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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.

The race to build a quantum economy

Venture capitalists, corporations and the federal government are investing in quantum computers, a powerful new generation of machines that one […]

Russia’s Uneven Drive Toward Economic Self-Sufficiency

The Kremlin is trying to steer Russia’s economy toward a more self-sufficient model by decreasing the country’s reliance on imports […]

The millennial generation: A demographic bridge to America’s diverse future

William H. Frey Senior Fellow – Metropolitan Policy Program The millennial generation, over 75 million strong is America’s largest—eclipsing the current […]

An overview of reverse mortgages and key facts

What are reverse mortgages? To make it very simple for you to understand, a reverse mortgage is a loan. This […]

Why ‘The China Hustle’ is a finance documentary all U.S. investors need to see

In the new documentary, “The China Hustle,” there’s a moment when Dan David, a whistleblower and activist short-seller, returns home […]

The Warren Buffett Empire in One Giant Chart

By Jeff Desjardins, Visual Capitalist, Most people know Berkshire Hathaway as the massive conglomerate that serves as the investment vehicle […]

Talking with children matters: Defending the 30 million word gap

Home is where our story begins…” so the argument that a child’s early experiences at home perpetuate social inequality is […]

Here’s why Warren Buffett says to ‘run a lousy business’

Warren Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, is anything but lousy: In 2017, it generated net income of $44.94 billion. But there […]

Closing the Gender Gap Could Boost Emerging Markets’ GDP

Trust the Swiss to Keep Your Money Safe

By Bob Bauman, International Living, Zürich, Switzerland, ranks first, or a close second, in all the many quality of life […]