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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.

Why investors plan to increase their exposure to liquid alternatives in 2017

Investors have already started making their plans for 2017. As far as predictions go, numerous changes are waited to take […]

India’s Demonetization–What is Next?

by Alex Tabarrok  Devangshu Datta has a good run down of the basic facts of India’s demonetization of Rs 500 […]

How Your Brain Decides Without You

In a world full of ambiguity, we see what we want to see. BY TOM VANDERBILT ILLUSTRATION BY TIM O’BRIEN […]

Russia, the United States, and Donald Trump

  The US presidential campaign contained a constant undertone of Russia and President Vladimir Putin. Putin said nice things about […]

This simple chart can show you how close you are to early retirement

Is Is an early retirement within reach for you? Four Pillar Freedom To some, early retirement is a holy grail. […]

Why Deep Learning Matters and What’s Next for Artificial Intelligence

By Matt Kiser, Algorithmia, It’s almost impossible to escape the impact frontier technologies are having on everyday life. At the […]

Warren Buffett’s Meeting with University of Maryland MBA/MS Students

By Dr. David Kass, (Notes primarily taken by Professor David Kass, Department of Finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business, […]

10 colleges where tuition is free

You might think there’s no escaping the high—and still rising—cost of college. But at some schools, the cost of tuition […]

The Difference Between a Bubble and a Cycle

Brace yourself. According to various media sources we now have at least 14 bubbles: A new real estate bubble. A […]

Cognitive bias cheat sheet

Because thinking is hard. http://chainsawsuit.com/comic/2014/09/16/on-research/ I’ve spent many years referencing Wikipedia’s list of cognitive biases whenever I have a hunch that a […]