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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.

Quick Fix In Europe? Dream On

From www. ciovaccocapital.com site, If you are involved in the financial markets in any way, shape, form, or fashion, you […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Oct 11 | Also posted in The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

China’s New Lenders of Last Resort

by Lingling Wei, WSJ, Dai Weidong’s gold-plated cellphone has been ringing off the hook lately with local entrepreneurs looking for […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Oct 11 | Also posted in Asia, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

What Is An Emerging Market Economy?

An emerging market economy (EME) is defined as an economy with low to middle per capita income. Such countries constitute […]

By M Guliyev | 05 Oct 11 | Comments (0)

Why Goldman Is Surprised By The Market’s Reaction To The Twist, And What’s Next For The Fed?

by Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge, After spending the last few weeks ‘helping’ the Fed with its agenda, Goldman Sachs’ Andrew […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Oct 11 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

China Slaps Taxes of 48% on Foreign Employees

by Right Site, Payroll Withholdings to Be Levied on All Foreign Nationals Starting on October 15th, all foreign nationals working […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Oct 11 | Also posted in Asia, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Rousseff Crisis Spurred by Lula Debts as Brazil Boom Diminishes

By Alexander Ragir, Bloomberg, On a cool July evening, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff hosts a cocktail party for 50 leaders […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Oct 11 | Also posted in Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Destiny is Demography

By Bill Bonner, The Daily Reckoning, The San Francisco Federal Reserve bank came out with a gloomy forecast last month. Its […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 28 Sep 11 | Also posted in Asia, North America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Poverty In America

by ilene, Zero Hedge site, Solutions, anyone? Courtesy of Michael Snyder of Economic Collapse America is getting poorer. The U.S. […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Sep 11 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

A Declassified Jon Huntsman On China’s Terror Of A Gold-Pegged Dollar

by Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge site, While last night’s quid-pro-quo from Chinese officials will likely be remembered as the start […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Sep 11 | Also posted in Asia, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Crisis of Europe and European Nationalism

By George Friedman, Stratfor, When I visited Europe in 2008 and before, the idea that Europe was not going to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Sep 11 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)