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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.

Ways an online service desk can help your Business

What is an online service desk, anyway? An online service desk, or a help desk, is a web-based software program […]

5 cryptocurrencies you should know about besides bitcoin

After years of being seen as a nerdy collector’s item for programmers and computer geeks, bitcoin has recently gained the attention of mainstream investors, […]

Einhorn: ‘We wonder if the market has adopted an alternative paradigm’

By Julia La Roche, Yahoo Finance, Hedge fund billionaire David Einhorn is struggling to make sense of the stock market. […]

‘Co-borrowing’ to afford a home is gaining popularity. Who’s doing it and why?

Home buyers are increasingly taking on co-borrowers to help gain an edge, defray costs and shoulder the burden in a […]

China Consumes Mind-Boggling Amounts of Raw Materials [Chart]

By Jeff Desjardins, Over the last 20 years, the world economy has relied on the Chinese economic growth engine more […]

How This Family of 9 Can Afford to Travel the World Year-Round

With their fourth child on the way, Greg and Rachel Denning were living the American dream. They had a nice […]

For Struggling Consumers, a Cheaper Way to File for Bankruptcy

By Katy Stech Ferek A nonprofit startup is tackling what consumer advocates say is the biggest barrier that financially struggling […]

This dad used to be a forklift driver—now his blog brings in $17 million a year

At 36, he lives in Los Angeles and runs a digital media company that he expects to make $30 million […]

This dental startup will straighten your teeth for less than Invisalign

Healthy, well-aligned teeth shouldn’t just be for the wealthy. Candid, a direct-to-consumer teeth alignment company, aims to make straight teeth […]

Science proves Jack Bogle’s advice on stocks is right

A new study of our innate human biases reinforces the value of diversification when it comes to stock investing. Short version: We […]