Category: Investment
Advanced Speculation Strategies
This chapter is where you get into the big money, starting with interest – rate futures and taking stock of stock index futures. These markets, in addition to currency trading news, often set the tone for the trading day in all markets because they form a focal point or hub for the global financial system. [...]
Secret agents
Three local experts give their opinion on Hong Kong news – grabbing luxury property market Rents on luxury properties have fallen by 7.5% during the first half of 2012, partly due to a fall in the number of expat hires. How are sales prices in the sector holding up? Samson Law (SL): Rentals for luxury [...]
Why Vietnam Ho Chi Minh is a smart property investment destination
Ho Chi Minh City s tallest skyscraper cuts a lonely figure as it looms over the chaos of the streets below, but it is a symbol of Vietnam s stumbling entry into private property and the opportunity for investors to make money from real estate. The Bitexco Financial Tower, which officially opened two years ago, [...]
Property investment exhibition + seminar
Ming Dynasty villas in the heart of Suzhou, China The ultra-opulent Chuocheng Villa, situated next to UNESCO World Heritage Site, The Humble Administrator s Garden, in Suzhou, China, offers homeowners the rare opportunity to own a unique collectable art piece. Ranging from 7,104 to as large as 43,040 sq. ft., each villa provides homeowners with [...]
Heavenly investment
Home would say the discovery of this site was serendipitous; others would say divine intervention. Whichever you lean towards, these home owners were truly blessed when coming across the ideal location for their dream home. While in training as a pilot, the owner happened to fly over the site and was immediately intrigued by the [...]
MADE to LAST
The first thing that comes to mind at Green Shoes Devonshire workshop is the childrens tale of The Elves and the Shoemaker. Its hands – on method of making shoes is probably much the same as that of the poor cobbler who, with the help of a little elvish magic, turns a piece of leather [...]
How can I start selling my designs?
Lindi Oosthuizen makes a range of beautiful fabrics but needs to know how to take her creations to market. Her fathers passion for observing the natural world, and her grandmothers embroider skills, are threads that still run through the work of textile maker Lindi Oosthuizen. The Sussex – based craftswoman grew up in the South [...]
