Booz Allen, the World’s Most Profitable Spy Organization

Booz Allen, the World’s Most Profitable Spy Organization By Drake Bennett and Michael Riley on June 20, 2013 http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-06-20/booz-allen-the-worlds-most-profitable-spy-organization How […]

By Oracle | 23 Jun 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Next Big Breakout Economies

By Sharon Kahn , From Chazen Global Insights, When most of us think of “breakout nations,” the BRIC juggernauts come […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 May 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, North America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Mr. Emerging Markets Is Bullish on the US

By Dan Weil, From Money News, Antoine van Agtmael, the investment pro who came up with the term “emerging markets” […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 30 Apr 13 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Wood – The fuel of the future? Environmental lunacy in Europe

From the Economist, WHICH source of renewable energy is most important to the European Union? Solar power, perhaps? (Europe has […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Apr 13 | Posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, 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)

The Great Disconnect

By: Kemal Derviş, Brookings Institute, Since the second half of 2012, financial markets have recovered strongly worldwide. Indeed, in the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Mar 13 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Existing home sales touch three-year high

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Home resales hit a three-year high in February and prices jumped, adding to signs […]

By DennisGao | 21 Mar 13 | Posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

The Race For California’s Shale Is On!

by Matt Insley, From Daily Reckoning, It’s America’s final frontier for shale. And the payout will be huge.Get this… If […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 28 Feb 13 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, North America | Comments (0)

Home Prices Soar on Short Supply, Investor Demand

By Diana Olick   The numbers keep going up. Both new and existing homes are showing the strongest price gains […]

By DennisGao | 26 Feb 13 | Posted in Finding Oxstones, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Global Central Bank Gold Rush and Why Bundesbank Strikes First!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Oxstones Investment Club, In an important surprise move reported a few weeks ago, Germany’s central […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)