I’m Worried

By David Kotok,  cumber.com site, A note to readers. This 2000-word commentary is a longer-term view; think in terms of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Apr 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Economic Process of Deleveraging Part One – What Happened in Japan?

By crackerjack, crackerjackfinance, The process of deleveraging has been in place since the onset of global recession and financial crisis […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Feb 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

China’s ‘Demographic Tsunami’ Begins

China’s ‘Demographic Tsunami’ Begins   Residents warm themselves in the afternoon sun at the Luofu retirement home on the outskirts […]

By Aidualc | 10 Jan 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Chinese sovereign debt

Chinese sovereign debt The bonds that tie Japan wants to buy Chinese government bonds Dec 31st 2011 | TOKYO AND […]

By Aidualc | 31 Dec 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Japanese firms massively shop abroad again

Japanese firms shop abroad Armed with a strong yen Why Japan Inc has been going on a foreign spree   […]

By Aidualc | 18 Dec 11 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Country exposure to Greek debt

by Prieur du Plessis, “Greek drama is now no longer confined to the literature class,” says economist Asha Bangalore of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Nov 11 | Posted in North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Samurai Romances Draw Japanese Women to Video Dating Games From Gree

By Yuki Yamaguchi, Kazuyo Sawa and Naoko Fujimura, Bloomberg, Like many Japanese young women, Takako Suzuki says the first thing […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 Oct 11 | Posted in Asia, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

East vs. West: The Great Creativity Divide

By Sharon Kahn, Chazen Global Insights, Countries like Japan and the Tiger economies have largely made their market reputations by […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Sep 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Will Asia “buy up” America?

by Michael Schuman, curiouscapitalist site, Those of us old enough to remember the 1980s – and I unfortunately include myself […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Sep 11 | Posted in Asia, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Platinum’s a Precious Metal, Too

by Myra P. Saefong, Market Watch, Move over gold and silver — it’s time for platinum to start getting the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Aug 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, North America | Comments (0)