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A buying opportunity in farms, food

A noted strategist sees a global food crisis that will be with us for decades. Here are the investment areas […]

Financial Markets, Politics and the New Reality

By George Friedman, Stratfor, Louis M. Bacon is the head of Moore Capital Management, one of the largest and most […]

Oxstones Food For Thought – August 2012 – Core Europe, Emerging Europe – One Door Closes, Another Door Opens!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club A long time ago, as an idealistic NYU student […]

Countries Where Women Do Not Feel Safe

While the march towards gender equality slowly progresses around the world, one disturbing issue remains unresolved — safety for women. […]

IT market in Russia to maintain double-digit growth in 2012

The IT market in Russia went up by 15% last year, fuelled by healthy development of the Russian economy. The […]

Healthcare facilities construction in Russia to grow by 2014

Most healthcare facilities in Russia were built in the Soviet era, and the notorious underinvestment since then has caused them […]

Russian mortgage agency to float $407m worth of bonds

(RBC) Mortgage agent AHML 2012-1, a subsidiary of state-owned Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending (AHML), intends to offer three issues […]

The Next Frontier

By Mark Mobius, Mobius Blog, Frank Templeton, In a recent interview, I was asked whether I was becoming a “frontiersman” […]

Abandon the Panic, Not the Eurozone

I truly believe it pays to be an optimist in life. As a long-term investor, it’s practically part of the […]

BRICs Priced for Economic Meltdown

By Michael Patterson, Bloomberg, The biggest emerging markets are contributing more than ever to the global economy as their proportion […]