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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.

The Idea of America

by Bill Bonner Our attention in today’s Daily Reckoning is neither on the Old World nor the New one — […]

By Aidualc | 16 Aug 13 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Wine investment can provide a rich flavor to your assets

You might have seen your friend or associate buying a bottle of wine for $40, which might turn up into […]

By PeterSmith | | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

China’s Growth Story Ends With a Whimper

  by Dan Amoss, Daily Reckoning,   The Chinese model of economic growth is flawed. It has wasted resources on […]

By Aidualc | 14 Aug 13 | Also posted in Asia, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Forbes’ list of the most valuable football clubs

This is a list of the richest football clubs in the world as ranked by Forbes magazine on their worth […]

By M Guliyev | | Comments (0)

Stanley Druckenmiller On China’s Future And Investing In The New Normal

From Goldman Sachs Stan Druckenmiller is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Duquesne Family Office. He founded Duquesne Capital Management […]

By Aidualc | 13 Aug 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Game changers: Five opportunities for US growth and renewal

by Susan Lund, James Manyika, Scott Nyquist, Lenny Mendonca, and Sreenivas Ramaswamy, McKinsey Global Institute, The US economy is struggling […]

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

Beijing Office Rents Climb to Third Highest Worldwide

A new report comparing global office rents found that two of the world’s five most expensive areas to lease an […]

By Aidualc | 12 Aug 13 | Also posted in Asia, Real Estate, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Raising the next Bill Gates

Sarah Broach’s son Marlon would rather stick a fork in his eye than play soccer, but he can design one […]

By Aidualc | 09 Aug 13 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Yellow Commodity Hotter Than Gold

  Mustard has always been seen as the perfect, zesty accompaniment to the all-American hot dog. But now it’s proving […]

By Aidualc | 08 Aug 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railway

From Stratfor site,   Rail-based transport between Asia and Europe is considerably cheaper than seaborne transit, and Russia’s infrastructure investments […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Statistics, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)