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CHINA DEVELOPERS FACE $32.7B IN 2015 TRUST PAYMENTS

  2014/06/23 BY MICHAEL COLE   Not everything is in the right place in China’s ports The 2014 real estate slowdown could […]

By MarketAngel | 05 Sep 14 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Here’s how Brazil’s new presidential candidate could help save the planet

By Simeon Tegel, Global Post, Marina Silva has a chance at becoming the first environmentalist to lead a major world […]

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

Companies That Control the World’s Food

By Alexander E.M. Hess, 247WallSt, The agriculture and food production industry employed more than one billion people as of last year, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Sep 14 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Stocks, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Greatest Investment Theme of This Decade

Commodities By: DailyWealth Matt Badiali writes: It’s not too late to grab a stake in the U.S. oil boom… Yesterday, I […]

By Aidualc | 29 Aug 14 | Also posted in Commodities, Food for Thought, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Iraq and Syria Follow Lebanon’s Precedent

By George Friedman, Stratfor, Lebanon was created out of the Sykes-Picot Agreement. This agreement between Britain and France reshaped the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Aug 14 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

AirBnB – hotel disruptor unconstrained by real estate – VIDEO

YouTube Link  AirBnB – Hotel Disruptor AirBnB is fundamentally changing the hotel business with its light business model Every 1% […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Aug 14 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Real Estate, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Eurozone on Edge of a knife! – Countdown to Crisis? Yes or No?

By: Ty_Andros Europe is caught in the cross hairs of the exports of deflation from Japan and China. Delighted by the support […]

By MarketAngel | 21 Aug 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Market Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere

By John Mauldin, The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. – Albert Einstein Genius is […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Europe’s Malaise: The New Normal?

By George Friedman, Stratfor, Russia and Ukraine continue to confront each other along their border. Iraq has splintered, leading to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Aug 14 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Putin is Grinning – The Deal of the Century

By:Lew Rockwell    Eric Margolis writes: GENEVA – Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin usually wears a perfect poker face. But last […]

By MarketAngel | 18 Aug 14 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought | Comments (0)