The Big Picture

By John Mauldin, By Neil Howe, I’ve been a bit slow in bringing good friend Neil Howe’s predictions for 2016 […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Feb 16 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Stocks, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Oil Prices Continue to Define Geopolitics

From Stratfor, Geopolitical diary, Editor’s Note: Oil prices dropped steeply Oct. 14, with crude oil futures falling 4.6 percent to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Oct 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

11 Countries Near Bankruptcy

By Alexander E.M. Hess and Alexander Kent July 31, 2014 6:33 pm EDT After years of bitter court battles with creditors, Argentina has […]

By Aidualc | 13 Aug 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The World’s Most Content (and Miserable) Countries

By Thomas Frohlich and Vince Calio, 247WallSt, World news does not always fully capture people’s level of happiness. Last year, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 May 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Seven Nations Buying the World’s Gold

Gold prices may have tumbled in 2013, but gold has tried to make a significant recovery at the start of […]

By Aidualc | 07 May 14 | Posted in Commodities, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Venezuela Hyperinflation Report

National Inflation Association 2014 Report on Venezuela: http://www.inflation.us/venezuela.pdf

By MarketAngel | 17 Mar 14 | Posted in Commodities, Latin America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Eleven Countries with Soaring Inflation

By Jon C. Ogg, From 247WallSt, While inflation has been relatively tame in the United States and Europe, several large […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Sep 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Venezuelans Find Oil Bonanza in Colombia as Shares Soar

By Rodrigo Orihuela and Anatoly Kurmanaev, From Bloomberg, On a patch of barren savannah in eastern Colombia, a settlement called […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Jun 13 | Posted in Commodities, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Latin America, Stocks | Comments (0)

Emerging markets outlook 2013: more bulls than bears

(By EM) The bullish outlook for emerging markets for 2013 is supported by a “return from the abyss” for the […]

By M Guliyev | 17 Dec 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Latin America, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The elections in Venezuela, Russia and France: What do they bring to the delicate global market?

The elections in Venezuela, Russia and France: What do they bring to the delicate global market? While some specialists predict […]

By JasonGIS | 04 Nov 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)