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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 […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Sep 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Recognizing the End of the Chinese Economic Miracle

By George Friedman Major shifts underway in the Chinese economy that Stratfor has forecast and discussed for years have now drawn the attention of […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Developed market

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

By M Guliyev | 01 Sep 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

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 Africa / Middle East, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Latin America | Comments (0)

In China, an Unprecedented Demographic Problem Takes Shape

From Stratfor, Summary Chinese society is on the verge of a structural transformation even more profound than the long and […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Aug 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

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 […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, North America, Private Equity, Statistics, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Australia’s mining boom rolls on for Chinese entrepreneur in the outback

  Australia’s mining boom rolls on for Chinese entrepreneur in the outback                 […]

By Oracle | 25 Aug 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road

By KEITH BRADSHER, New York Times, AZAMAT KULYENOV, a 26-year-old train driver, slid the black-knobbed throttle forward, and the 1,800-ton […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Aug 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Buffett Acolyte Zhao Returns to China Stocks

By Bei Hu, Bloomberg,  Zhao Danyang, the Chinese investor who won a charity lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett in 2008, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Aug 13 | Also posted in Hedge Fund | Comments (0)

China’s Growth Story Ends With a Whimper

  by Dan Amoss, Daily Reckoning,   The Chinese model of economic growth is flawed. It has wasted resources on […]

By Aidualc | 14 Aug 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)