Wanna Know Why Kim Jong-Un Is Smiling? He’s ‘Sitting’ on Trillions of Dollars.

North Korea has a lot of wealth–just below the surface.  by Patricia Schouker  Key point: South Korea estimates the value of the […]

By Aidualc | 30 Mar 20 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

For Doomsday Preppers, the End of the World Is Good for Business

Prepper websites, selling items like food and water supplies, have experienced a bump in sales as tensions have grown this […]

By Aidualc | 11 Oct 17 | Posted in Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | 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)

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)

Lonely Planet’s favourite final frontiers

By Joe Bindloss, Lonely Planet, Fifty years ago, the Starship Enterprise set out ‘to explore strange new worlds, to seek […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 May 16 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Latin America, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Jim Rogers on Opportunities in Russia and Other Hated Markets

By: Casey_Research Nick Giambruno: Welcome, Jim. As you know, Doug Casey and I travel the world surveying crisis markets, and we always […]

By MarketAngel | 12 Mar 15 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

How Venezuelan Used ‘Scrape’ to Make Six Times Her Salary

Venezuela’s currency controls are turning trips abroad into profitable junkets. A 27-year-old trade analyst from Caracas said she earned six […]

By Aidualc | 11 Sep 13 | Posted in Latin America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Geopolitical Journey: The Search for Belonging and Ballistic Missile Defense in Romania

By George Friedman During the Cold War, Romania confused all of us. Long after brutality in other communist countries declined, […]

By MarketAngel | 09 Jul 13 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

2013 Prognosis

The following are my thoughts about things that might happen in 2013. This (Link) takes you to a discussion of […]

By Aidualc | 21 Jan 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Falling Oil Prices Present a Great Opportunity – An Interview with Jim Rogers

By James Stafford, From oilprice.com site, World markets appear to be hovering over a precipice as Europe’s sovereign debt crisis, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 11 Jul 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, North America, Retirement & Savings, Western Europe | Comments (0)