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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.

Family Office Exchange launches the FOX Private Investor Center

Family Office Exchange (FOX), a peer-to-peer network for ultra-wealthy families, has launched the FOX Private Investor Center. Kristi Kuechler, former […]

Game Time

By George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures, Last Friday, Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States. For Trump, as […]

How Are Those Crowded Trades Doing?

By Macromon, We take a look here at what BofA/Merrill Lynch has surveyed as the “most crowded trades” in the […]

UBS BUBBLE INDEX SHOWS IMPACT OF CHINESE INVESTORS ON VANCOUVER, SYDNEY

As housing markets on the mainland have started to look more dicey, Chinese home buyers have flocked to global gateway […]

Almost All World’s Currencies Undervalued

By Macromon, We’ve put together a couple of tables showing the undervaluation of the world’s currencies based on their 2016 […]

Looking to buy a home? Start with these websites and apps

Buying more house than you can afford is so 2006, right? Maybe not. While some mortgage products that proved problematic […]

The Geopolitics of 2017 in 4 Maps

By George Friedman and Jacob L. Shapiro, From Geopolitical Futures, International relations and geopolitics are not synonymous… at least, not […]

The Big Short: is the next financial crisis on its way?

In the Oscar-winning The Big Short, Steve Carell plays the angry Wall Street outsider who predicts (and hugely profits from) […]

So You Want To Open A Restaurant?

By Bourree Lam  & Rob Engvall, How Money Works in Restaurants And how it differs between fine dining and fast […]

Red/Yellow Lights Turn to Green As China’s Economy Bounces Back

 By Calamos Investments,