Bill Gates aims to save $233 billion by reinventing the toilet

Bill Gates thinks toilets are a serious business, and he’s betting big that a reinvention of this most essential of […]

By Aidualc | 06 Dec 18 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Latin America, Private Equity, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Pushing the Female Perspective

The world’s second largest travel service has a not-so-secret weapon: its CEO says women improve the bottom line. CHAZEN GLOBAL […]

By MarketAngel | 04 May 17 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)

Here are the fastest growing and shrinking states in the US

Utah is growing quickly, while West Virginia is losing people. The US Census Bureau recently released its population estimates for […]

By Aidualc | 13 Feb 17 | Posted in North America, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Oxstones Food for Thought – July 2015 – How to Invest in America’s Economic Revival

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Global Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club Warren Buffett wrote in his annual report – “Though we […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Jul 15 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Private Equity, Real Estate, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

New York Drops to World’s 9th Largest City

By Douglas A. McIntyre  New York’s population barely puts it into the top 10 worldwide, and cities such as Dehli and […]

By Aidualc | 30 Sep 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, Statistics | Comments (0)

America’s Biggest Edge Over the Rest of the World

By Morgan Housel, Motley Fool,   Check out these recent headlines: “Japan’s population falls by record 244,000 in 2013” “China’s […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Apr 14 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Are we turning Japanese?

After the Great Crisis and Recession of 2008 there were a lot of economic and market commentators arguing that the […]

By MarketAngel | 17 Apr 14 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

America’s new opportunity cities

When the going gets tough, Americans move around. That’s been the pattern, at least, for much of the nation’s history, […]

By Aidualc | 10 Mar 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Commodities: Correlating Trends with Opportunities

By Mark Mobius,  From mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/2013/02/06/commodities-trends/ Commodity price inflation is both a social and an economic issue. In emerging markets in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Feb 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Latin America | Comments (0)

Construction industry in Russia continues to grow

In the second half of 2011, activity on the Russian construction market finally picked up, with civil engineering work and […]

By pmr | 22 May 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Private Equity, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)