The race to build a quantum economy

Venture capitalists, corporations and the federal government are investing in quantum computers, a powerful new generation of machines that one […]

By Aidualc | 03 Jul 18 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Economic History of the Last 2,000 Years in 1 Little Graph

That headline is a big promise. But here it is: The economic history of the world going back to Year […]

By Aidualc | 22 Jan 18 | Posted in Asia, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Oil Market is Bigger Than All Metal Markets Combined

By Jeff Desjardins, Visual Capitalist,   Ever since the invention of the internal combustion engine, oil has been one of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Nov 17 | Posted in Commodities, Food for Thought, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China Consumes Mind-Boggling Amounts of Raw Materials [Chart]

By Jeff Desjardins, Over the last 20 years, the world economy has relied on the Chinese economic growth engine more […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Oct 17 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

9 countries that don’t like bitcoin

On bitcoin markets you can exchange your fiat currency to bitcoin and vice versa. I work for CEX.IO, which allows […]

By MaryAnn Callahan | 12 Jun 17 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Why Things Aren’t What They Used to Be in Emerging Markets

The prospect of stabilizing commodity prices and improving corporate earnings has helped rebuild investor interest in emerging markets over the […]

By MarketAngel | 01 May 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Latin America, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Geopolitics of Nuclear Weapons

By George Friedman, Xander Snyder, and Cheyenne Ligon, Geopolitical Futures President Trump has reversed his stance on a number of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Apr 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The State of US State Exports

By George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures,  A domestic political battle is brewing in the United States between […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Apr 17 | Posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

What Past Empires Tell Us About the Future

By George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures, Spanish essayist George Santayana once wrote, “Those who cannot remember the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Apr 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Impossible Trinity

By Jim Rickards, The Daily Reckoning, The Impossible Trinity is a simple rule with deep implications. It was first uncovered […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)