China’s Banks Are Important for America, Too

By Douglas J. Elliott, Fellow, Brookings Institute, We all realize by now that China’s economy matters greatly to America, directly […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 May 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

10 Trends from 2011 We Don’t Want to See in 2012

Looking back on 2011, the New Year can’t come fast enough. Will things be better in 2012? Without wanting to […]

By Aidualc | 05 Jan 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

How to Find Opportunities from Blood, Debt & Fears

By Frank Holmes, EconMatters, Put today’s U.S. government debt mountain startlingly into context. By removing several zeros, one can place the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Sep 11 | Posted in Commodities, Investment Wisdom, North America, Stocks | 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)

Financial Turmoil Evokes Comparison to 2008 Crisis

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, NY Times, It feels eerily familiar: Stocks are plummeting. The economy is slowing. Politicians are scrambling […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Aug 11 | Posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

How Bin Laden Failed to Wreck the U.S. Economy

by Daniel Gross In an era when global markets process failure, success, and shocking events with ever-increasing speed, it’s not […]

By Aidualc | 04 May 11 | Posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)