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Falling Oil Prices Present a Great Opportunity – An Interview with Jim Rogers

By James Stafford, From oilprice.com site, World markets appear to be hovering over a precipice as Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, […]

Oxstones Food for Thought – July 2012 – E.U. Crisis – The Never Ending Story!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club Why does U.S. model work and EU model does […]

The “R” Word in Emerging Markets

By Mark Mobius, From http://us.beyondbullsandbears.com/2012/06/18/the-r-word-in-emerging-markets/ No matter what decision we face in our lives, there is always some type of […]

Burbank Bets on Global Recession With Subprime Conviction

By Katherine Burton and Kelly Bit, Bloomberg, In the dozen years that John Burbank has run his $3.4 billion Passport […]

The Big Mac Theory of Development

By Charles Kenny, Bloomberg, It’s a question richer people have about their poorer neighbors: Why are they poor? Is it […]

Africa: Investing in the Cradle of Civilization, Part 3: Ghana’s Golden Opportunties

By Mark Mobius, mobius.blog.franklintempleton, This year could prove an interesting one for Africa’s west coastal country, Ghana. Presidential and parliamentary […]

Africa: Investing in the Cradle of Civilization: Part 2

By Mark Mobius, From mobius.blog.franklintempleton, Africa is well known for its wealth of natural resources, which includes oil and gas, […]

The World’s Most Resource-Rich Countries

From 24/7 Wall St site, By -Michael B. Sauter, Charles B. Stockdale, Paul Ausick 24/7 Wall St. performed a detailed […]

Oxstones Food for Thought – April 2012 – A Big Thank You to Mr. Market for Precious Metal Opportunities!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club, 4/14/12 Some of you have inquired whether you […]

Iran’s Strategy

By George Friedman, Stratfor website, For centuries, the dilemma facing Iran (and before it, Persia) has been guaranteeing national survival […]