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Russia’s Grip on Gas

By the Casey Research Energy Team Russia loves being in control of other countries’ energy needs. The nation supplies a […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Jul 11 | Also posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe | Comments (0)

Investors Hazard Bold Bet on Yuan

From WSJ, The U.S and the International Monetary Fund are pressuring China to let its currency, the yuan, climb in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 30 Jun 11 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

U.S. and Pakistan: Afghan Strategies

By George Friedman U.S. President Barack Obama will give a speech on Afghanistan on June 22. Whatever he says, it […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Jun 11 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Where Rich Chinese Are Buying Real Estate

From Forbes Blog – Ken Rapoza, Vancouver, London and the big cities down under are second homes of choice for […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Jun 11 | Also posted in North America, Real Estate, Western Europe | Comments (0)

With Ad Sales Doubling, Why is China’s Renren Getting Clobbered?

By Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Blog, Shares of China’s social network Renren (RENN) are now worth half their May 4 IPO […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Jun 11 | Also posted in Stocks | Comments (0)

Burbank Contrarian Bets on Saudis Show Why Oil Reality Helps Return 23.6%

By Edward Robinson, Bloomberg, As a hedge-fund manager who thrives on turbulence in the commodities markets, John Burbank couldn’t have […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Stocks | Comments (0)

Foreign Ownership of Japanese Shares Up, Financial Institutions’ Holdings Down

By Hiroyuki Kachi and Judy Lam Foreign ownership of Japanese shares rose for the second straight year, according to data […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Jun 11 | Also posted in Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China Stocks Drop to Nine-Month Low on Economic Growth, Bank Loan Concern

From Bloomberg, China’s stocks fell to the lowest level in almost nine months after Nomura Holdings Inc. forecast the central […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Stocks | Comments (0)

Emerging Market Fund Watch: MSCI Index Reclassification Doesn’t Change Much

From 247 WallSt site, In yesterday’s article about emerging market funds, we noted that three of the funds that track […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Jun 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Latin America | Comments (0)

Country default risk

From Bespoke Investment Group site, “Greece has really distinguished itself this week as the country that is most at risk […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Jun 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Statistics, Western Europe | Comments (0)