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Emerging Market Fund Watch: MSCI Index Reclassification Doesn’t Change Much

From 247 WallSt site, In yesterday’s article about emerging market funds, we noted that three of the funds that track […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Jun 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Investment Wisdom, Latin America | Comments (0)

Country default risk

From Bespoke Investment Group site, “Greece has really distinguished itself this week as the country that is most at risk […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Jun 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Statistics, Western Europe | Comments (0)

China Puts Nuclear Power Plans on Hold

By Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Blog, China is putting its expansive nuclear power plans on hold. The decision comes after months […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Jun 11 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Latin America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Visegrad: A New European Military Force

By George Friedman, Stratfor, With the Palestinians demonstrating and the International Monetary Fund in turmoil, it would seem odd to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 May 11 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The next huge Internet IPO is not Facebook (or Groupon)

By Dan Primack, CNN Money, LinkedIn is so yesterday. Today’s conversation is about “who’s next?” Lots of talk about Groupon, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 May 11 | Also posted in Stocks | Comments (0)

Independent carbon bank needed to oversee ETS

by Tom Arup AN INDEPENDENT carbon bank, similar to the Reserve Bank, should be set up to oversee a carbon […]

By Aidualc | 18 May 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Russian construction industry recovery continues

The Russian construction industry recovered some semblance of stability in 2010 and gradually began to pick up again after the […]

By pmr | 11 May 11 | Also posted in Real Estate | Comments (0)

The 15 Countries With The Highest Inflation Rates

Like death and taxes, no one escapes the ravages of inflation.   These days, it’s the talk of folks from Caracas […]

By Aidualc | 10 May 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Regions, Statistics | Comments (0)

A Quick Tour Of The World’s Booming Farmland Markets

Farmland prices in the UK increased 13% in 2010 alone, according to the Knight Frank Farmland Index. High quality land […]

By Aidualc | 03 May 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, North America, Real Estate, Western Europe | Comments (0)

20 Signs That We’re Approaching A Global Food Crisis

Image: sshb via Flickr In case you haven’t noticed, the world is on the verge of a horrific global food […]

By Aidualc | 02 May 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)