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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.

How to Cut Megabanks Down to Size

IT is a prevailing myth in Washington: big bailouts are over for good. Never again, the line goes, could giant […]

By Aidualc | 29 Jan 13 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

TO: President Obama

FROM: Martin S. Indyk and Robert Kagan, Brookings Institute, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/a-plastic-moment-to-mold-a-liberal-global-order As you enter your second term, the state of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Next Great Bubble about to Collapse

Senator Orrin Hatch warns that the bubble has the power to “destroy the retirement savings of millions of Americans.” Famed […]

By Aidualc | 28 Jan 13 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Social Impact Investing Will Be the New Venture Capital

by Sir Ronald Cohen and William A. Sahlman, HBR Blog, blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/01/social_impact_investing_will_b.html, During the past century, governments and charitable organizations have […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, Retirement & Savings, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Want To Find A Good Hedge Fund? Hire A Female

Hedge funds spearheaded by female CEOs outperform their counterparts in the industry, according to a study conducted by financial services […]

By MarketAngel | 23 Jan 13 | Also posted in Hedge Fund, North America | Comments (0)

World’s happiest countries

By Chris Helmen, Forbes, What does happiness mean to you? At its core it consists of being healthy, having enough […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The End of the University as We Know It

In fifty years, if not much sooner, half of the roughly 4,500 colleges and universities now operating in the United […]

By MarketAngel | 22 Jan 13 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Global Investment Performance Standards – GIPS

Ethical standards to be used by investment managers for creating performance presentations that ensure fair representation and full disclosure of […]

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

2013 Prognosis

The following are my thoughts about things that might happen in 2013. This (Link) takes you to a discussion of […]

By Aidualc | 21 Jan 13 | Also posted in Asia, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

With Olympics in mind, Rio’s love hotels clean up

With Olympic Games approaching, Rio’s love hotels clean up for tourists RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — One worker strips mirrored […]

By M Guliyev | 20 Jan 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Regions, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)