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Emerging Markets 2014 Outlook: Shaping the Next Decade

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, As we embark upon a new year, the Templeton Emerging Markets Group believes 2014 could […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Jan 14 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

How Putin Conquered South Africa

By Marin Katusa, Casey’s Research, In the global war for energy supremacy, Russia has won another victory over the United […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 Jan 14 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Buffett’s year-end bet: Pipelines

By Jim Jelter, Market Watch, Warren Buffett’s latest acquisition and a spectacular train wreck in North Dakota point to what […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Jan 14 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

India Shadow Banker Fights to Keep Empire Built on Poor

Tucked away on a hillock in the suburbs of Mumbai, a missile-proof bunker twice the size of the U.S. White […]

By Aidualc | 30 Dec 13 | Also posted in Asia, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Ukraine: On the Edge of Empires

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The name “Ukraine” literally translates as “on the edge.” It is a country on the edge […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Dec 13 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Serbia leader calls Gazprom pipeline vital

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Gazprom’s South Stream pipeline, which will bypass Ukraine to transport Russian natural gas to Europe, is […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How Poland Became Europe’s Most Dynamic Economy

By Stephan Faris November 27, 2013 The oldest coffee shop in Warsaw has been in operation nearly without interruption since the end […]

By Aidualc | 26 Dec 13 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Western Europe | Comments (0)

My Days at the “End of the World” in Brittany, France

  By Mark Greenside It is seven in the morning and I can hear doves cooing, magpies complaining, occasionally bees […]

By Aidualc | 25 Dec 13 | Also posted in Retirement & Savings, Western Europe | Comments (0)

World Economic Outlook

World Economic Outlook is basically a survey conducted and published by the International Monetary Fund. It is published twice and […]

By M Guliyev | 23 Dec 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Jim Chanos, bad news bear, urges market prudence

By Jennifer Ablan, Reuters, Prominent short-seller Jim Chanos is probably one of the last true “bad news bears” you will […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Dec 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, North America, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)