The Most Valuable Agricultural Commodity in Each State

From the fertile farmland of the Great Plains to the volcanic islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, each state has been […]

By Aidualc | 04 Sep 19 | Posted in Commodities, North America, Statistics | Comments (0)

Socialism is bad? Nordic stock markets are among the best

Nordic countries often have beaten global benchmarks and U.S. markets for more than a century Sen. Bernie Sanders is unlikely […]

By MarketAngel | 11 May 16 | Posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Emerging Markets 2016 Outlook

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton Blog, In many respects, 2015 was a challenging year for investors in emerging markets. However, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Jan 16 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Real Estate, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Building for the Future: Infrastructure in Emerging Markets

There has been a recent debate about whether the end of the commodities “supercycle” is over, and if we are […]

By MarketAngel | 15 Jul 15 | Posted in Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Happiest and saddest countries 2013

The Prosperity Index Everywhere you look in this world there are signs of instability, destruction, hopelessness. Syria is in civil […]

By MarketAngel | 10 Dec 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Frontier Markets: Now’s Your Chance To Bank A Fortune

by Chris Mayer, From Daily Reckoning site, From Tbilisi and Vladivostok to Rio and the gold souks of Dubai, opportunities […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Jun 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Real Estate, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Best Unopened Market in the World

By Chris Mayer, Daily Reckoning, Archibald Colquhoun returned from a trip to Myanmar (Burma) enthusiastic about the opportunities in the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Dec 12 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Russia and China’s Neighborly Interests

By Mark Mobius,  Franklin Templeton Blog, http://mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2012/11/15/russia-and-china/#more-1943 Whether our neighbors are as close as the airplane seat next to us […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Nov 12 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Power Struggles and Progress in Romania

Bordering the Black Sea in Southeastern Europe, Romania offers visitors a variety of beautiful and dramatic landscapes concentrated in a […]

By Aidualc | 28 Sep 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Will Burma Become Asia’s Next Economic Tiger?

By Michael Schuman, Business Times, On paper at least, Burma has all of the elements required to create another Asian […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Aug 12 | Posted in Asia, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)