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Want to buy happiness? Splurge on these 5 things

By Quentin Fottrell, Market Watch, How to use your spare cash to lead a more meaningful and fun life MarketWatch […]

Here’s where Americans are moving to and from

by Andy Kiersz The US Census Bureau recently released its annual statistics on population change between July 1, 2015 and July 1, […]

Genetic Engineering Will Make Pills and Needles Obsolete (and Enable Radical Life-Extension)

Dear Reader, Most medicines, up to this point, have been delivered into the body via simple pills or needles. But […]

Oxstones Food for Thought – June 2017 – Winter is Coming

“Winter is Coming” – the motto for House of Stark in the Game of Thrones (HBO series).  The meaning behind […]

The Great Monetary Magicians

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Global Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club To Medicate, or Not to Medicate: That is the $18.5T […]

The $74 Trillion Global Economy in One Chart

By Jeff Desjardins, Visual Capitalist, The $74 Trillion Global Economy in One Chart The latest GDP numbers from the World […]

Trump FDA Chief Could Disrupt Biotech/Pharma Investing

Patrick Cox, Patrick Cox’s Tech Digest Dear Reader, It’s apt that President Trump is the oldest elected president in US history. […]

We’ll Live to 100 – How Can We Afford It?

By World Economic Forum, Link – A white paper on global demographic challenge and the massive scope of the growing retirement savings […]

Russia Stirs the Hornet’s Nest

Forecast Highlights Russia will keep trying to exploit divisions in the western Balkans, traditionally a theater of competition for many […]

Why 1 Million People Have Ditched New York Since 2010

The folks of New York City seem to be slowly waking up to the fact that there are a whole […]