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Jim Rogers Bullish on Water-Tech Investments, Russian Ruble

From Money News, Jim Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros in the 1970s, is exploring the world […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Apr 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

Farming in the Arctic’s Future

A region with unlimited access to water (though salt water) and a climate in which the temperature rises relentlessly — what a […]

By Aidualc | 16 Apr 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Platinum’s Neglected Cousin

By Byron King, Daily Reckoning, It’s a whitish, ductile metal. It is No. 46 on the Periodic Table of Elements…and […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Should central banks now sell gold?

  Central banks in debt-strapped countries have a golden opportunity ahead of them, if you will excuse the pun, to […]

By zoltanakb | 13 Apr 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Insider buying of gold stocks surges to multi-year highs

By Darcy Keith, The Globe and Mail, The TSX global gold index has lost about a third of its value […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Apr 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, North America, 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 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Bullish on Coal: Contrarian Dream or Nightmare?

If there is one great American industry that has been left for dead, it is the U.S. coal industry. With […]

By Aidualc | 08 Apr 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, North America, Stocks | Comments (0)

Venture completes $325M deal for chemical refinery

  Freeport-McMoRan-led venture completes its $325M acquisition of Finnish refinery Associated Press – PHOENIX (AP) — A joint venture group […]

By nirtalnirtal | 31 Mar 13 | Also posted in Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China to become Russia’s biggest oil client

From http://rt.com/business/china-become-russia-biggest-oil-client-667/ The desire for Russia and China to boost trading ties is making China Russia’s priority market, as European […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Mar 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

More Good News for Uranium: China’s Nuclear Energy Build-Out (NYSEARCA:URA)

It’s no secret uranium prices have plummeted since the Great Recession and Japan’s Fukushima disaster. In 2007, a pound of […]

By MarketAngel | 22 Mar 13 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones | Comments (0)