The Oil Market is Bigger Than All Metal Markets Combined

By Jeff Desjardins, Visual Capitalist,   Ever since the invention of the internal combustion engine, oil has been one of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Nov 17 | Posted in Commodities, Food for Thought, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Russia may soon issue its own official blockchain-based currency, the CryptoRuble

Russia will issue its own official cryptocurrency, the CryptoRuble, capping months of speculation about the country’s approach to the technology. […]

By Aidualc | 09 Nov 17 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Russia Stirs the Hornet’s Nest

Forecast Highlights Russia will keep trying to exploit divisions in the western Balkans, traditionally a theater of competition for many […]

By Aidualc | 07 Jun 17 | Posted in Eastern Europe, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Geopolitics of Nuclear Weapons

By George Friedman, Xander Snyder, and Cheyenne Ligon, Geopolitical Futures President Trump has reversed his stance on a number of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Apr 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Where do our raw materials come from? (Chart / Infographic)

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, Nice chart/infographic,  Where do our raw materials come from? From the BullionVault, WHICH countries produce […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Feb 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Almost All World’s Currencies Undervalued

By Macromon, We’ve put together a couple of tables showing the undervaluation of the world’s currencies based on their 2016 […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Jan 17 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Treasury officials are warning hedge funds could create the next big financial blowup

Hedge funds are essentially defined by their ability to slip through the cracks of the American financial regulatory system. They […]

By MarketAngel | 13 Jan 17 | Posted in Hedge Fund, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Tracking the Growth Catalysts in Emerging Markets

By Nick Niziolek, Calamos Investments, The majority of the improved outlook and positive returns we’ve seen year to date in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Sep 16 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Turkey Is Playing a Dangerous Game With ISIS as It Seeks Islamic Glory

If you want to be a dictator, the first thing you do is control the press in the country you’re […]

By Aidualc | 18 May 16 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

How Demographics Rule the Global Economy

By Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal, The developed world’s workforce will start to decline next year, threatening future global growth […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 May 16 | Posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)