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Identifying consistent patterns and trends in business and in the financial markets. Useful key indicators for market timing, warning signals, bullish investing signals, and trading/investing opportunities.

The PC16: Identifying China’s Successors

By George Friedman, Stratfor, China has become a metaphor. It represents a certain phase of economic development, which is driven […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Oct 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, Latin America, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Wealthy Chinese seek U.S. surrogates for second child, green card

By Alexandra Harney | Reuters By Alexandra Harney (Reuters) – Wealthy Chinese are hiring American women to serve as surrogates for their children, […]

By MarketAngel | 29 Oct 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

How Alibaba Could Underprice Amazon, and Other Things You Should Know

By Danielle Kucera, Bloomberg, Here’s an SAT analogy test for you: Alibaba is to China as [blank] is to the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Stocks | Comments (0)

Believe It Or Not, European Stocks Are Heating Up

After struggling with debt issues, austerity, bailouts and crashing equity prices, Europe may finally be moving in a positive direction. […]

By M Guliyev | 26 Oct 13 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Regions, Stocks, The Big Picture, Western Europe | 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 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Bitcoin Spawns China Virtual IPOs as U.S. Scrutiny Grows

Sun Minjie is a 28-year-old Internet worker who lives in Beijing. Eager to profit from growing demand for the digital […]

By Aidualc | 18 Oct 13 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones | Comments (0)

China’s Ambitions in Xinjiang and Central Asia

From Stratfor, In mid-September Chinese President Xi Jinping rounded out a 10-day tour of Central Asia that included state visits […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Oct 13 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Platinum Card and Text Alert, via Pawnshop

By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG Linda Ballard, 61, uses the word “love” to describe her banking relationship, lauding the ease […]

By MarketAngel | 11 Oct 13 | Also posted in Stocks | Comments (0)

How AngelList Syndicates could actually hurt some angels, help some VCs

By Matt Marshall, Venture Beat, AngelList, a site that helps angel investors invest in technology startups by providing screening information about […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Oct 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Sectors and Stocks To Watch This Week

The stock market still remains in an uptrend, despite last week’s pullback. The SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY) is near a […]

By M Guliyev | | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, North America, Statistics, Stocks | Comments (0)