Crisis Investing: How 14 Different Asset Classes Performed in Times of Distress

By Jeff Desjardins, Visual Capitalist,   History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. This could not be truer […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Oct 17 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Stocks, 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)

Oxstones Food for Thought – June 2017 – Winter is Coming

“Winter is Coming” – the motto for House of Stark in the Game of Thrones (HBO series).  The meaning behind […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Jun 17 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Strange Currencies and Barter 101

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, Once upon a time currencies had intrinsic value. Ever wonder where the term “buck” comes […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Jun 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, North America, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Oil Price Breakeven Prices – Chart

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, Hot from the latest International Monetary Fund’s, World Economic Outlook.   Looks like not many of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Apr 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, 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)

Where do our raw materials come from? (Chart / Infographic)

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, Nice chart/infographic,  Where do our raw materials come from? From the BullionVault, WHICH countries produce […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Feb 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

The What (Asset Allocation) & Where (Asset Location) of Investing

By Grant Wasylik, Asset allocation is paramount. Numerous studies confirm it. They show, time and again, that asset allocation accounts […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Jun 16 | Posted in Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

A quick guide to asset classes

ne of the most fun things about managing your own investments is coming up with an asset allocation strategy to […]

By Aidualc | 29 Apr 16 | Posted in Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Get Ready For A Weak Dollar World

Stocks officially entered a bear market last week, at least as measured by the MSCI World index. But then that […]

By Aidualc | 07 Apr 16 | Posted in Commodities, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, North America, Retirement & Savings, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)