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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.

5 Key Words of Advice from the World’s Most Famous Customer Service Representative

Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson serves travelers abroad a Virgin America flight New York to San Francisco in a […]

A Simple Math Formula Is Basically Responsible For All Of Modern Civilization

Here is an interesting article from Business Insider that takes you through the history (and power) of compound interest. http://www.businessinsider.com/compound-interest-is-responsible-for-modern-civilization-2013-6?op=1

The Happiest Countries in the World

By Mike Sauter, From 24/7 Wall St Site, The residents of Switzerland are the most satisfied with their lives, according […]

GRANTHAM: China Has The Money To Become The ‘Terror Of Capitalism’ Within 30 Years

GMO’s Jeremy Grantham has maintained a gloomy slant on the economy. However, he does see reasons to be optimistic. Last […]

Global ETF Trading Range Screen

From Bespoke Invest site, Below we have run the 30 largest country ETFs through our trading range screen, which measures […]

Chemist Hopes ‘Artificial Leaf’ Can Power Civilization Using Photosynthesis

By Carrie Halperin, ABC News, Imagine an artificial leaf that mimics photosynthesis, which lets plants harness energy from the sun. […]

How Bitcoin Is Sacrificing Its Soul to Survive

  It’s been a wild couple months for digital currencies. This past week saw the bust of Liberty Reserve for […]

Immigrants Please Apply: Rust Belt Cities Need You

Arnoldo Muller-Molina, a Costa Rican native with a PhD in artificial intelligence, could have moved his fledgling tech start-up to […]

Deal Between ESPN And SEC Likely The Richest Ever

On the YES Network’s current Forbes SportsMoney show, media expert John Mansell discussed the media rights deal between ESPN and […]

Money can’t buy love, but it can open the door to US citizenship

While most U.S. residents cannot put a price tag on the value of citizenship, Svetlana Anikeeva and her husband can […]