Lifestyle: Supertuscan and the Galatrona

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Super Tuscans are an intriguing breed, at least for the novice sampler. What makes a wine a Super Tuscan and who decides what Tuscan wines are Super? Super Tuscans are not a category… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : Run For Your Lives Asia

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No, it is not this photo of Tandoori chicken and what appears to be rice atop a pizza that is scaring me, basking in all its double carbs glory. Neither is it the… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – Four Blood Moons aligned with Jewish Holidays

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Blood moons are created by lunar eclipses. When four consecutive lunar eclipses are total eclipses, the group is known as a tetrad. Tetrad that are aligned with Jewish holidays are very rare astronomical… Continue reading

The Discerning Lush : Wine World- A look back at 2013’s main event

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The end of a year and start of a new one is when I get a little sentimental. I pull out my iphone and look at my snapshots of the year gone by,… Continue reading

Singapore Outlook 2014 : Back To School

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I decided not to do my usual elaborate stats for my outlook this time. My style is to do up the tables of past year market performance as the starting point, giving myself… Continue reading

Too Hot, Too Cold And The Duck Explodes – Faustian Market Extremes

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It’s so hot in Australia they had to add a new color to the weather map – purple, for 54.2 degrees Celsius. http://news.yahoo.com/hot-australia-added-colors-weather-map-135043015.html US braces for record-breaking chill… from a polar vortex !… Continue reading

The Discerning Lush : Why the Smart Money is on plump flightless ornithoids Tonight

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A few days back on Bloomberg Businessweek, there was an article titled “Why the Dumb Money Is on Champagne Tonight”. So we are told, pros drink Prosecco, and champs drinkers are being suckered… Continue reading

Asian Emerging Markets 2014 – Detox Time

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Asking me to write an EM piece for 2014 is like asking Justin Bieber to do opera. It struck me that it is perhaps just what the market needs – a different perspective.… Continue reading

Bonds In Conversation : Ready, Get Set, Defend !

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Definitely not raring to go for the first 2 trading days of markets in 2014. So much for a fresh start, we have a flat start instead. Not seeing much in terms of… Continue reading

Ad Hoc Commentary – 2014 outlook: the rise of Russia

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Our outlook for 2013 can be found here: Ad Hoc Commentary – 2013 outlook Our basic premise for 2013 was the sovereign debt crisis will migrate from Europe to Japan, and then back… Continue reading