This chart shows which countries produce the most electricity from renewable energy

By Simran Khosla, Global Post, Using data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, we found which countries are producing the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Jun 14 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

11 Rules for Owning a Money Tree

Dennis Miller, Miller’s Money Forever   We’ve all heard from our elders that “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” It’s simple […]

By MarketAngel | 16 May 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

America’s new opportunity cities

When the going gets tough, Americans move around. That’s been the pattern, at least, for much of the nation’s history, […]

By Aidualc | 10 Mar 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How retirement systems vary, country to country

  How retirement systems vary among major nations, from the US to China to Germany   By The Associated PressDecember 30, […]

By Aidualc | 11 Feb 14 | Posted in Retirement & Savings, Statistics | Comments (0)

81 Percent of China’s Insurers Prefer to Invest in Real Estate

China’s insurance funds have US$1.19 trillion invested, and more than three-quarters of them are looking for real estate deals to […]

By MarketAngel | 06 Feb 14 | Posted in Asia, Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Future of OPEC

Pump jacks in the Kurdish town of Derik, on the border with Turkey and Iraq, Nov. 25. (ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Dec 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Latin America, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | 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)

Third World lessons for First World growth – Video

From LSE Website, YouTube Video link:  Turnaround: Third World lessons for First World growth Thirty years ago, China seemed hopelessly […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Sep 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Want World Domination? Size Matters

Want World Domination? Size Matters By RICHARD N. ROSECRANCE CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — HORACE GREELEY, Napoleon Bonaparte and Cecil Rhodes may […]

By Oracle | 28 Jul 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Russia breaks into top 5 world economies, displacing Germany

Russia has overtaken Germany as the fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, according to the latest World […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Jul 13 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)