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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.

Discover the best job for your personality type

Does your job fit your personality? This insightful infographic may just provide the answer… Have you every wondered if you’re […]

The evolving role of credit portfolio management

Banks can no longer manage loan books in isolation. A new survey reveals how portfolio managers are dealing with growing […]

The Values of Value Investing

This article has been in the works since last November.  It started out as a speech I gave to the Swiss […]

The Real Cost of Leasing Versus Buying a Car

 A glance at the newspaper or a quick click to a local car dealer’s website reveals a dizzying array of […]

Here’s who holds the world’s $60 trillion in sovereign debt

By Business Insider, The world’s governments now have around $60 trillion in debt which is then sold to investors as bonds. So […]

Find Ideas That Are Good and Different

How to look where others aren’t and make it work for you. Investors are all after good ideas. Good ideas are […]

Billionaire Steve Cohen’s performance coach reveals the trait shared by successful traders

    Dr. Gio Valiante, the performance coach at Steve Cohen’s $11 billion family-office hedge fund, said there’s one universal […]

Cash flies commercial and other secrets of moving money

Even in an age of electronic money and digital-payment apps, there is still big demand for cold, hard cash.  The […]

Investing With Impact in Emerging-Market Equities

By Henry D’Auria, Ted Mann, AllianceBernstein, Emerging markets are beginning to attract attention after five tough years. Beyond the return […]

Global Asset Classes: 10-Year Expected Returns​

https://www.researchaffiliates.com/en_us/asset-allocation.html As of 07/31/2016. Source: These expected returns are calculated by Research Affiliates LLC using data provided by MSCI Inc., […]