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 […]
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Asian rental yield – interest rate spread greatest in Mumbai and Manila
Just stumbled across this article on MoneyControl by Ashutosh Limaye at Jones Lang LaSalle India comparing rental yields across cities in Asia and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. The year is 2013, one year after over […]
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 […]
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 […]
Võ Nguyên Giáp passing away at 102 truly marks the end of an era for Vietnam
I’ve only had the pleasure of visiting Vietnam once so far, and I am the only tourist I know whose #1 priority […]