Crude Oil vs. Iran: Who Blinks First?

By EconMatters , Oil futures spiked more than 2% in one day to their highest level in nine months on […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Feb 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities | Comments (0)

Emerging Markets: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

From Franklin Templeton Investments site, Almost every market move these days seems to be tied to the latest headline coming […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Dec 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Emerging Market Fund Watch: MSCI Index Reclassification Doesn’t Change Much

From 247 WallSt site, In yesterday’s article about emerging market funds, we noted that three of the funds that track […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Jun 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Latin America | 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 Next Korean War?

By Leslie H. Gelb, The Daily Beast, North Korea’s attack on a South Korean island likely won’t escalate into a […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Nov 10 | Posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Is North Korea Moving Another ‘Red Line’?

By Stratfor, North Korea and South Korea exchanged artillery fire near their disputed border in the Yellow Sea/West Sea on […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Obama Ends Asia Trip Promising U.S. Is `Here to Stay’

By Juliana Goldman and Nicholas Johnston, Bloomberg, President Barack Obama returns home today from a ten-day visit to Asia after […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Nov 10 | Posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Obama Recasts Asia Trip as Jobs Mission

By Michael D. Shear, The New York Times, Talk about bad timing. Just days after American voters sent President Obama […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Nov 10 | Posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Seoul Near Sale of Bank Stake

Woori Privatization Would End Bailout From Asian Crisis; Hana Circles By SE YOUNG LEE South Korea is expected to start […]

By Bo | 28 Oct 10 | Posted in Asia, Private Equity, Stocks | Comments (0)

The EU-Korea FTA: A Boost to Economic Recovery and a Challenge to the U.S.

From Brookings Institution, Ho-Jin Lee On October 6 in Brussels, on the sidelines of the 8th ASEM Summit of Heads […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Oct 10 | Posted in Asia, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)