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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.

CHINA’S PING AN “JUST GETTING STARTED” ON OVERSEAS PROPERTY BUYS

  BY MICHAEL COLE   Ping An kicked off China’s overseas spending spree by acquiring the Lloyd’s of London building for […]

The Next Global Reserve Currency

  By Chuck Butler I will admit some trepidation in beginning this morning’s commentary with such an audacious title, but long-time […]

Tiger protege Coatue hunts for investments, eyes Ola and other Indian startups with potential of billion-dollar valuation

By Madhav Chanchani MUMBAI: Coatue Management, among the world’s largest hedge funds, has begun early discussions with taxi-booking firm Ola […]

One retailer’s unusual message: ‘Don’t buy so much stuff’

Rick Ridgeway, the vice president of environmental affairs at the outdoor apparel company Patagonia, has summited K2, traversed Borneo by […]

Hedge Funds Close Doors, Facing Low Returns and Investor Scrutiny

  By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON   Julian Robertson, founder of Tiger Management. This year, three funds it spun out have closed.CreditVaughan Leighton […]

P/E Multiples vs (Past and Future) Returns and Volatility

As I outlined in my previous post The Relationship Between Stocks and Bonds, the S&P 500 yields 3.7% at the […]

CHINA TO LIFT RESTRICTIONS ON CROSS-BORDER DEALS IN SIX CITIES

China’s wave of outbound investment is expected to rise still higher this year as the government prepares to lift restrictions […]

SWFs set to allocate more to global real estate

By James Williams – Sovereign Wealth Funds are showing a lot of appetite for real estate assets as total AUM in […]

Developments in the Reform of China’s State-Owned Enterprises

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, Chinese stocks have been soaring in the first half of this year, and I’ve often […]

How finance flows to Africa

As they prepare for the fast-approaching Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa (July 13-16, 2015), policymakers, […]