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Are Emerging-Markets Stocks Too Cheap to Ignore?

By Ben Johnson, Morningstar, Emerging-markets stocks have gone from the penthouse to the outhouse. Over the 10-year period ended Oct. […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 Nov 15 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Stocks, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

  By Dalan McEndree  President Putin’s recent moves in the Middle East—to shore up Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria through […]

By Aidualc | 11 Nov 15 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

BEF Fund ranked first by FE Trustnet

In August 2015 Balkan Emerging Frontiers Fund was ranked first in FE’s Trustnet Offshore database in 5 years performance in […]

By BEFFund | 05 Nov 15 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, Retirement & Savings, Stocks | Comments (0)

Is the refugee crisis an opportunity for an aging Europe?

Europe is facing the biggest inflow of migrants in decades. The number of refugees from conflict zones in Syria, Iraq, […]

By Aidualc | 21 Oct 15 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Every country’s debt, mapped

By Matthew Yglesias, Vox Unless you are dead inside, you love government debt data visualizations and this one from HowMuch.net is […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Oct 15 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Russia draws in hordes of Chinese with ‘red tourism’

Saint Petersburg (AFP) – Drawn by its Communist past and a visa-free regime, Chinese tourists are flocking to Russia in […]

By MarketAngel | 06 Oct 15 | Also posted in Asia, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Private Equity, Retirement & Savings, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Good uncorrelated performance of Balkan Emerging Frontiers Fund

Balkan Emerging Frontiers Fund was launched in April 2010 and it began investing in August of the same year. On […]

By BEFFund | 01 Oct 15 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

A World Map of the Most-Googled Car Brands

  ap of the Most-Googled Car Brands Popular Mechanics Rollin Bishop © Provided by Top SpeedThe good folks at Top […]

By MarketAngel | 30 Sep 15 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

World’s Friendliest and Unfriendliest Cities

Every year, Travel + Leisure asks readers to weigh in on their favorite cities around the globe in our annual World’s […]

By Aidualc | 21 Sep 15 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, Western Europe | Comments (0)

On Market Corrections, and Keeping a Calm Head

By Mark Mobius, Mobius Blog Templeton, The global markets have experienced a late summer swoon, blamed on factors including concerns […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Sep 15 | Also posted in Asia, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Statistics | Comments (0)