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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.

Big banks are fleeing the mortgage market

Banks originated 74% of all mortgages in 2007, but their share fell to 52% in 2014, the most recent data […]

Where does the world’s food grow?

By John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen, Brookings Institute, Developing countries are home to roughly 80 percent of the world’s population, […]

The secret to delighting customers: Putting employees first

By Dilip Bhattacharjee, Jesus Moreno, and Francisco Ortega, McKinsey, The main hurdle in customer experience is translating boardroom vision into […]

Will China’s new “supply-side” reforms help China?

  It wasn’t enough that we started 2016 with one of the worst weeks in the recent history of Chinese […]

Buy-to-let landlords: Make sure your rental property doesn’t turn into a nightmare

Buying property to rent has always been seen as a good investment. There are always people who need or want […]

Let’s Talk Politics

by Brian Andrew, Johnson Bank, Last week we met with a number of customers and prospective customers to discuss markets […]

Global debt-to-GDP ratios

How Venezuela Would Remove Its President

Stratfor Analysis With each passing day, it is becoming increasingly clear that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s term could come to […]

Lendvo’s Benjamin Lichtman wants to lend you money based on the value of your website

Benjamin Lichtman is co-founder of Lendvo. What is Lendvo and where did you get the inspiration to start it from? Benjamin […]

Animation: 100 Years of the Most Populous Countries

“I think ageing demographics is a bigger issue in China than people think. And the problems it creates should be […]