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Food for Thought

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.

What Past Empires Tell Us About the Future

By George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures, Spanish essayist George Santayana once wrote, “Those who cannot remember the […]

The Impossible Trinity

By Jim Rickards, The Daily Reckoning, The Impossible Trinity is a simple rule with deep implications. It was first uncovered […]

A Quiet Giant of Investing Weighs In on Trump

He is the most successful and influential investor you have probably never heard of. His writings are so coveted and […]

Analyst Ratings and the Institutional Imperative

Buffett talks a lot about the concept he calls the “institutional imperative”. In his 1989 shareholder letter, when he was […]

How I Built This

http://www.npr.org/series/490248027/how-i-built-this How I Built This is a podcast about innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists, and the stories behind the movements they […]

Tribal Leadership: The Key To Building Great Teams

Have you ever wondered about internal organization dynamics and why some groups of people (who aren’t on the same team) […]

10 Profitable simple Business Ideas with Low Investment

Today we will look at some of the simple Business Ideas with Low Investment businesses that have become popular in […]

U.S. and China on Collision Course

north america, asia, big picture, food for thought   By Jim Rickards, The Daily Reckoning China’s capital and currency markets are on […]

50 Cheapest Countries to Live In

Whether you are close to retirement and want to see the world or are young and simply itch to live […]

The Broken Bond Market

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, The Fed tightens on Wednesday and bonds rally.  What the heck? GaveKal, Jeff Gundlach,  and […]