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Yuan Sets Tone for Asia as Japan Dethroned by China: Currencies

By Lilian Karunungan and Yumi Teso, Bloomberg, Asian central banks are tolerating gains in their currencies against the yen as […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Dec 12 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The 1 Chinese Company Tech Investors Should Fear

By Kevin Chen, Motley Fool, Even as they fail to make a smooth transition from desktop to mobile, companies from […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 28 Dec 12 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

An Easy Way to Pay for an Asian Adventure

An Easy Way to Pay for an Asian Adventure By Jerri Moss Nine years ago I threw in the towel […]

By Aidualc | 24 Dec 12 | Also posted in Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Economic Growth–Great for Everyone but Investors?

By Alex Bryan | Morningstar By 2050 the world’s population is projected to reach 9 billion, up from 7 billion today. Nearly all […]

By nirtalnirtal | 21 Dec 12 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Stocks, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Cocoa to Rice Woos Kuwait to Asia’s $2 Trillion: Islamic Finance

By Dahlia Kholaif, Bloomberg, Kuwait China Investment Co. (KCIC), part owned by the Persian Gulf nation’s sovereign-wealth fund, wants to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Purple Palace Abandoned Shows China Shadow-Banking Risk

Niu Dianqing stopped his motorbike at a construction site in China’s Inner Mongolia one morning last month. The front door […]

By MarketAngel | 20 Dec 12 | Also posted in Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

‘Super cycle’ for forest products expected to send lumber prices up in 2013

By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun,   VANCOUVER — Lumber prices are expected to soar next year before hitting all-time highs […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Middle-Income Trap Looms in China

China’s breakneck, double-digit growth rate is decelerating. That’s hardly a secret, but Liu Shijin, vice minister of the Development Research […]

By MarketAngel | 19 Dec 12 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

China Grabs Share in Latin America Wind With Cheap Loans

Chinese wind-turbine makers have broken into the South American market, the world’s fastest- growing, by offering government-backed loans at interest […]

By Aidualc | 18 Dec 12 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Emerging markets outlook 2013: more bulls than bears

(By EM) The bullish outlook for emerging markets for 2013 is supported by a “return from the abyss” for the […]

By M Guliyev | 17 Dec 12 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Latin America, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)