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2012 Country Stock Market Returns

From Bespoke Investment Group Site, With Europe and Asia experiencing big declines over the past couple of days, below is […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Apr 12 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

US stocks: Tread carefully through the minefields

By Prieur du Plessis,  From investmentpostcards site, The S&P 500 Index is anticipating too much too soon. Robert Shiller’s PE10 […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Mar 12 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, North America | Comments (0)

Holding company

A holding company is a company or firm that owns other companies’ outstanding stock. The term usually refers to a […]

By M Guliyev | 26 Mar 12 | Also posted in Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

U.S. long bonds: Buyer beware!

By Prieur du Plessis, Bill Gross is buying them after misreading the market last year, while the Fed is buying […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Feb 12 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, North America, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Most non-public hospitals in Poland oriented towards public funding

The vast majority of non-public hospitals in Poland provide services under contracts with the National Health Fund (NFZ). The number […]

By pmr | | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Aging Demographics Forecast Lower P/E Ratios and Stock Prices Through 2021

By Jim Fink, Investing Daily, In part 1 of my series on demographic investing, I wrote about author Harry Dent […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Feb 12 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, North America, Retirement & Savings, Western Europe | Comments (0)

More than $200bn to be invested in Russian power plants by 2020

Despite major investment in recent years, much of Russia’s power infrastructure is in a state of disrepair. Modernisation and expansion […]

By pmr | 13 Feb 12 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Eight Industries the U.S. Has Lost to China

By Charles B. Stockdale, Douglas A. McIntyre, 247Wall St site, Americans are used to the U.S. being the leader, or […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Jan 12 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Rising stock activity, takeovers attract attention to Polish non-public hospital sector

Transformations, new facilities and non-public hospitals that emerge as the result of private/public partnerships (such as in Zywiec, with InterHealth […]

By pmr | 24 Jan 12 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

More Facts and Stats That Will Blow Investors Away

More Facts and Stats That Will Blow Investors Away By Austin Smith Don’t let it get away! “The devil is […]

By Aidualc | 16 Jan 12 | Also posted in North America | Comments (0)