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This Colorful Table Shows Why You Should Diversify Your Emerging Markets Portfolio

By Sam Ro, From Business Insider, http://www.businessinsider.com/usfunds-em-periodic-table-2013-3 If you’re lucky, then you might be able to pick the right stocks […]

Wall Street looks for Fed to continue asset purchase through 2013: Reuters poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street expects the Federal Reserve to continue its program of debt purchases through 2013 in […]

iDoctor: Could a smartphone be the future of medicine?

One of the world’s top physicians, Dr. Eric Topol, has a prescription that could improve your family’s health and make […]

Buffett firm’s 4Q up 49 pct. on paper gains

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway 4Q jumps 49 pct. on investments in a year he calls ‘subpar’ By Josh Funk, AP Business […]

Bacteria Excrete Nanoscale Gold Nuggets

Could scientists one day be panning for gold in a Petri dish? McMaster Univ. researchers have discovered that a gold-dwelling […]

Three Myths about Marketing to China

When it comes to marketing in China, the rules change, argues Tom Doctoroff, CEO of Asia Pacific at advertising giant […]

Global Central Bank Gold Rush and Why Bundesbank Strikes First!

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Oxstones Investment Club, In an important surprise move reported a few weeks ago, Germany’s central […]

James Rickards: Global Monetary System Headed for Collapse

The world currency system is riding down the road to catastrophe, says James Rickards, senior managing director of Tangent Capital […]

Patience is a Virtue in Investing

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder & Chief Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club, The January barometer bodes well for the stock […]

How Digits are Reinventing the World Order

By Jeffrey Tucker, From Laissez Faire Club, Most people today use technologies without a clue to the larger picture of […]