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Touching Base on the Commercial Real Estate Recovery

By Ian Goltra of Forward, Advisor Perspectives, Considering the recent upswing in commercial real estate prices and traded real estate […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Jan 15 | Also posted in Real Estate, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Charts for Christmas: emerging markets – Video

From Financial Times YouTube Channel Link: Charts for Christmas: emerging markets

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Dec 14 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Statistics, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Cuban Economy–Progress, Challenges and Opportunities

A new report from the Foreign Policy Program’s Latin America Initiative, Cuba’s Economic Change in Comparative Perspective, underscores a clear lesson […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Food for Thought, Latin America | Comments (0)

Looking at the Next Generation of Institutional Investing

By Andrew Beer Institutional hedge fund investing is entering a new era. Generation one entailed investing through funds of hedge […]

By Aidualc | 29 Dec 14 | Also posted in Asia, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Giant diamonds lure investor cash to Botswana

  What’s worth $28 million and fits in your pocket?   By Patrick McGroarty GABORONE, Botswana—In a quiet room behind several […]

By MarketAngel | 22 Dec 14 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities | Comments (0)

BANK OF CHINA BUYS 30-STOREY NEW YORK TOWER FOR NEARLY $600M

  2014/12/09 BY MICHAEL COLE   A rendering of 7 Bryant Park. (Image courtesy of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners). China’s hunger […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Asia, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Underwriting the Next Housing Crisis

  By PETER J. WALLISON   WASHINGTON — SEVEN years after the housing bubble burst, federal regulators backed away this month from the […]

By MarketAngel | 19 Dec 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Flurry of China bank deals hints at renewed confidence

By Jennifer Hughes, FT, China’s banks and insurers have more actively sought overseas assets in 2014 than at any time […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Dec 14 | Also posted in Asia, Latin America, Private Equity, Real Estate, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Private real estate assets reach all-time high of USD740bn

From HedgeWeek, By Preqin, Global assets under management* of the private real estate industry have reached USD742bn, an all-time high […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Charts Show 28 Seriously Troubled Mega-Banks: 24 of Them in Europe

By Michael Shedlock, I have been saying for years that European banks are in far worse shape than U.S. banks. […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 Dec 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, Real Estate, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)