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Jim Rogers Bullish on Water-Tech Investments, Russian Ruble

From Money News, Jim Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in the 1970s, is exploring the world […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Apr 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

Russia Is Next In Line To Restrict Cash Transactions

The Russians are taking a page from the Europeans book (and not a positive one for libertarians). Given the substantial […]

By Aidualc | 17 Apr 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Wood – The fuel of the future? Environmental lunacy in Europe

From the Economist, WHICH source of renewable energy is most important to the European Union? Solar power, perhaps? (Europe has […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Apr 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Bullish on Coal: Contrarian Dream or Nightmare?

If there is one great American industry that has been left for dead, it is the U.S. coal industry. With […]

By Aidualc | 08 Apr 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, North America, Stocks | Comments (0)

BRICS and China’s Aspiration for the New “International Order”

By Yun Sun, Brookings Institute, The destinations of new Chinese leader’s first foreign tour are always carefully chosen and reflect […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Apr 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Risk Unrewarded as Emerging Stocks Lag Behind Most Since ’98

By Michael Patterson and Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg, The link between risk and reward in stocks is breaking down as emerging […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Apr 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Low-Volatility ETFs for Emerging Markets

By Tom Lydon, From www.etftrends.com/2013/03/low-volatility-etfs-for-emerging-markets-2/ Low-volatility ETFs have been a hit with investors and could make even more sense for […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Mar 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Stocks | Comments (0)

China to become Russia’s biggest oil client

From http://rt.com/business/china-become-russia-biggest-oil-client-667/ The desire for Russia and China to boost trading ties is making China Russia’s priority market, as European […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Mar 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Balkan Emerging Frontiers Fund – Main remarks from the Emerging markets panel‏

Mr. Denis Vengust, Investment Manager of BEF Fund attended European Family Office Winter Symposium held in conjunction with the Institutional […]

By BEFFund | 21 Mar 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Stocks | Comments (0)

This Colorful Table Shows Why You Should Diversify Your Emerging Markets Portfolio

By Sam Ro, From Business Insider, http://www.businessinsider.com/usfunds-em-periodic-table-2013-3 If you’re lucky, then you might be able to pick the right stocks […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 11 Mar 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)