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Fortress to Blackstone Say Now Is Time to Sell on Surge

Fortress to Blackstone Say Now Is Time to Sell on Surge By Devin Banerjee – Aug 2, 2013 Private-equity managers […]

By Oracle | 03 Aug 13 | Also posted in Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Balance of trade

The commercial balance or net exports (sometimes symbolized as NX), is the difference between the monetary value of exports and […]

By M Guliyev | 01 Aug 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Index to Track Water Costs Governments Could Attract Capital; Investors Could Hedge

By KATY BURNE A watershed moment is coming to water: the ability to bet against it. Austin, Texas-based startup Waterfund […]

By Brian Andreosky | 29 Jul 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Russia’s Development of Siberia: What is to be Done?

By Clifford G. Gaddy, Brookings Institute, Russians are famous for their “eternal questions.” “Who is to blame?” and “What is […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Want World Domination? Size Matters

Want World Domination? Size Matters By RICHARD N. ROSECRANCE CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — HORACE GREELEY, Napoleon Bonaparte and Cecil Rhodes may […]

By Oracle | 28 Jul 13 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

What does it take to be wealthy? $5 million

  Affluent investors say they need at least $5 million to feel wealthy, according to a UBS survey. NEW YORK […]

By Oracle | 27 Jul 13 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Statistics | Comments (0)

Do Western Central Banks Have Any Gold Left??? Part III

By: Eric Sprott, From Sprott Global site, Recent dramatic declines in gold prices and strong redemptions from physical ETFs (such […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Jul 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

100 Years of Change [Infographic]

As a nation that’s ever changing, it’s sometimes easy to overlook some of the changes that happen within our nation […]

By MarketAngel | 24 Jul 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

Man vs. Machine: The Great Stock Showdown

By MARK HULBERT It has always been difficult for investors to consistently beat index funds. It has been nearly impossible […]

By Brian Andreosky | | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?

By MALCOLM RITTER, Associated Press    NEW YORK (AP) — By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last […]

By MarketAngel | 23 Jul 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)