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Obama’s African outlook splits opinion

original post – Africa Investor Days ahead of only his third official African visit, analysts are split over whether Barack […]

By Brian Andreosky | 20 Jun 13 | Also posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Frontier Markets: Now’s Your Chance To Bank A Fortune

by Chris Mayer, From Daily Reckoning site, From Tbilisi and Vladivostok to Rio and the gold souks of Dubai, opportunities […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Jun 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Real Estate, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

2013 Country Stock Market Returns

From Bespoke Invest site, Below is a look at the year-to-date stock market performance of 77 countries around the world. […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Jun 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, North America, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Ai Weekly Commentary – 10 June 2013

By Staff Reporter | June 10, 2013 The Ai40 Index continues to see-saw: after last week’s slight gain, the Index lost […]

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

Africa investor Weekly Commentary – June-03-2013

By Staff Reporter | June 3, 2013 Heading slightly upwards last week after several weeks of straight losses, the Ai40 Index […]

By Brian Andreosky | 05 Jun 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)

Global ETF Trading Range Screen

From Bespoke Invest site, Below we have run the 30 largest country ETFs through our trading range screen, which measures […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Jun 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, North America, Stocks, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Why South Africa’s Currency Has Been Getting Destroyed

By Matthew Boesler, Business Insider, The South African rand (ZAR) is getting absolutely brutalized lately. The currency has fallen from […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Jun 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Lion’s Den: Drink up

…well, maybe down. East African Breweries Ltd As a recent transplant to the Pacific Northwest I learned two things rather […]

By Brian Andreosky | 22 May 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)

Dambisa Moyo: Search For Alpha Leads To Frontier Markets In Africa

Summary:  Frontier markets like Rwanda are actually offering higher equity market returns than developed and emerging markets. Dambisa Moyo: Search […]

By Brian Andreosky | 21 May 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Rwanda and the New Lions of Africa

By PAUL KAGAME As the world economy continues to stagnate, a story of hope is unfolding on my continent. Nine out […]

By Brian Andreosky | 20 May 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)