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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.

The Affordability Crisis: What Happens When Millennials Can’t Afford to Buy Homes?

By Andrew Woo   Apartment List recently conducted a survey of more than 30,000 renters across the United States, asking […]

The Big Mac index 2016

By D.H. & R.L.W., The Economist, THE Big Mac index was invented by The Economist in 1986 as a lighthearted […]

5 Best Benefits of VoIP for Business

VoIP has been around for over a decade and within that time it has opened up many opportunities for businesses […]

How con man used China to launder millions

ASHDOD, Israel (AP) — Gilbert Chikli was rolling in money, stolen from some of the world’s biggest corporations. His targets: […]

6 Key Ways to Defend Your Business Against Electromagnetic Radiation Threat

Everywhere you look in your office there is an electrical device. Unless you are working in a field, the chances […]

Political Betting Market Raises Questions About Insider Trading

Alex Altman A few weeks ago, a passenger in the cafe car of an Amtrak train near Wilmington, Del., overheard […]

VIDEO: This global warming GIF shows how hot Earth has gotten over the past 165 years

By Timothy McGrath,  Global Post This global warming GIF shows how hot Earth has gotten over the past 165 years […]

Russia is literally giving away land for free

By Dan Peleschuk, Global Post, If you’re Russian, this abandoned land in Russia’s Far East near China could be all yours. Lidia KellyReuters […]

Two Powerful Mental Models: Network Effects and Critical Mass

This post is all about network effects and critical mass. But it’s also about applying those concepts as important mental […]

Position Sizing in Value Investing

Position sizing is something that can make the difference between whether you can be slaughtered by short-term fluctuations, or can […]