If you can pull it off, a house is a smart investment

Investment opinions are like, um, noses: Everyone has one. Buy stocks, sell bonds? Go long steel and short copper? Buy […]

By DennisGao | 29 Aug 12 | Posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Realtors’ pending home sales index shows a healthy market

(AP) WASHINGTON (AP) —Americans signed more contracts to buy homes in July than at any time in the last two […]

By DennisGao | | Posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

The Mongolia of America

By Chris Mayer, From The Daily Reckoning, Question: How is North Dakota like Mongolia? Answer below…but first a little background. As […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Aug 12 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Comeback Nation: Why the U.S. Economy Is Much Stronger Than You Think

From http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/comeback-nation-why-the-us-economy-is-much-stronger-than-you-think/260634/ Quite like an Olympic sport, hand-wringing about “America’s decline” is popular, practiced all around the world, and often […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Aug 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Housing Bubbling Like 2008 on $4 Trillion Stimulus: Mortgages

Jean Liu’s plan to buy a Hong Kong apartment was derailed by the 2008 global financial crisis. It was an […]

By Aidualc | 02 Aug 12 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Real Estate, Western Europe | Comments (0)

“Crunch Time” – Goldman’s Confidence That QE Will Be Announced On June 20 “Has Grown”

By Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge, We all know that things are bad and getting worse. Goldman’s Jan Hatzius take this opportunity […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Jun 12 | Posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Britain’s Strategy

By George Friedman, Stratfor, Britain controlled about one-fourth of the Earth’s land surface and one-fifth of the world’s population in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 May 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The World’s Most Resource-Rich Countries

From 24/7 Wall St site, By -Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale, Paul Ausick 24/7 Wall St. performed a detailed […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Apr 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Latin America, North America | Comments (0)

I’m Worried

By David Kotok,  cumber.com site, A note to readers. This 2000-word commentary is a longer-term view; think in terms of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Apr 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Is China Already No. 1 Economically?

By Robert Samuelson, Real Clear Markets, Does China already have the world’s largest economy? Most economists think not, and there’s […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Mar 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)