Author: Vivian Lewis

 Happy Columbus Day. I want to write about another Italian, Machiavelli, today, specifically about conspiracy theories regarding the stock market not just in Rome, but in New York. Many Americans believe their brokers are...

 Your editor had lunch Thurs. with a much more powerful counterpart, Yanqing Yang, PhD, the deputy editor of China Business News, of Shanghai, one of the two top business magazines in China. (The other is 21st Century...

 As ballyhoo’ed gold goes from peak to peak, your editor is getting airsick. One reason for stocking up on the precious metal is to protect against a dollar decline, but in recent markets a more appealing alternative...

   The problem with having a home office in the same building as your home is that when the Internet crashes in the apartment it also crashed in the maid’s room/office. Hence we are very late...

Our 3rd quarter performance has been extraordinary even by the usual Global Investingstandards, thanks to our good selection of countries and sectors to invest in. A big hug to Frida, Fei, Martin, Chris, Paul,and Michael for...

 Cecilia Gondar of Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors did an incredible analysis of the risks of more stringent rating agency rules on how closed-end funds (mostly aiming at yield) use leverage to enhance their returns. Tom...

 Today I got my first ever (illegal) financial spam e-mail from France, plugging the forthcoming 8% 6-yr bonds to be issued by a tiny provincial company,Cybergun, which makes airguns. The issue, aimed at retail investors...

 Hot wok Chinese ipo Country Style Cooking Restaurant Chain Co. gained more than 50% from its opening level. You don’t want to let me and Fei Chen (who think we are good cooks) guide you about fast food joints. It hit...