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Draghi in Davos: eurozone will recover in second half

The eurozone economy will recover in the second half of the year if structural reforms are kept up, ECB President […]

By M Guliyev | 28 Jan 13 | Also posted in Regions, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Europe in 2013: A Year of Decision

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The end of the year always prompts questions about what the most important issue of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Jan 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

How do we add value to your return? Two examples

In October and November NAV of share of Balkan Emerging Frontiers Fund (BEF Fund) has indeed not changed much, however […]

By BEFFund | 01 Jan 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | 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, Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Stocks, The Big Picture | 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, Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Latin America, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Facebook Backer Alisher Usmanov Now Focused on China

By Ilya Khrennikov and Sarah Frier , Bloomberg,  Billionaire Alisher Usmanov, who made more than $1 billion investing in Facebook […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 11 Dec 12 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Why Russia is favourite bond investment

(By EM) Risk appetite is likely to come back to the markets early next year if the US “fiscal cliff” […]

By M Guliyev | 08 Dec 12 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Regions, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

EM fund’s returns boost

(By EM) Deleveraging by Western banks has increased opportunities for funds offering financing to companies in emerging markets, a fund […]

By M Guliyev | 05 Dec 12 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Finding Oxstones, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Private Equity, Regions, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Management pay in emerging markets surges

(By EM) Senior managers in emerging markets now enjoy pay levels on a par and sometimes higher than those of […]

By M Guliyev | 01 Dec 12 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, Regions | Comments (0)

Russia and China’s Neighborly Interests

By Mark Mobius,  Franklin Templeton Blog, http://mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2012/11/15/russia-and-china/#more-1943 Whether our neighbors are as close as the airplane seat next to us […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Nov 12 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)