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Trends, Patterns, Indicators

Identifying consistent patterns and trends in business and in the financial markets. Useful key indicators for market timing, warning signals, bullish investing signals, and trading/investing opportunities.

GE to invest more than $2B into China efforts

NEW YORK (AP) — General Electric Co. plans to sink more than $2 billion into its efforts in China through […]

By DennisGao | 10 Nov 10 | Also posted in Asia, Stocks | Comments (0)

How the new Congress could affect stocks in 2011

By David K. Randall, AP Business Writer, Investors haven’t seen political, economic conditions like this before. What to look for […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Nov 10 | Also posted in North America, Stocks | Comments (0)

Looking for Investments, China Turns to Europe

By LIZ ALDERMAN, NY Times, PARIS — When Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China visited Athens last month, he came […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Private Equity, Real Estate, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Here’s Everything You Need to Know About November

By: James Altucher, founder and managing partner at Formula Capital, CNBC, The common wisdom is “Sell in May and go […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Stocks | Comments (0)

Growth returns to cement markets in CIS countries

After a difficult 2009, when there was a reduction of more than 20% in the consumption of cement in the […]

By pmr | 08 Nov 10 | Also posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Russian construction industry recovers after the downturn

For the first time this decade, in 2009 the construction industry in Russia, which was severely affected by the global […]

By pmr | | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Private Equity, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Pimco’s Gross: Dollar May Drop 20 Percent on Fed Easing

From Moneynews.com The dollar is in danger of losing 20 percent of its value over the next few years if […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 Nov 10 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Midterm Elections: Past and Present

From American Century Investments website, With the passing of the Labor Day weekend two weeks ago, you may have noticed […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Nov 10 | Also posted in North America, Statistics, Stocks, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Fed’s Plan Sets Stage for Yields to Decline

by Tom Lauricella and Mark Gongloff, WSJ The Federal Reserve on Wednesday set the stage for falling yields on bonds […]

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

Is the Stock Market Cheap?

From dshort.com website ● TTM P/E ratio = 16.6 (16.8) ● P/E10 ratio = 21.4 (21.7) The Valuation Thesis A […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Nov 10 | Also posted in Statistics, Stocks | Comments (0)