The Most Educated Countries in the World

Between 2010 and 2011, the percentage of adults with a college degree in the United States remained unchanged at 42%. […]

By Aidualc | 21 Nov 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, Statistics | Comments (0)

Global medical costs — how the US stacks up

Many Americans complain about health care prices, but is care in the US the most expensive? Here’s a look at […]

By Aidualc | 23 Oct 13 | Posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Developer Greenland Group Buys LA Site for US$1 Bil Project

Shanghai Greenland Group, one of China’s largest real estate developers, announced on Friday that it is investing US$1 billion in […]

By Aidualc | 03 Sep 13 | Posted in Asia, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Australia’s mining boom rolls on for Chinese entrepreneur in the outback

  Australia’s mining boom rolls on for Chinese entrepreneur in the outback                 […]

By Oracle | 25 Aug 13 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity | Comments (0)

18 Housing Markets That Are More Overvalued Than The US

Societe Generale Albert Edwards pointed us to this chart comparing home prices across the developed world. For comparability purposes, the OECD […]

By Aidualc | 26 Jul 13 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, North America, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Chinese now the world’s biggest spending tourists

MADRID/FRANKFURT – Chinese tourists have overtaken Germans as the world’s biggest-spending travelers after a decade of robust growth in the […]

By Aidualc | 06 Apr 13 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Investors’ most favored market in February is…

Asset allocators are overweight equities and underweight bonds and cash, with high overweight positions in emerging markets, a survey shows. […]

By M Guliyev | 18 Feb 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Regions, Stocks, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Results Are In: The Price of Down Is Up

Well, our inflation survey results are in. Thank you to everyone who participated, particularly those who shared frustrating examples of […]

By Aidualc | 12 Feb 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

World’s happiest countries

By Chris Helmen, Forbes, What does happiness mean to you? At its core it consists of being healthy, having enough […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Jan 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Business of Diamonds, From Mining to Retail

Diamonds. For thousands of years, they have been believed to bring good luck (and bad luck!) – health, wealth, and […]

By Aidualc | 12 Sep 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, North America | Comments (0)