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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.

Buffett Calls Fed History’s Greatest Hedge Fund

By Noah Buhayar, Bloomberg, Billionaire investor Warren Buffett compared the U.S. Federal Reserve to a hedge fund because of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Sep 13 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Married to the mortgage

  Are high house prices hurting women more than men? Jul 13th 2013 | BEIJING  CHINA’s communists attacked many bourgeois institutions after […]

By MarketAngel | 20 Sep 13 | Also posted in Asia | Comments (0)

Is the Commodity Supercycle Dead?

By Nicholas J. Johnson, Greg E. Sharenow, From Pimco.com, While commodity price appreciation won’t likely mirror the supercycle, this shouldn’t […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Commodities, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Is Bitcoin Real or Not?

Laissez Faire Club Jeffrey Tucker A frightening story this week in The New Yorker tells of a Texas couple that headed toward the […]

By Aidualc | 19 Sep 13 | Also posted in Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

‘Sharing economy’ moves mainstream

What’s often known as the “sharing economy” — represented by startups like Airbnb, Sidecar and TaskRabbit that match buyers with […]

By Aidualc | 18 Sep 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, North America, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Russia is Tough to Love, Easier to Hate, Hard for Investors to Ignore. Here’s Why

by Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors, Russian President Vladimir Putin created a stir recently when he shared his thoughts with […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Sep 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Statistics, Stocks, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The $4 Million Teacher

Kim Ki-hoon earns $4 million a year in South Korea, where he is known as a rock-star teacher—a combination of […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Asia | Comments (0)

Financial analyst

A financial analyst, securities analyst, research analyst, equity analyst, or investment analyst is a person who performs financial analysis for […]

By M Guliyev | | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

So Where’s the Hyperinflation Already?

  Doug French , Laissez Faire Club The Federal Reserve has grown the monetary base from $827 billion to $3.1 trillion […]

By Aidualc | 16 Sep 13 | Comments (0)

How to stop wage garnishment on non repayment of loans

Introduction: A wage garnishment is a legal procedure by court in which a fixed amount is deducted from the salary of […]

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