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Pre-emerging markets

The term, pre-emerging markets is a standard term for the smaller, and/or less-developed — yet still investable — equity markets […]

By M Guliyev | 29 Aug 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Latin America | Comments (0)

Obama’s Bluff

By George Friedman, Stratfor, Images of multiple dead bodies emerged from Syria last week. It was asserted that poison gas […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 28 Aug 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Ai40 Weekly Commentary – 19 August 2013

Good news for the Ai40 Index as it clawed past the 113 mark this week, closing up 0.2%, or 0.23 […]

By Brian Andreosky | 20 Aug 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Notes from the Nigerian Frontier

by Mark Mobius http://mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2013/08/15/notes-from-the-nigerian-frontier/?nicamp=other&nichn=markmobius&nismseg=email Many frontier markets continue to stand out as particularly attractive to us right now, as a […]

By Brian Andreosky | 18 Aug 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Africa investor (Ai40) Weekly Commentary – 12 August 2013

By Staff Reporter | August 12, 2013 The week under review was a disappointing one as the Index fell 0.22 points, […]

By Brian Andreosky | 12 Aug 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Africa Investor Weekly Commentary – 5 August 2013

By Staff Reporter | August 5, 2013 The week under review ended with good news as the Ai40 Index saw a […]

By Brian Andreosky | 05 Aug 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

A Western Alternative to the West

by Peter Cooper, Daily Reckoning, I must thank Agora Financial for inviting me to the Investment Symposium for the fifth […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Aug 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Next Frontier

By RESHMA KAPADIA Frontier markets have both great potential and sizable risk. Harding Loevner Frontier Emerging Markets fund is one […]

By Brian Andreosky | | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)

The Shariah Appeal

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

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Aug 13 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Ai40 Weekly Commentary – 29 July 2013

By Staff Reporter | July 29, 2013 The fortnight under review has seen the Ai40 Index drop slightly. July 15 saw […]

By Brian Andreosky | 29 Jul 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)