Archives:
The Big Picture

Macroeconomics, Socioeconomics, Geopolitics, Business and Government, Secular Trends and Big Picture Themes

Is the era of free movement for Chinese citizens coming to an end?

By Jane Li For people in China, being able to travel abroad is a freedom that wasn’t granted to them until […]

By Aidualc | 12 Jul 22 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

There’s an amazing new rap sheet on Trump

by Rick Newman A variety of Trump watchers have tracked Donald Trump’s business failures, lawsuits and assorted controversies. Now, Trump’s social media venture has […]

By Aidualc | 26 Jun 22 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, Statistics, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Central Asia Could Be the Key to Driving a Wedge Between Russia and China

by Ian Morris Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) holds a portrait of his father during the Immortal Regiment, a rally […]

By Aidualc | 24 Jun 22 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

The options for space travel are ballooning

by Harriet Baskas Ticket prices for a space ride reservation on Virgin Galactic, SpaceX and Blue Origin currently start at […]

By Aidualc | 23 Jun 22 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Private Equity, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Strippers can apparently better forecast the market than your finance bro

by Jane Nam In a tweet that has since gone viral, a netizen who claims to be a stripper declared […]

By Aidualc | 22 Jun 22 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Off-Market Residential Rental Opportunity Zone Development Project Phase II, Westchester NY

Projected capital structure: $70MM ($21MM equity, $49MM debt LTC 70%) 201.5k gsf (222 residential units 146k nsf / 12.1k sf […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Jun 22 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Prime 50’s Off 5th Ave Luxury Hotel & Residential Condo Development Opportunity (Plaza District NYC)

Projected capital structure: $56.5MM ($20MM equity ($15.5MM for site acquisition), $36.5MM debt LTC 65%) 41.9k gsf (12 residential units 9k […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Jun 21 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns (2021 Edition)

By Dorothy Neufeld, Visual Capitalist, The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns (2011-2020) Being a commodity investor can feel like riding […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Jun 21 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

IMF chief says pandemic will unleash worst recession since Great Depression

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The pandemic sweeping the world will turn global economic growth “sharply […]

By Aidualc | 19 Jul 20 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

‘Health Silk Road’ heats up as China and U.S. boost efforts amid coronavirus

China’s not the only one working on the “Health Silk Road.”  As Beijing pushes for global health leadership amid the […]

By Aidualc | 23 Jun 20 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)