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Uruguay, Rhymes with “You’re a Buy”

By Ronan McMahon and Margaret Summerfield Lately, the credit rating agencies haven’t been doing much for International Living’shome country of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Oct 11 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Construction industry in Russia sees long-awaited upsurge

The Russian construction sector finally posted some healthy growth figures in the second half of the year. In July, a […]

By pmr | 14 Oct 11 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Commodities and Conservation in the Caspian

By Mark Mobius, Investment Adventures in Emerging Markets , Hello readers, thank you for your patience while I was away […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Oct 11 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Russia Needs Exploration Technology; America Needs Oil Reserves

By the Casey’s Research, Put yourself in Putin’s shoes. During his presidency (from 2000 to 2008), Russia accounted for 80% […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Sep 11 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, North America | Comments (0)

The Royalty Race

By Alena Mikhan and Andrey Dashkov, Casey Research, In our analysis, we take political risk increasingly seriously as more and […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Sep 11 | Also posted in Latin America | Comments (0)

Cement markets in CIS countries continue to grow

With an 11% growth in cement consumption in 2010 and a further 12% growth expected for 2011, cement producers in […]

By pmr | | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Real Estate, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Funds Boost Bullish Farm Bets on Shortages

By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg, Funds increased bullish bets on agricultural commodities by the most in more than a year on […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Sep 11 | Also posted in Hedge Fund | 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 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, North America, Stocks | Comments (0)

Gold fluctuates after tapping record atop $1,900

Metal wavers between small gains and losses By Claudia Assis and Myra P. Saefong, Market Watch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — […]

By M Guliyev | 06 Sep 11 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Don’t Buy Into ‘Gold Bubble’ Hype But Believe In A Correction

bY Frank Holmes, Forbes, Gold continued to make headlines last week, reaching nearly $1,900 an ounce on Friday before resting […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Aug 11 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)