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Developed market

In investing, developed markets or developed economies are those countries that are thought to be the most developed and therefore […]

By M Guliyev | 01 Sep 13 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Europe’s zombie banks: Blight of the living dead

“PROBABLY the most successful monetary-policy measure undertaken in recent times.” That is Mario Draghi’s self-effacing judgment on the outright monetary […]

By Aidualc | 22 Aug 13 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Hauling New Treasure Along the Silk Road

By KEITH BRADSHER, New York Times, AZAMAT KULYENOV, a 26-year-old train driver, slid the black-knobbed throttle forward, and the 1,800-ton […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railway

From Stratfor site,   Rail-based transport between Asia and Europe is considerably cheaper than seaborne transit, and Russia’s infrastructure investments […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Aug 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Food For Thought – August 2013 – America’s Return as a Manufacturing Super Power is just Beginning

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Global Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club, Everyone Loves a Comeback Story George Washington once said – […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Aug 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Private Equity, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Want World Domination? Size Matters

Want World Domination? Size Matters By RICHARD N. ROSECRANCE CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — HORACE GREELEY, Napoleon Bonaparte and Cecil Rhodes may […]

By Oracle | 28 Jul 13 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

18 Housing Markets That Are More Overvalued Than The US

Societe Generale Albert Edwards pointed us to this chart comparing home prices across the developed world. For comparability purposes, the OECD […]

By Aidualc | 26 Jul 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Do Western Central Banks Have Any Gold Left??? Part III

By: Eric Sprott, From Sprott Global site, Recent dramatic declines in gold prices and strong redemptions from physical ETFs (such […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Jul 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Russia breaks into top 5 world economies, displacing Germany

Russia has overtaken Germany as the fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, according to the latest World […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Jul 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Foreign Buyers Aren’t Playing A Key Role In The US Housing Recovery For 2 Reasons

By Mamta Badkar – Tue, Jul 9, 2013 12:17 AM EDT Foreign buyers jumped into the U.S. housing market after the bubble […]

By DennisGao | 12 Jul 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)