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Why Commercial Real Estate Isn’t Swamped with Foreclosures

By ABIGAIL FIELD, Daily Finance, The residential real estate market is drowning in foreclosures as the crisis there continues to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Nov 10 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

U.S. home prices expected to slide another 8%

By Les Christie, CNN Money, The robo-signing controversy is just another issue that the already sluggish housing market didn’t need […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Nov 10 | Also posted in North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

See How Four Asian Cities Monopolized Global Trade In 15 Short Years

By Vincent Fernando, CFA, Business Insider Here’s a fantastic graphic produced by Transport Trackers, the Hong Kong-based research and advisory […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Nov 10 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Private Equity, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Your Life Can Be Whatever You Want in Ecuador

By Dan Prescher, International Living, Deborah Miller’s New York-based travel business took a nosedive after the events of September 11, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Latin America, Private Equity, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Living and Working Part-time in Costa Rica…and Loving It

By Rita Lucas, International Living I first came to Costa Rica 11 years ago for my 25th wedding anniversary…and I […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Oct 10 | Also posted in Latin America, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Brazilian Real Estate is a Buy

By Chris Mayer, for The Daily Reckoning Someone once said that if LA threw up on New York, it would […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Latin America | Comments (0)

Watch Out for Emerging-Market Inflation

by Richard Barley, WSJ While the U.S. Federal Reserve frets about deflation, in some parts of the world inflation may […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 30 Oct 10 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

A Name To Know In 2011: Brazil Billionaire Batista’s Oil-Rich OGX

Oct. 29 2010 – 8:01 am | 1,456 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments By CHRISTOPHER HELMAN If you […]

By Oracle | 29 Oct 10 | Also posted in Commodities, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Private Equity, Stocks | Comments (0)

China’s Five-Year Plan and Leadership Transition

From Brookings Institute China’s Communist Party recently released a new five-year plan and introduced to the world the next Chinese […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Treasury Links Foreclosure Ills to Lower Housing Prices

By SEWELL CHAN WASHINGTON — The uncertainty over the legal status of foreclosed homes in the nation could further depress […]

By Bo | 28 Oct 10 | Also posted in North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)