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Food for Thought

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.

To Buy Happiness, Purchase an Experience – VIDEO

by Carmen Nobel, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, YOUTUBE VIDEO – Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending Conventional wisdom […]

Four-way Latin America bloc strikes deal to remove all trade tariffs

From Reuters, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile said on Monday they had wrapped up negotiations to remove all trade tariffs […]

Recognizing the End of the Chinese Economic Miracle

By George Friedman Major shifts underway in the Chinese economy that Stratfor has forecast and discussed for years have now drawn the attention of […]

Have Bad Credit? Easy tips for debt resolution

Having a bad credit is a concern but it’s not that high when compared to the previous times when none […]

57 startup lessons

By Slava Akhmechet, here are already very good lists of startup lessons written by really talented, experienced people (here and […]

Developed market

In investing, developed markets or developed economies are those countries that are thought to be the most developed and therefore […]

Syria and the Limits of Comparison

By Robert D. Kaplan, Stratfor, Because so many war plans simply do not survive the reality of war itself, each […]

83 Reasons We Love Warren Buffett

By Anand Chokkavelu, Motley Fool, Today is Warren Buffett’s 83rd birthday. Each year, I celebrate the Babe Ruth of Investing’s […]

Wedding Bells in Romania

I was invited to attend the wedding of one of our Romanian staff in June, and I jumped at the […]

How To Become An Investment Bank Analyst

Wall Street has changed in the aftermath of the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009 and that has changed the […]