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Africa’s “Glass With Attitude”

by Mark Mobius  Africa has been an area of interest to our team, for many reasons. One might say Africa’s […]

By Brian Andreosky | 26 Oct 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Verra Vitals Peru 2013

From www.verrafinancial.com Link to report – Verra Vitals Peru 2013: October v.II

By William Huttner | 17 Oct 13 | Also posted in Latin America, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

The art of turning wine into cash

Increasingly more investors have recently turned their attention to fine wine, which has become a sure way of making money. […]

By PeterSmith | | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity | Comments (0)

High Tech Heads for the Farm

By Adam J. Crawford, Casey’s Research, If you think the agriculture industry is asleep at the technological wheel, you’re in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Sep 13 | Also posted in Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Is the Commodity Supercycle Dead?

By Nicholas J. Johnson, Greg E. Sharenow, From Pimco.com, While commodity price appreciation won’t likely mirror the supercycle, this shouldn’t […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Food for Thought, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Russia is Tough to Love, Easier to Hate, Hard for Investors to Ignore. Here’s Why

by Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors, Russian President Vladimir Putin created a stir recently when he shared his thoughts with […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Sep 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Statistics, Stocks, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Majority of China’s Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants Located in Water-Stressed Regions

by Tianyi Luo, Betsy Otto and Andrew Maddocks,World Resources Institute, To maintain its economic growth and provide for its massive […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Sep 13 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Australia’s mining boom rolls on for Chinese entrepreneur in the outback

  Australia’s mining boom rolls on for Chinese entrepreneur in the outback                 […]

By Oracle | 25 Aug 13 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road

By KEITH BRADSHER, New York Times, AZAMAT KULYENOV, a 26-year-old train driver, slid the black-knobbed throttle forward, and the 1,800-ton […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Aug 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Notes from the Nigerian Frontier

by Mark Mobius http://mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2013/08/15/notes-from-the-nigerian-frontier/?nicamp=other&nichn=markmobius&nismseg=email Many frontier markets continue to stand out as particularly attractive to us right now, as a […]

By Brian Andreosky | 18 Aug 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity | Comments (0)