Vancouver: The city that had too much money

Vancouver was the first place to experience the tidal wave of Chinese cash. Now the city is leading efforts to […]

By Aidualc | 15 Nov 18 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, Real Estate, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The cities most at risk of a housing bubble

There are signs that the U.S. housing market is starting to cool down, but there’s still significant overheating in some of […]

By Aidualc | 19 Oct 18 | Posted in Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Can laneway homes fix Toronto’s housing market crisis?

With many Canadians being priced out of Toronto’s housing market and the municipal government trying to find ways to increase […]

By MarketAngel | 25 Sep 17 | Posted in North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The World’s Leading Startup Cities

By Richard Florida, Challengers to Silicon Valley include New York, L.A., Boston, Tel Aviv, and London. Silicon Valley and the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Apr 17 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Private Equity, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

UBS BUBBLE INDEX SHOWS IMPACT OF CHINESE INVESTORS ON VANCOUVER, SYDNEY

As housing markets on the mainland have started to look more dicey, Chinese home buyers have flocked to global gateway […]

By MarketAngel | 31 Jan 17 | Posted in Asia, North America, Real Estate, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

6 cheap places to retire abroad

Over the 20th century, many retirees moved from New England, California and the Midwest to the sunny and sparsely populated […]

By MarketAngel | 20 Oct 16 | Posted in Asia, Latin America, Retirement & Savings, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Here’s how the Chinese send billions abroad to buy homes

The ranks of China’s wealthy continue to surge. As their economy shows signs of weakness at home, they’re sending money […]

By Aidualc | 11 Dec 15 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Hong Kong and London Lead List of World’s Biggest Housing Bubbles

By Michael Cole, Mingtiandi, UBS’ index picks out London and Hong Kong as the markets most at risk Surfing twin […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Nov 15 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, North America, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Retire Early, Save $60,000, and Travel the World

  By Yvonne Bauche, International Living, Three years ago, my husband Michael and I were both on the corporate treadmill—Michael […]

By Aidualc | 17 Dec 14 | Posted in Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

‘Super cycle’ for forest products expected to send lumber prices up in 2013

By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun,   VANCOUVER — Lumber prices are expected to soar next year before hitting all-time highs […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Dec 12 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)