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)

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)

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)

This is why Alternatives are worth it

We’ve been waiting… and waiting… and waiting… for the markets. to. finally. move. With the election over, we’re now seeing […]

By Aidualc | 20 Jan 17 | Posted in Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Statistics | Comments (0)

India’s Demonetization–What is Next?

by Alex Tabarrok  Devangshu Datta has a good run down of the basic facts of India’s demonetization of Rs 500 […]

By MarketAngel | 19 Dec 16 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Silver — Once and Future Money

  Jim Rickards Before the Renaissance, world money existed as precious metal coins or bullion. Caesars and kings hoarded gold […]

By Aidualc | 13 Oct 16 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

10 Alternative Investments Outside of Stocks and Bonds

By Jon C. Ogg, 247WallSt, Investors in 2016 have to be scratching their heads when it comes to where to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Aug 16 | Posted in Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Three Ways “Old Money” Hangs Onto Its Riches

By Jim Rickards, Daily Reckoning, While America claims to be a class-free society, the opposite often seems to be the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 May 16 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Gold’s Latest Correlations with 21 Major Assets/Economic Indicators

By NIA, NIA has just calculated gold’s latest correlations for the past decade with 21 major assets/economic indicators including other […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Feb 16 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)