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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.

Consumer Choices – Why Buyers Buy

Veselina Dzhingarova writes: A look at the buying process and how and why consumers make the choices they do. Most businesses, […]

The European countries that take in the most refugees, in one interactive map

Europe is in the middle of a refugee crisis. Over the past several years, hundreds of thousands of people have migrated […]

How to Invest in a Slowing China World

by Bryce Coward of GaveKal Capital Yesterday we gave three reasons why the stabilization seen in China over the last […]

The Stanton Distinguished Leaders Series: A Conversation with Arne M. Sorenson

From Georgetown McDonough YouTube Channel Link: A Conversation with Arne M. Sorenson A Conversation with Arne M. Sorenson

Here’s how the Chinese send billions abroad to buy homes

The ranks of China’s wealthy continue to surge. As their economy shows signs of weakness at home, they’re sending money […]

NYC Is Completely Unaffordable, But New Yorkers Are In Denial

Two-thirds of residents say they live in the “greatest city in the world,” yet many of those people are barely […]

Forget Denmark: The United States Should Emulate Canada

America’s neighbor to the north has an admirable—and achievable—set of policies for helping those who are down on their luck. […]

A New Look at Japan’s Wartime Atrocities and a U.S. Cover-Up

Joy Chen is sitting on a bench outside a new museumabout the medical atrocities committed by Japan’s Unit 731 in […]

The Long Road of Proving Yourself as an Investor

By Morgan Housel, Motley Fool, When can you call yourself a great investor? A reader asked the other day, “How […]

10 Cheapest Cars in America

By Michael B. Sauter, Sam Stebbins and Evan Comen U.S. auto sales appear to be having a record year. With […]