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Oxstones Food for Thought – February 2013 – Bathing Abe ready to flood neighbors and set the stage for the next asset bubble and crisis!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club History Prime Minister Abe and the LDP party are […]

U.S. Farm Bills Fuel Food Price Inflation

U.S. Farm Bills Fuel Food Price Inflation  From NIA, The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 expired at the […]

Commodities Rise While U.S. Stocks Fluctuate Before Fed

By Stephen Kirkland, Rita Nazareth & Sarah Pringle – Bloomberg Commodities rose and U.S. benchmark stock indexes fluctuated near five-year […]

Chinalco Mining raises $400 million from Hong Kong IPO

Chinalco’s Peru unit draws strong demand, leading the retail tranche to be about 25 times covered, while cornerstone investors take […]

10 treasures that outshine gold

By Michael Brush, From MSN Money, Diamonds Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend, as Marilyn Monroe sang in “Gentlemen […]

Oil and Gas 2013 Outlook: Big Winners and Losers Ahead

Looking back on 2012, it is hard to discern the biggest story in the oil and gas sector. The reshuffling […]

Cocoa to Rice Woos Kuwait to Asia’s $2 Trillion: Islamic Finance

By Dahlia Kholaif, Bloomberg, Kuwait China Investment Co. (KCIC), part owned by the Persian Gulf nation’s sovereign-wealth fund, wants to […]

‘Super cycle’ for forest products expected to send lumber prices up in 2013

By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun,   VANCOUVER — Lumber prices are expected to soar next year before hitting all-time highs […]

Exxon Mobil to explore offshore South Africa

(by AP Associated Press) Exxon Mobil to explore offshore South Africa through stake in region, future rights IRVING, Texas (AP) […]

Real Estate Still Years Away from a Sustainable Recovery!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Oxstones Investment Club, I believe the overall housing market is still years away from a sustainable […]