Mapping freight – The Highly Concentrated Nature of Good Trades in United States

Considering the importance of goods trade to the United States, strikingly little is known about which regions trade with one […]

By MarketAngel | 24 Dec 14 | Posted in North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

A Year’s Extraction of Metal Shown Next to Landmarks and Cities

JEFF DESJARDINS “One death is a tragedy. One million is a statistic.” – Joseph Stalin For thousands of years of […]

By Aidualc | 03 Dec 14 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

China Creates New Trade Route Through Nicaragua Canal

Construction on the Nicaragua canal is set to start in December. The government has proclaimed it to be an economic panacea. […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Nov 14 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, Latin America, Private Equity, Real Estate, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Oil Prices Continue to Define Geopolitics

From Stratfor, Geopolitical diary, Editor’s Note: Oil prices dropped steeply Oct. 14, with crude oil futures falling 4.6 percent to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Oct 14 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Hate stocks and bonds? Try alternative assets

  Jeff Reeves, Special to USA TODAY Despite a handsome rally for U.S. stocks recently, American investors are increasingly interested […]

By MarketAngel | 06 Oct 14 | Posted in Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Kopernik Global’s Iben Sees Hidden Value in Gold, Uranium — Even Russia

By Daniel Fisher, Forbes, If one were to attach a slogan to the investment approach of Tampa Bay mutual fund […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Sep 14 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Stocks | Comments (0)

Classic Cars, Lean Hogs and Duchamp Art Lead Alternative Investment Ranking

By Devin Banerjee, Bloomberg, “I am a musician, and the monkey is a businessman. He doesn’t tell me what to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 Aug 14 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How India’s 2014 race was won

You Tube Link: How India’s 2014 race was won From the Economist YouTube Channel,

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 May 14 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

A Look Back At The First Quarter

By JC Parets, Now that we’re officially in the second quarter of 2014, we can look back at Q1 to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Apr 14 | Posted in Commodities, Real Estate, Statistics, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

BP Energy Outlook 2035 Seems Conservative – Oil and Renewables Alike!

By Jon C. Ogg, 247WallSt, Usually when you see a 2030 or 2040 projection from an energy company, you would […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Jan 14 | Posted in Commodities, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)