Bric stocks: their time will come (soon)

by Stefan Wagstyl, From FT Blog, The underperformance of Bric equities is becoming an embarrassment for investors who are long […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 May 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

A New Chapter for Turkey?

By Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors, Inc. From Daily Reckoning, In 2012, Turkey was the best performer among the emerging […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Mar 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Investors’ most favored market in February is…

Asset allocators are overweight equities and underweight bonds and cash, with high overweight positions in emerging markets, a survey shows. […]

By M Guliyev | 18 Feb 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Regions, Stocks, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

TO: President Obama

FROM: Martin S. Indyk and Robert Kagan, Brookings Institute, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/a-plastic-moment-to-mold-a-liberal-global-order As you enter your second term, the state of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Jan 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Will South Africa’s Struggles Overshadow its Potential?

Africa is a continent many investors bypass, but from my perspective as a long-term investor, I think that’s a mistake. […]

By Aidualc | 18 Oct 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Regions, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

9 Reasons to Move into Emerging Markets

By Jeff Reeves, Editor of InvestorPlace.com, Everyone is worried about the rally — will it last? Can the 15% gain […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Sep 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Stocks | Comments (0)

The World’s Greatest Market

by Douglas French, From The Laissez Faire Club In the United States, the free (as in government is not involved) […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Sep 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Russian Sberbank buys DenizBank for $3.5 Billion

Sberbank, the Russian state retail bank, bought the eighth-largest bank in Turkey on Friday in the latest in a series […]

By M Guliyev | 09 Jun 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Regions, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Iran’s Strategy

By George Friedman, Stratfor website, For centuries, the dilemma facing Iran (and before it, Persia) has been guaranteeing national survival […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Apr 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Considering a U.S.-Iranian Deal

By George Friedman, Stratfor, Last week, I wrote on the strategic challenge Iran faces in its bid to shape a […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Jan 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)