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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.

Europe in 2013: A Year of Decision

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The end of the year always prompts questions about what the most important issue of the […]

75 Economic Numbers From 2012 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe

Compiled by Michael of Investment Watch blog, What a year 2012 has been!  The mainstream media continues to tell us […]

Removing The Barriers To Successful Investing

By Investopedia Many investors base their decisions on emotions, rumors or chasing the next hot opportunity, and they often end […]

Myths & Methods

In 1986, Gary P. Brinson, L. Randolph Hood, and Gilbert L. Beebower published a study about the effects of asset […]

Give the Gift of Capitalist Understanding

The enormous tragedy for young people today is that so many are sealed off by law from any involvement in […]

William Ackman: Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour – VIDEO

By bigthink,  From http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WEDIj9JBTC8 Click the Link to go to the YouTube Video This is one of the best introductory […]

Yuan Sets Tone for Asia as Japan Dethroned by China: Currencies

By Lilian Karunungan and Yumi Teso, Bloomberg, Asian central banks are tolerating gains in their currencies against the yen as […]

Ford on track to sell 2.2 million cars in U.S. this year

By Deepa Seetharaman- Reuters DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co is on track to sell 2.2 million cars under its […]

Fund managers: 2013 stock outlook remains positive

By AP Associated Press- Stock mutual fund managers still optimistic for 2013, despite fiscal cliff worries BOSTON (AP) — A […]

Technology will replace 80% of what doctors do

Data-driven healthcare won’t replace physicians entirely, but it will help those receptive to technology perform their jobs better. By Vinod […]