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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.

CRYSTAL BALL? China’s output exceeds US in 2012.

China may be bigger economy than US within two years Barack Obama greets China’s Paramount Leader, Hu Jintao (Photo: Getty) […]

Regulations Force the Rise of Private Stock Markets

By Bill Frezza, Real Clear Markets, There was a time when the engine of entrepreneurship was neatly hitched to the […]

DEBT CITY: Is Ireland the new Greece?

Ireland’s crisis flares as investors dump bonds DUBLIN (AP) – Ireland’s financial troubles loomed large Wednesday as investors – betting […]

China Buying Hard Assets Around the World

THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, China has been investing more overseas in assets like iron, oil and copper […]

Fixing American Finance

The U.S. financial system is erratic and voracious, and keeps score in milliseconds. Here’s how to rein in the beast […]

Brazil auctions parts of Amazon for logging

By Catriona Davies for CNN November 12, 2010 7:21 a.m. EST (CNN) — Brazil has begun to auction parts of […]

G20 to set imbalance guidelines by 2011

President Lee Myung-bak, sixth from left in front row, and leaders from the G20 member states, invited states and international […]

Markets: Reinflating a bubble

By SIMON AVER, Globe and Mail, Governments around the world are angry with the U.S. Federal Reserve and its plan […]

Go To Cash Says Buffett Next Door

From Forbes Blog, posted by KEN KAM Marketocracy.com, After watching the stock market drop 50% twice in the past 10 […]

On Wall Street Pay is the Problem, Again

Commentary: Risk-taking still gets rewarded Given a shot at tamping down risk-taking on Wall Street, did Washington miss out on […]