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Wine & Art investments down, but not out |
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By Kelvin Tan
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Friday, 21 November 2008 17:31 |
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 These collectibles should be viewed as long-term options, but when and what should investors buy?
THE MALAISE of the global financial crisis, which has wiped out trillions in the value of stock markets around the world and created widespread wealth erosion among the rich over the past months, is now apparently affecting the thriving art and fine wine markets, whose well-heeled patrons have started tightening their belts in recent times in the face of uncertainties. |
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Carnival of opportunities |
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By Assif Shameen
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 13:36 |
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 Once written off as an economic basket case, Brazil — benefiting from soaring commodity prices and a makeover — is now the darling of investors
LATE FEBRUARY marks the start of the Carnaval, Brazil’s national party time. It’s the time of the year for everyone to rumba, samba, cha cha cha, paso doble and jive. The salsa (dance) isn’t the only thing Brazilians are famous for. Their soccer stars are treated like Hollywood screen idols from Paris to Pudong. Increasingly, though, the country is known to people in China, India, Eastern Europe and the Middle East for its commodities like sugar, corn, soybean, rice, wheat and iron ore. |
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By Tomas Koch and Oliver Ramsbottom
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Thursday, 04 September 2008 11:47 |
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 “For ye shall find therein all kinds of wonderful things, and the diverse histories of the Great Hermenia, and of Persia, and of the Land of the Tartars, and of India, and of many other country of which our Book doth speak.” — The Travels Of Marco Polo: Prologue |
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