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Food for Thought

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 Cure to Our Economic Problems

By Mark Cuban, http://blogmaverick.com/2012/09/17/the-cure-to-our-economic-problems-2/ I would hate to be the winning Presidential candidate. Both candidates are delusional  in thinking  their […]

Federal Funds

Federal Funds are excess reserves that commercial banks deposit at regional Federal Reserve banks. Federal funds can then be lent […]

Balkan Emerging Frontiers Fund September Investment Commentary

Following noticeable growth in June and July, value of indices of large stock exchanges in developed countries (MSCI World Index, […]

The Art and Science of Rebalancing

Ever since Harry Markowitz formulated his nobel-prize winning Modern Portfolio Theory,  portfolio optimization became a science.  MPT’s mean-variance algorithm allows […]

The Next Panic

By Peter Boone and Simon Johnson, The Atlantic, This summer, many government officials and private investors finally seemed to realize […]

Jim Rogers Conditions Will Worsen In 2013 & 14 – VIDEO

by PeterSchiffChannel, From YouTube, A Video Link to Jim Rogers Conditions Will Worsen In 2013 & 14   Jim Rogers […]

A Conversation with Ray Dalio – Video

By cfr, From YouTube, A Conversation with Ray Dalio (Video) Ray Dalio, founder and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, […]

WARREN BUFFETT THE BILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR GOES GLOBAL – VIDEO

Link to YouTube Video – WARREN BUFFETT THE BILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR GOES GLOBAL By phamquoctoan109, From YouTube, Go on a […]

Netanyahu To Obama: ‘Wait For What? Wait Until When?’

WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making it clear that Israel will not wait to take out Iranian […]

The Fed Panicked

This article originally appeared on The Daily Capitalist. Here is the Fed Open Market Committee’s announcement of November 25, 2008 […]