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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 […]

Developed market

In investing, developed markets or developed economies are those countries that are thought to be the most developed and therefore […]

3rd investment anniversary of BEF fund‏

Balkan Emerging Frontiers Fund was established in April 2010, and began investing on August 1st of the same year. On […]

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 […]

10 Investment Rules To Live By

by Lance Roberts, From Street Talk Live, I was recently interviewed by Fox Business for my thoughts on what “first […]

What It Takes to Start a Fast-Food Franchise

What It Takes to Start a Fast-Food Franchise By Chris Nichols | Yahoo! Finance – 8 hours ago For many large restaurant […]

Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railway

From Stratfor site,   Rail-based transport between Asia and Europe is considerably cheaper than seaborne transit, and Russia’s infrastructure investments […]

Food For Thought – August 2013 – America’s Return as a Manufacturing Super Power is just Beginning

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Global Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club, Everyone Loves a Comeback Story George Washington once said – […]

The Shariah Appeal

From Mark Mobius Blog, Franklin Templeton, For some, the only guiding rule they have for investing is to grow their […]

Keep Investing as Simple as Possible

By Morgan Housel, Motley Fool, Predicting the quality of a fine wine has long relied on the sniff-swish-and-spit taste method. […]