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7 Countries Near Bankruptcy

Puerto Rico defaulted on its $58 million debt repayment this week for the first time in its history. With its […]

By Aidualc | 26 Aug 15 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Interactive Migration Map

From  http://visual.ly/interactive-migrations-map Click on the link:  Interactive Migration Map  to go to the map and pick a country to see […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Jun 15 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

New ‘Silk Road’ could alter global economics

From Robert Berke, Oilprice.com, Beginning with the marvelous tales of Marco Polo’s travels across Eurasia to China, the Silk Road […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Jun 15 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Private Equity, Real Estate, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Celebrating Romania

Ten years ago, Fondul Proprietatea (Fondul) was established to compensate Romanians whose properties were confiscated by the former communist government, […]

By Aidualc | 25 May 15 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)

Are Emerging Markets Still An Asset Class?

Mohamed El-Erian, the former PIMCO CEO, wrote a piece for Bloomberg View questioning the merits of emerging markets as an […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 May 15 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Statistics | Comments (0)

Should we work forever?

At the World Bank, we have seen many colleagues who retired on a Friday only to come back as consultants […]

By Aidualc | 01 May 15 | Also posted in North America, Retirement & Savings, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Significant Slip—or Just a Blip—in Emerging Markets’ Foreign Exchange Reserves?

By Mark Mobius, Mobius Blog, For those looking to invest in emerging markets, a steady growth in foreign exchange reserves—in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Apr 15 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Latin America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

BEF Fund ranked first on global scale!

We are pleased to announce you that Balkan Emerging Frontiers Fund (BEF Fund) attained first position on global hedge funds’ […]

By BEFFund | 27 Apr 15 | Also posted in Hedge Fund, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

BRICS May Create Unbiased Credit Rating Agency

Experts from BRICS countries are discussing the creation of a new independent rating agency to counter the geopolitically-biased economic assessment […]

By MarketAngel | 22 Apr 15 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America | Comments (0)

Russia Nervously Eyes the U.S.-Iran Deal

By Reva Bhalla, Stratfor, When a group of weary diplomats announced a framework for an Iranian nuclear accord last week […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Apr 15 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)