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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 Next Global Reserve Currency

  By Chuck Butler I will admit some trepidation in beginning this morning’s commentary with such an audacious title, but long-time […]

How to Protect Yourself From a Summer Stock Market Correction or Crash

By Jon C. Ogg It is now June, and the echoes of “sell in May and go away” are still ringing. […]

Share prices in – China Flying too high

  The long-term consequences of China’s coming stock market correction are the ones to fear IF YOU were a Chinese […]

One retailer’s unusual message: ‘Don’t buy so much stuff’

Rick Ridgeway, the vice president of environmental affairs at the outdoor apparel company Patagonia, has summited K2, traversed Borneo by […]

COULD GREENLAND’S ONLINE FINANCE PLATFORM REPLACE REITS?

  BY MICHAEL COLE   Can Greenland boss Zhang Yuliang become an online finance innovator? China’s largest property developer is branching […]

London is 2015’s Top Tourist Destination

London leads the MasterCard report in most international tourists, and most money spent by international tourists. (Photo: Thinkstock) Travel data […]

State of Emerging Markets: All About Those [Central] Banks

This spring my travels have taken me to Europe, where I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with colleagues, clients and […]

How much you need to make per hour to afford a rental in the U.S.

Rising rents and stubborn stagnant wages do not a winning combination make — especially for American families feeling squeezed by […]

Interactive Migration Map

From  http://visual.ly/interactive-migrations-map Click on the link:  Interactive Migration Map  to go to the map and pick a country to see […]

Tiny wind- and solar-powered ‘Ecocapsule’ promises ultimate getaway

    It’s as if science fiction and all the biggest tiny-living trends came together and laid an adorably tricked-out […]