Salient to Investors: Chua Hak Bin at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said: Total foreign direct investment into Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand was $128.4 billion in 2103 versus $117.6 billion for China. Rising foreign direct investment into Asean will remain a favorable structural trend over the
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: The spread between the 2-yr China sovereign yield and the similar-maturity interest-rate swap, a gauge of financial stress, last week reached the widest in Bloomberg data going back to 2007. George Soros and Bill Gross have drawn parallels between the situation in China and that in the
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Jim Rogers is bullish on water. China, India, America all have water problems Read the full article at http://jimrogersonthemarkets.blogspot.com/2014/01/bullish-on-water.html Click here to receive free and immediate email alerts of the latest forecasts.
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Jim Rogers said: Underlying situation worsening with interest rates going higher in most countries, including Turkey, Indonesia and India as cheap money ends and money gets printed. China is cooling off. Read the full article at http://jimrogersonthemarkets.blogspot.com/2014/01/china-is-cooling-off.html Click here to receive free and immediate email alerts of the latest
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Jim Rogers writes: The Chinese say the big session in November 2013 was as important as those in 1978 and 1993. Invest where the Chinese government or any government, especially a big government, is going to put a lot of money. Read the full article at http://jimrogers-blog.blogspot.com/2014/01/china-finding-places-where-government_20.html Click
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Mining companies are extending massive cuts in exploration budgets for a second year, setting up the next price boom as China continues its relentless pursuit of metals and energy. Daniel Sacks at Investec Asset Mgmt said companies are smart by cutting back on exploration as it is
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: William Pesek writes: George Soros believes the main risk facing the world is a Chinese debt disaster that is unfolding in plain sight. Soros said China’s restarting of the furnaces also reignites exponential debt growth, which cannot be sustained for much longer than a couple of years. Soros
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Expanding populations fueled global prosperity with both workers and consumers but global aging threatens to cause chronically weak economic growth, a more volatile international economy and the risk of a new financial crisis triggered by innovative investments dubbed “death derivatives.” Rob Arnott at Research Affiliates said our
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: Ramin Toloui at Pimco said: Asian growth is stabilizing but not stellar but may receive a boost in 2014 as developed markets accelerate. Asia’s trajectory will continue to be shaped critically by the growth path in the U.S. and Europe China’s growth in the next decade requires
READ MORE... →Salient to Investors: William Pesek writes: I agree with Tom Holland at The South China Morning Post that China cannot both maintain 7 percent-plus growth rates and implement huge reforms. Thailand has seen 18 coups in the past 60 years. The whole reason for being bullish on Japan Inc. so
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