Oxstones Investment Club™By David Biller and Katerina Peteroff, Businessweek The night before appliance retailer Casas Bahia opened in Rio de Janeiro’s largest […]
Emerging markets wealth propping up London?
(By Emerging Markets) One of the factors behind London’s “good recession” is the sharp increase in wealth in emerging markets, […]
Vanguard sets record with customer inflows of $130 billion
By Aaron Pressman (Reuters) – Vanguard Group said customers had invested $130.4 billion in its mutual and exchange-traded funds during […]
Mark Zandi’s 2013 Outlook: Strong Housing, Modest Growth, Average Job Creation
By Morgan Korn, Daily Ticker- The U.S. economy grew at a 3.1% annual rate in the third-quarter, more than previous […]
Cocoa to Rice Woos Kuwait to Asia’s $2 Trillion: Islamic Finance
By Dahlia Kholaif, Bloomberg, Kuwait China Investment Co. (KCIC), part owned by the Persian Gulf nation’s sovereign-wealth fund, wants to […]
Purple Palace Abandoned Shows China Shadow-Banking Risk
Niu Dianqing stopped his motorbike at a construction site in China’s Inner Mongolia one morning last month. The front door […]
‘Super cycle’ for forest products expected to send lumber prices up in 2013
By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun, VANCOUVER — Lumber prices are expected to soar next year before hitting all-time highs […]
China Grabs Share in Latin America Wind With Cheap Loans
Chinese wind-turbine makers have broken into the South American market, the world’s fastest- growing, by offering government-backed loans at interest […]
Emerging markets outlook 2013: more bulls than bears
(By EM) The bullish outlook for emerging markets for 2013 is supported by a “return from the abyss” for the […]
Biggest Opportunity Will Be Shorting the Bond Market: Dalio
By: John Carney, CNBC, Rising interest rates in 2013 will likely push down prices in almost every financial asset in […]