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Food for Thought. Thoughtful debate and insightful observations/ commentary on actions/events in financial markets, investments, societies, and governments around the world that impact our lives. Also Oxstone Team’s Global Investment Commentary and Best Investment Ideas.

Asia’s biggest health concerns

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The Marriage Effect: Money or Parenting?

There is a growing marriage gap along class lines in America. This may be bad news for social mobility, since […]

This map shows which countries prefer China over the United States

The Middle East is a much bigger fan of China. The US wins Europe. And Argentina can’t make up its […]

A Fireside Chat With Charlie Munger

By Jason Zweig, WSJ Blog, Among investors and admirers of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Charles T. Munger is famous as the […]

Reasons why you should be investing in fine wine not shares

Some wine bottles taste so good that they could be worth $400 and not $40. Whether you’re a wine aficionado […]

Active, Passive or Neither

Introduction Michael C Jensen in his study entitled “The Performance of Mutual Funds In the Period 1945-1964” concluded his study […]

Each U.S. State’s Food Preferences Based On Its Internet Search History

Estately ran hundreds of search queries through Google Trends to determine which food-related words, terms, and questions each state was searching […]

Private Equity’s Most Consistent Performers

  The firms that didn’t make the list may be as surprising as those that did.   Asset owners hunting […]

The Origins and Implications of the Scottish Referendum

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The idea of Scottish independence has moved from the implausible to the very possible. Whether or not […]

Dear parents: Teach your kids about money

  Author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once said: “Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly […]