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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.

Eleven Countries with Soaring Inflation

By Jon C. Ogg, From 247WallSt, While inflation has been relatively tame in the United States and Europe, several large […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Sep 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Profiting In Bear And Bull Markets

Both bear markets and bull markets represent tremendous opportunities to make money, and the key to success is to use […]

By M Guliyev | 06 Sep 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Stocks | Comments (0)

EBay-Style Peer Loans Spur Wall Street Asset Craze

By Ari Levy and Dakin Campbell, Bloomberg, On a June morning in midtown Manhattan, more than 300 investors cram into […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Sep 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Developer Greenland Group Buys LA Site for US$1 Bil Project

Shanghai Greenland Group, one of China’s largest real estate developers, announced on Friday that it is investing US$1 billion in […]

By Aidualc | 03 Sep 13 | Also posted in Asia, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Majority of China’s Proposed Coal-Fired Power Plants Located in Water-Stressed Regions

by Tianyi Luo, Betsy Otto and Andrew Maddocks,World Resources Institute, To maintain its economic growth and provide for its massive […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Sep 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Statistics | Comments (0)

In China, an Unprecedented Demographic Problem Takes Shape

From Stratfor, Summary Chinese society is on the verge of a structural transformation even more profound than the long and […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Aug 13 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Foreign moviegoers are superheroes to Hollywood

By Tom DiChristopher, CNBC Comic book superheroes may be an American creation, but these days they are earning their keep […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, North America, Private Equity, Statistics, Stocks | Comments (0)

The gaming company Google bets on isn’t Zynga

The gaming company Google bets on isn’t Zynga • Source: Kabam The gaming company Google is betting on: It isn’t […]

By Oracle | 25 Aug 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, North America, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Getting Tesla From Here to There

Getting Tesla From Here to There By JAMES B. STEWART Whether Tesla Motors can meet its ambitious growth targets — […]

By Oracle | 23 Aug 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, North America, Stocks | Comments (0)

Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road

By KEITH BRADSHER, New York Times, AZAMAT KULYENOV, a 26-year-old train driver, slid the black-knobbed throttle forward, and the 1,800-ton […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Aug 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)