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A Collection of Words of Wisdom – Wise Chinese Proverbs and Eastern Sayings from Confucius, Taoism, and Buddhist Philosophies. Quotes and Wisdom from Western Investing Masters and Successful Business Executives.

The No. 1 job in America with ‘NO experience necessary’ pays $100,000 a year — and it’s not in Silicon Valley

Can you have a job with high satisfaction that also pays six figures? What about first-time job hunters? The answer […]

By Aidualc | 10 Feb 20 | Also posted in North America, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

History’s largest mining operation is about to begin

© Elicia Edijanto Unless you are given to chronic anxiety or suffer from nihilistic despair, you probably haven’t spent much time […]

By Aidualc | 05 Feb 20 | Also posted in Commodities, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Disney CEO Bob Iger is about to take the biggest risk of his career

Bob Iger is on top of the world. As Disney’s CEO, he has led the company through a commanding 14 […]

By Aidualc | 08 Jan 20 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)

Think celebrities and CEOs make way too much money? Check out this chart

By Shawn Langlois In 2016 pop diva Taylor Swift sung her way to $170 million in earnings to take the top […]

By Aidualc | 06 Jan 20 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Manure, trash and wastewater: US utilities get dirty in climate fight

By Nichola Groom PIXLEY, Calif., Oct 23 (Reuters) – Joey Airoso has always been proud of his cows, whose milk […]

By Aidualc | 03 Jan 20 | Also posted in Commodities, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How I got sucked into the cryptocurrency craze and walked away with $13 million

This is the first-person account of Dan Conway, an ex-middle manager in corporate America who made a fortune betting his […]

By Aidualc | 06 Dec 19 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

He paid $1.50 an acre for barren Texas land now worth $7 billion

So much of the Permian Basin is under production that the lights glowing at night, on well pads and rigs […]

By Aidualc | 14 Nov 19 | Also posted in Commodities, North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

I looked into ‘house hacking’ to live for free, but there are a few reasons I’ve decided it’s not for me

As someone who’s obsessed with optimizing their financial life, I like to take advantage of any opportunity I can to […]

By Aidualc | 12 Nov 19 | Also posted in Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Meet the A.I. landlord that’s building a single-family-home empire

Data science helped Amherst Holdings CEO Sean Dobson make a fortune in the housing crash. Now he’s deploying A.I. to […]

By Aidualc | 31 Oct 19 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Inflation by stealth: how Japan’s firms fight the frugal retail psyche

By Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) – After years of soggy inflation and the long reign of Japan’s tight-fisted shoppers, businesses […]

By Aidualc | 28 Oct 19 | Also posted in Asia, North America, Private Equity, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)