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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.

Numerous Spanish Towns Face Bankruptcy

By Mike “Mish” Shedlock, globaleconomic analysis blog, The Spanish economic implosion continues. Various austerity measure in Europe and rate hikes […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Aug 11 | Also posted in The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Fed Pledge Let’s You Know The Fix Is In

by Peter Schiff,, Forbes, Last week’s wild actions on Wall Street should serve as a stark reminder that few investors […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Aug 11 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing and API sourcing: why not Central Europe?

At present, only a few companies based in Central Europe and the Balkans emphasise their contract manufacturing and API sourcing […]

By pmr | | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Eurozone growth sags to 0.2 percent in Q2 Eurozone sees growth sag to anemic 0.2 percent in Q2 as officials struggle with debt crisis

Eurozone sees growth sag to anemic 0.2 percent in Q2 as officials struggle with debt crisis David Mchugh, AP Business […]

By M Guliyev | 16 Aug 11 | Also posted in The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

A Soft Landing For Brazil As Output Slows And Growth Centers On Middle Class

By Agustino Fontevecchia,, Forbes Blog, Money managers, bankers, traders, and analysts agree that the Brazilian economy is headed for a […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Aug 11 | Also posted in Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Are Hedge Funds ‘Too Big to Fail’?

By Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ, Who’s afraid of hedge funds? A year after Dodd-Frank was signed into law, regulators still have […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Aug 11 | Also posted in Hedge Fund, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Oxstone Food for Thought – The Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstone Capital Management,    8/12/11 For the past few weeks stock markets around the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Aug 11 | Also posted in Oxstone Investment Commentary, Stocks, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Financial Turmoil Evokes Comparison to 2008 Crisis

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, NY Times, It feels eerily familiar: Stocks are plummeting. The economy is slowing. Politicians are scrambling […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Cyber Wars

By Doug Hornig, Casey’s Research, It is often alleged that our future wars will be fought largely in cyberspace, with […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Aug 11 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

What Investors Need to Know About America’s Debt Crisis

By Chris Mayer, The Daily Reckoning Forget the government nonsense about the U.S. debt ceiling “deal.” All the posturing, scolding […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 Aug 11 | Also posted in North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)