Kyle Bass’ infamous ‘debt-saturation Japan Trade’ and Dylan Grice’s […]

By Aidualc | 04 Oct 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Look Out Silver, Here Comes Solar Demand

By Alena Bialevich and Jeff Clark, Casey’s Research In early July, Japan set a premium price for solar energy that […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Oct 12 | Posted in Asia, Commodities | Comments (0)

The Next Panic

By Peter Boone and Simon Johnson, The Atlantic, This summer, many government officials and private investors finally seemed to realize […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Sep 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Japan May Gold Exports Fall To 15-month Low

(IBT) Japan’s exports of gold plunged to a 15-month low in May to 2.79 tonnes, down 67 percent from a […]

By M Guliyev | 06 Jul 12 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Asian Shares Boosted by China PMI, Japan Tankan

(IBT) Stock markets soared in Asia, carrying forward the optimism of the EU summit last week. Added to the bullishness […]

By M Guliyev | 02 Jul 12 | Posted in Asia, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

What Else Could Go Wrong? Well, Since You Asked…

By Lloyd Khaner May 29, 2012 4:40 pm Lloyd’s Wall of Worry soars to 31 blocks as even more uncertainty […]

By Aidualc | 02 Jun 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Canary In The Gold Mine: In Historic Move, Japanese Pension Fund Switches To Gold For First Time Ever

by Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge, As US weak hands keep piling out of gold whether to make space for the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 May 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)