2008 Was A Practice Run Compared To What Comes Next

2008 was a practice run, or a warning shot across the bow, compared to what is coming over the next […]

By Aidualc | 15 Jun 12 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Tax Benefits From Options as Windfall for Businesses

Tax Benefits From Options as Windfall for Businesses James Estrin/The New York Times Mel Karmazin, the chief executive of SiriusXM, […]

By Aidualc | 03 Jan 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Shades Of 2008 All Over Again (Though This Time In Europe)

By Cullen Roche The biggest news out yesterday were the late day rumors of some sort of Euro lending facility […]

By Aidualc | 16 Sep 11 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Der Spiegel Interview with George Soros

By Gregor Peter Schmitz and Thomas Schulz, ‘You Need This Dirty Word, Euro Bonds’ In a SPIEGEL interview, billionaire investor […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Aug 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Bank Said No? Hedge Funds Fill a Void in Lending

By AZAM AHMED, NY Times, Hedge fund managers have been called plenty of names. Now, they can add another: local […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Jun 11 | Posted in Finding Oxstones, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, North America | Comments (0)

OXSTONE FOOD FOR THOUGHT – May 2011 – The rise of private lenders and a contrarian investment idea

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstone Capital Management, Crisis Leads to New Opportunities Recently, many prominent investors […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 May 11 | Posted in Food for Thought, Hedge Fund, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Real Estate, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Should You Worry About a U.S. Default?

By CATHERINE RAMPELL Mary F. Calvert for The New York Times Carmen M. Reinhart says ratings agencies have a poor […]

By Aidualc | 04 May 11 | Posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Why Another Financial Crash is Certain

By MIKE WHITNEY, counterpunch.com, On August 9, 2007, an incident took place at a bank in France that touched-off a […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Feb 11 | Posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 2015

By Cullen Roche, Pragmatic Capitalism, Oliver Wyman Group has released a very interesting piece about the potential for a future […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Feb 11 | Posted in Commodities, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

How Europe’s Debt Crisis Could Infect America

By Rick Newman, U.S. News, Ireland finally has a bailout and a lean new federal budget that should help the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Dec 10 | Posted in Eastern Europe, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)