Stocks officially entered a bear market last week, at least as measured by the MSCI World index. But then that […]
The Warehouse: Beauty and Solemnity
By Jeffrey Tucker, Primus inter pares, Laissez Faire Club, The great recession continues in so many ways but online commerce […]
U.S. Becomes World’s Bread Basket Again
By Douglas A. McIntyre, From 247WallSt site, New data from the Department of Agriculture shows that, as world demand for […]
Asia Seeks to Diversify Record Foreign-Exchange Reserves as Dollar Falls
Rajat Nag, managing director of the Asian Development Bank, said Asia needs to use its reserves more productively regardless of […]
7 Reasons Food Shortages Will Become a Global Crisis
From Activist Post website, Food inflation is here and it’s here to stay. We can see it getting worse every […]
A Potential Paper Trail of Profits To Asia
By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder & CEO, Oxstone Capital Management, SSCC, Smurfit – Stone Container Corp – USA, $21.65, 11/16/2010 […]
Land Becomes Cash Crop in Farm Belt
By LAUREN ETTER and SCOTT KILMAN, WSJ, Prices for irrigated cropland soared 9.6% in the third quarter across the western […]
Weaker Dollar Seen as Unlikely to Cure Joblessness
Shipping containers at the Port of Houston in Texas. A weak dollar can help business but may not mean more […]
Why Fed bond-buying plan is raising trade tensions
Published November 11, 2010 | Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve’s plan to buy more Treasury bonds has incited […]
Oxstones Food for Thought – June 2017 – Winter is Coming
“Winter is Coming” – the motto for House of Stark in the Game of Thrones (HBO series). The meaning behind […]