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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.

Invest In Yourself With A College Education

How would you like to invest $21,964 and have it turn into $2 million? Thousands of people do it. Their […]

By M Guliyev | 15 Oct 13 | Also posted in Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Long Live China’s Boom

After three decades of 9.8 percent average annual GDP growth, China’s economic expansion has been slowing for 13 consecutive quarters […]

By MarketAngel | 10 Oct 13 | Also posted in Asia, The Big Picture | 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, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

An Introduction To Structured Products

Once upon a time, the retail investment world was a quiet, rather pleasant place where a small, distinguished cadre of […]

By M Guliyev | | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Industries Making the Most Money on Doomsday Preppers

As many as 3.7 million Americans are classified as preppers or survivalists. Being a “doomsday prepper” is not easy — […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Is the Pump Primed for Emerging Markets Investors?

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, The vulnerabilities—or rather, perceived vulnerabilities—of emerging markets ­have been the focus of heightened discussions over […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Oct 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Two More Reasons Why Africa’s Time Is Now

The purpose of this note is to add to the list of reasons for the expected strong economic development in […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Renminbi: Soon to Be a Reserve Currency?

By John Mauldin, Millennium Wave Advisors, The US Trade Deficit Turns Positive China Moves to Float Its Currency Transformational Technologies […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 30 Sep 13 | Also posted in The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

World GDP Growth

The pace of global growth increased during the second quarter of 2013—only the third quarterly acceleration in three years. Buoyed […]

By M Guliyev | 28 Sep 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Regions, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Fractional reserve banking

Fractional-reserve banking is the practice whereby a bank retains only a portion of its customers’ deposits as readily available reserves […]

By zoltanakb | | Also posted in Tools and Resources | Comments (0)