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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.

Top 10 fintech startups vying to be your next bank

Zack Miller It’s very likely that the bank of the future is light on branches and heavy on technology. There […]

By Aidualc | 01 Jul 16 | Also posted in Private Equity, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Falsification: How to Destroy your Best Ideas

“The human mind is a lot like the human egg, and the human egg has a shut-off device. When one […]

By Aidualc | 30 Jun 16 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

5 Things You Should Know If You Want to Flip Houses

If you have been watching those flipping shows on TV, an idea might have crossed your mind to try it […]

By James Patrick | | Also posted in Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

The States With the Strongest and Weakest Unions

By Michael B. Sauter and Samuel Stebbins The U.S. Supreme Court issued in March a split vote on a decision […]

By Aidualc | 28 Jun 16 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How BlackRock, Goldman Seduce Hedge Fund Clients in $2.4 Trillion Market

So-called smart-beta exchange-traded funds are lapping up assets at so rapid a pace that some observers see a bubble. In […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Equity Crowdfunding Just Got Easier

By JENNIFER MCDONELL , BENZINGA 42 Shares / May 20, 2016 at 2:46 PM This interview comes courtesy of Benzinga, host […]

By Aidualc | 24 Jun 16 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Alpha or Assets

More and more investors are buying “factor” based strategies which invest using measures like valuation and low volatility, but the […]

By Aidualc | 23 Jun 16 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

Why We Think We’re Better Investors Than We Are

By GARY BELSKYMARCH  CreditChris Gash From their earliest days, the loosely confederated research efforts that came to be known as […]

By Aidualc | 22 Jun 16 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

The What (Asset Allocation) & Where (Asset Location) of Investing

By Grant Wasylik, Asset allocation is paramount. Numerous studies confirm it. They show, time and again, that asset allocation accounts […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Jun 16 | Also posted in Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Thoughts from the Frontline – Generational Chaos Ahead

By John Mauldin, Mauldin Economics, “This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt “Each generation […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Jun 16 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)