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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 Art Of Investing: The Rewards Aren’t Always Financial

NPR’s Uri Berliner is taking $5,000 of his own savings and putting it to work. Though he’s no financial whiz or […]

By Aidualc | 07 Aug 13 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

American Way of Birth, Costliest in the World

LACONIA, N.H. — Seven months pregnant, at a time when most expectant couples are stockpiling diapers and choosing car seats, Renée […]

By Aidualc | 06 Aug 13 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Food For Thought – August 2013 – America’s Return as a Manufacturing Super Power is just Beginning

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Global Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club, Everyone Loves a Comeback Story George Washington once said – […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Private Equity, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Companies in emerging markets to increase spending

Companies in emerging markets are likely to increase spending and investment this year, a survey of senior finance executives shows […]

By M Guliyev | | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How to Be Happier With Your Money

Kurt Vonnegut and novelist Joseph Heller were once allegedly at a party hosted by a billionaire hedge fund manager. Vonnegut […]

By Aidualc | 05 Aug 13 | Also posted in Fortune Cookie Wisdom | Comments (0)

Fortress to Blackstone Say Now Is Time to Sell on Surge

Fortress to Blackstone Say Now Is Time to Sell on Surge By Devin Banerjee – Aug 2, 2013 Private-equity managers […]

By Oracle | 03 Aug 13 | Also posted in Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Silver found to be key weapon in fight against antibiotics resistance

Silver may be a key weapon in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria, according to Boston University scientists. A team of […]

By Aidualc | 02 Aug 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Shariah Appeal

From Mark Mobius Blog, Franklin Templeton, For some, the only guiding rule they have for investing is to grow their […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Fiduciary Duty to Cheat? Stock Market Super-Star Jim Chanos Reveals the Perverse New Mindset of Financial Fraudsters

American business has always had cheaters and crooks, but today they are escaping prosecution and are incentivized to cheat more. […]

By Aidualc | 01 Aug 13 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

Balance of trade

The commercial balance or net exports (sometimes symbolized as NX), is the difference between the monetary value of exports and […]

By M Guliyev | | Also posted in The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)