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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.

Passive value investing: Screening for bargains

By Aswah Damodaran, From Aswah Damodaran Blogspot, As long as there have been markets, I am sure that investors have […]

China’s Economy Needs Major Overhaul: World Bank

(IBT) China’s export- and investment-driven economic model, though successful for decades, is no longer sustainable and reforms are needed to […]

Why Gas Prices Are Heading Back Up

By Sharon Epperson Gasoline futures settled in New York at the highest price in nearly two months, surging over 20 […]

The Next Frontier

By Mark Mobius, Mobius Blog, Frank Templeton, In a recent interview, I was asked whether I was becoming a “frontiersman” […]

China’s Economic Growth Rate To Rise Later This Year: Analysts

(IBT) China’s report Friday that its economy expanded in the second quarter as much as expected supported views that the […]

Abandon the Panic, Not the Eurozone

I truly believe it pays to be an optimist in life. As a long-term investor, it’s practically part of the […]

China Takes a Big Step to Make the Yuan a Rival to the Dollar

By Michael Schuman, From Time Business site, Shenzhen is where China’s economic miracle began. Back in 1980, Deng Xiaoping and […]

Looking Forward to the FOMC Meeting and Beyond: Speculations

By DoctoRx Here’s a guess about what the Fed will say Wednesday following the FOMC meeting.  There is no justification for […]

China’s June Official Services PMI Up To 3-Month High

(Reuters) — China’s services sector expanded at its fastest pace in three months in June, an official survey showed on […]

Dear Mr. Dimon, Is Your Bank Getting Corporate Welfare?

When JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon testifies in the U.S. House today, he will present himself […]