Oxstones Investment Club™Oil markets were roiled today when the United States and the International Energy Agency jointly announced that they would release […]
Where Rich Chinese Are Buying Real Estate
From Forbes Blog – Ken Rapoza, Vancouver, London and the big cities down under are second homes of choice for […]
With Ad Sales Doubling, Why is China’s Renren Getting Clobbered?
By Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Blog, Shares of China’s social network Renren (RENN) are now worth half their May 4 IPO […]
Burbank Contrarian Bets on Saudis Show Why Oil Reality Helps Return 23.6%
By Edward Robinson, Bloomberg, As a hedge-fund manager who thrives on turbulence in the commodities markets, John Burbank couldn’t have […]
Foreign Ownership of Japanese Shares Up, Financial Institutions’ Holdings Down
By Hiroyuki Kachi and Judy Lam Foreign ownership of Japanese shares rose for the second straight year, according to data […]
China Stocks Drop to Nine-Month Low on Economic Growth, Bank Loan Concern
From Bloomberg, China’s stocks fell to the lowest level in almost nine months after Nomura Holdings Inc. forecast the central […]
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 […]
Defining a Safe Mortgage: Has It Gone Too Far?
By Meg Handley, U.S. News, A little-known regulation sparked by the 2008 housing meltdown has the potential to fundamentally change […]
Country default risk
From Bespoke Investment Group site, “Greece has really distinguished itself this week as the country that is most at risk […]
The downgrade assault by the rating agencies continues – what are the implications for the EFSF?
By Rebecca Wilder, News N Economics site, As the rating agencies trip over themselves to downgrade sovereign credit, Greece yesterday […]