Oxstones Investment Club™By George Friedman, Stratfor, The evolution of geopolitics is cyclical. Powers rise, fall and shift. Changes occur in every generation […]
China Lone BRIC Among Top Emerging Markets
By Michael Patterson Bloomberg Markets Magazine When Antoine van Agtmael was traveling around Asia in the late 1970s, he became […]
Diamonds to Outpace Gold on Asian Spending
By Soraya Permatasari and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Bloomberg, Diamond prices are poised to rise for the next four years, outpacing […]
Syria, Iran and the Balance of Power in the Middle East
By George Friedman, Stratfor, U.S. troops are in the process of completing their withdrawal from Iraq by the end-of-2011 deadline. […]
From the Mediterranean to the Hindu Kush: Rethinking the Region
By George Friedman The territory between the Mediterranean and the Hindu Kush has been the main arena for the U.S. […]
Burbank Contrarian Bets on Saudis Show Why Oil Reality Helps Return 23.6%
By Edward Robinson, Bloomberg, As a hedge-fund manager who thrives on turbulence in the commodities markets, John Burbank couldn’t have […]
The Man Behind Egypt’s Real Estate Rebellion
By Zainab Fattah and Mahmoud Kassem, Bloomberg, Hamdy El Fakhrany didn’t set out to strike a blow against Egyptian government […]
U.S.-Pakistani Relations Beyond Bin Laden
By George Friedman, Stratfor, The past week has been filled with announcements and speculations on how Osama bin Laden was […]
The Libyan War, American Power and the Decline of the Petrodollar System
By Prof. Peter Dale Scott, From globalresearch.ca site, The present NATO campaign against Gaddafi in Libya has given rise to […]
Commodities and the global economy after QE2 – Simon Hunt
By Simon Hunt, Simon Hunt says, 2012 will see a new round of money printing by the Fed resulting in […]