October 25, 2013Uncategorized Friday Photo: Japanese-Brazilian migration ad poster This has been one of my favorite posters, showing in less than 1/10th of a megapixel how Japanese families were encouraged to […]
October 24, 2013Uncategorized Asian rental yield – interest rate spread greatest in Mumbai and Manila Just stumbled across this article on MoneyControl byΒ Ashutosh Limaye at Jones Lang LaSalle India comparing rental yields across cities in Asia and […]
October 23, 2013Uncategorized Asia is less skewed than the west, at least in terms of equity volatility Volatility skew is a somewhat technical concept I worked with every day on Wall Street trading desks before 2009, but here I […]
October 22, 2013Uncategorized Free Silver: One example of pre-Fed monetary policy This is a rare opportunity to point to one of my favorite styles of western cartoons as showing a vital Asian economic […]
October 21, 2013Uncategorized London Mayor Boris Johnson visits Hong Kong Thanks to Sam for the last minute invitation to join a great group of expats meeting the London Mayor this past Friday […]
October 18, 2013Uncategorized Friday Photo: HSBC Singapore around 1900 From World Port Source, a reminder that even in the part of the world that thing seem to be changing so quickly, […]
October 17, 2013Uncategorized Cost of sending $100 in cash or in crude oil overseas still about the same The title should be even more shocking than I know how to write it. Β The year is 2013, one year after over […]
October 15, 2013Uncategorized 2nd thousand views from almost 50 countries Not including counts from the top 5 sources of my readers (HK, US, UK, India and Singapore – making up the vast […]
October 14, 2013blockchain 7 ways anyone can understand Bitcoin in 7 minutes or less For the fifth time in the past month I have heard from a very intelligent and financially savvy individual that they “don’t […]
October 11, 2013Uncategorized Friday Photo: The silent space race of Shenzhou 10 by superpower #3 I probably blow it out of proportion, but I do consider one of the big generation gaps for North Americans (and perhaps […]