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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.

GOOGLE AND NASA TEAM UP TO BRING YOU 30 YEARS OF CHINESE DEVELOPMENT IN 30 SECONDS

BY MICHAEL COLE China’s development over the past 30 years has been one of the world’s biggest success stories, but […]

By MarketAngel | 24 Feb 17 | Also posted in Asia, Real Estate, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Where do our raw materials come from? (Chart / Infographic)

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, Nice chart/infographic,  Where do our raw materials come from? From the BullionVault, WHICH countries produce […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

America’s 25 Dying Industries

By Samuel Stebbins and Michael B. Sauter  Valued at nearly $20 trillion, the U.S. economy is the largest in the […]

By MarketAngel | 23 Feb 17 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Citizenship by Investment Program in Malta

Years ago, the process of gaining citizenship in a foreign country was quite complex. Typically, you had to live in […]

By James Patrick | | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

America’s 25 Thriving Industries

The United States added 5.7 million jobs to the economy over the past decade. Jobs were not added evenly across […]

By MarketAngel | 22 Feb 17 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Big Oil vs All Other Commodities (Chart / Infographic)

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, Our chart of the day (COTD) comes to from the Visual Capitalist.     First, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Commodities, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

The Defense Department and Antarctic Eelpouts May End America’s Biggest Medical Killer

Dear Reader, What’s the one medical condition most likely to kill you? If you follow statistics, you’d probably say heart […]

By Aidualc | 21 Feb 17 | Also posted in Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Presidential Stock Market Returns (Chart)

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, We’ve been busy crunching data from the Measuring Worth website on the Dow Jones Industrial […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Feb 17 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, North America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Stocks, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Reagan vs Trump Macro Initial Conditions (Chart)

By Macromon,  Global Macro Monitor, We here lots of talk these days about,  Why Donald Trump’s Market Rally Echoes Ronald […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, North America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

I Lost My Savings in a Massive Chinese Investment Scam

Fanya Metal Exchange was once a celebrated success. The trading platform, founded in 2011 and based in Kunming in the […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Asia, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture | Comments (0)