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Debt Be Not Proud (Arnott)
We live in a world profoundly addicted to debt-financed consumption. Today, many people, companies, and countries borrow with…
August 27, 2010
Prepare, Don’t Predict: Building Resilient Portfolios with Private Credit
For decades, investors climbed the 60/40 ladder with confidence. Now, every step feels less steady. High inflation that refuses to budge, interest rates that won’t come down anytime soon, and the growing correlation between stocks and bonds...
China and India: Those Two Big Outliers
Why have China and India been able to grow so quickly? This column argues that while the industrial…
August 26, 2010
India to Open Equity Markets to Foreign Retail Investors
This article is a guest contribution by American Century Investments. Over the past few years, India has moved…
August 24, 2010
Private and Public Sectors – Motivating and Regulating Markets (Mobius)
This article is a guest contribution by Mark Mobius, Vice-chairman, Franklin Templeton Investments. Even though the government and…
August 21, 2010
Energy and Natural Resources Market Diary (August 23, 2010)
Energy and Natural Resources Market Diary (August 23, 2010) Strengths According to China's ministry of industry and information…
August 21, 2010
Emerging Markets Diary (August 23, 2010)
Emerging Markets Diary (August 23, 2010) Strengths Hong Kong's unemployment rate fell to a lower-than-expected 4.3 percent in…
August 21, 2010
The Next Afghan Battlefield is Oil (Moors)
This article is a guest contribution by Dr. Kent Moors, The Oil and Energy Investor. After a long…
August 18, 2010
Risky Business (Horrocks)
This article is a guest contribution by Robert Horrocks, CIO, Matthews Asia. Risk and uncertainty are part of…
August 18, 2010
Rosenberg: Double Dip or Single Scoop?
This article is a guest contribution by David Rosenberg, Chief Market Economist, Gluskin Sheff. A few readers have…
August 17, 2010
Energy and Natural Resources Market Diary (August 16, 2010)
Energy and Natural Resources Market Diary (August 16, 2010) Strengths The Baltic Dry Index of freight rates jumped…
August 14, 2010
Emerging Markets Diary (August 16, 2010)
Emerging Markets Diary (August 16, 2010) Strengths China’s exports rose 38.1 percent from a year ago to a…
August 14, 2010
Byron Wien: Investment Outlook (August 2010)
This commentary is a guest contribution from Byron Wien, Vice-chairman, Blackstone Group. Blackstone is pleased to offer the…
August 12, 2010
Ancient Gold, Modern Value
A 2,200-year-old gold coin was found recently in northern Israel. No, this isn’t one of those radio commercials you hear all the time about a surprising discovery of a stash of rare gold coins in Europe. This is the real deal.
Archaeologists from...
August 12, 2010
Nouriel Roubini: Not All Gloom and Doom
In this interview, the Economist sits down with Nouriel Roubini of Roubini Global Economics to discuss America’s banking…
August 12, 2010