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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.

Ten Years Ago Paul Tudor Jones Had An Acute Case Of Plantar Fasciitis

By Bess Levin, DealBreaker This story and more in Tudor’s latest letter to investors. Our extraordinary times offer extraordinary opportunities, […]

Here’s Why The Yuan Will Never Be The World’s Reserve Currency

By Michael Pettis, Business Insider The seemingly imminent and inexorable rise of the renminbi as a major, even dominant, reserve […]

It’s Over: Bill Gross Declares That The 30-Year Bull Run In Bonds Is Coming To An End

By Gregory White, BusinessInsider Bill Gross of PIMCO has attacked quantitative easing as a “Ponzi Scheme,” and charged the American […]

Hong Kong: Live Abroad Without Spending a Dime

By Sara Beth Baxley, International Living It’s true. Here I am, barely out of the proverbial nest and already taking […]

Brokers Flee Brokerages As Declining Assets Show Broken Model

(Bloomberg News) After Morgan Stanley took control of Smith Barney in May 2009 from Citigroup Inc., David Hopkins grew disillusioned […]

Marc Faber: “Print, Print and Print”

By Marc Faber, author of the Gloom, Boom and Doom report No matter what central bankers and the cheerleading, mostly […]

Behavioral finance – Gary Belsky

1. Every dollar spends the same. People tend to treat money differently depending on where it’s come from. They spend […]

401K Tips

The Easiest Financial Lesson You’ll Ever Learn by Daniel Indiviglio Sunday, October 17, 2010 provided by Saving and investing wisely […]

Emerging nations: a beacon of opportunity

By Jerome Booth, Financial Times If you are looking for a market bubble do not look to emerging markets. The […]

Civil Society in the Arab World and the Dilemma of Funding

From Brookings Institute Civil society played a critical role in democratic transitions in Eastern Europe and Latin America. To the […]