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Inside a Siberian Crypto Mining Complex

In Siberia, cheap hydropower, cold climate, and abandoned Soviet industrial infrastructure has made the region of Irkutsk an attractive spot […]

By Aidualc | 11 Nov 19 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Insiders Are Buying Energy Stocks on the Cheap

Wall Street has rarely been this bearish on energy stocks. The sector makes up its smallest percentage of the S&P 500 index in […]

By Aidualc | 07 Nov 19 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China set to deepen Argentine trade ties with bid for grains ‘superhighway’

By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Chinese state-owned construction giant CCCC is preparing a bid to dredge Argentina’s Parana […]

By Aidualc | 30 Oct 19 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Trucking industry’s troubles spill over to rest of the economy

This year alone, some 2,500 truck drivers have lost their jobs as trucking companies large and small declare bankruptcy. Major […]

By Aidualc | 29 Oct 19 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

What Is a USB Bitcoin Miner and How Does It Work?

BY MITCHELL GRANT   Bitcoin can be earned by purchasing them using dollars or other currencies, by selling goods or services and receiving […]

By Aidualc | 11 Oct 19 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The US-China trade war is creating winners out of Brazil, Australia, Mexico, and Canada

The US-China trade war continues to accelerate. America has put 25% tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese imports, and […]

By Aidualc | 07 Oct 19 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Jim Grant: The Endgame for the Bull Market in Bonds

By James Grant, Barron’s President Trump’s Tuesday morning ultimatum that the “boneheads” at the Federal Reserve do something to materialize […]

By Oxstones | 02 Oct 19 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Real Estate, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

CBD farmer trials blockchain supply chain app, says it’s better than Excel

CBD farmers are flinging themselves at blockchains like pigs at a trough of Yuletide leftovers.  Treum, a ConsenSys funded blockchain […]

By Aidualc | 11 Sep 19 | Also posted in Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Disruption has come for toilet paper

There’s a joke in Seinfeld in which George Costanza thinks he’s come up with this amazing conversation starter: that toilet paper hasn’t […]

By Aidualc | 09 Sep 19 | Also posted in Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Most Valuable Agricultural Commodity in Each State

From the fertile farmland of the Great Plains to the volcanic islands in the Hawaiian archipelago, each state has been […]

By Aidualc | 04 Sep 19 | Also posted in North America, Statistics | Comments (0)