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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.

Get Ready for a Stock Market Shopping Season!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Oxstones Investment Club, The fiscal cliff issue may potentially present a strategic buying opportunity during what […]

Real Estate Still Years Away from a Sustainable Recovery!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Oxstones Investment Club, I believe the overall housing market is still years away from a sustainable […]

China’s Next Steps: Six Smart Moves

By Sharon Kahn, Chazen Global Insights, In the annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Speakers lecture, cosponsored by Columbia University’s Weatherhead East […]

Perceptions of UK banking industry

Faith in the Banking industry low amongst High Net Worth Individuals – but are Private Banks like Duncan Lawrie part […]

It Don’t Cost Nothin’ To Be Nice

By Larry Burton, From Bleacher Report, http://bleacherreport.com/articles/61880-it-dont-cost-nothin-to-be-nice At a Touchdown Club meeting many years before his death, Coach Paul “Bear” […]

Why Russia is favourite bond investment

(By EM) Risk appetite is likely to come back to the markets early next year if the US “fiscal cliff” […]

Mexico’s Enrique Peña Nieto Confronts the Challenges of Federalism, Fiscal Reform and Education

By Diana Villiers Negroponte, Brookings Institution, The PRI leader, Enrique Peña Nieto, assumes the Mexican presidency on Dec. 1. Manufacturing […]

Management pay in emerging markets surges

(By EM) Senior managers in emerging markets now enjoy pay levels on a par and sometimes higher than those of […]

China’s manufacturing grows in November

(By AP- Associated Press) China’s manufacturing grows in November in latest sign of possible economic recovery BEIJING (AP) — China’s […]

Clothing for All: The Slow, but Relentless Revolution

Dear Laissez Faire Today Reader, I was out shopping for a new winter coat, hopping from store to store looking […]