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Useful Statistics, Research Data Points, Charts on Different Country/Region Economies, Data Points/Charts on financial markets, economics, Taxes, Regulations, Culture, Government Policies, and Resources.

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 […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Jun 17 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Why Breakeven Prices Are Plunging Across The Oil Industry

Shale companies have pushed breakeven oil prices below $40 per barrel—but so have major oil companies. Analysts commonly portray cost […]

By Aidualc | 07 Jun 17 | Also posted in Commodities, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Strange Currencies and Barter 101

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, Once upon a time currencies had intrinsic value. Ever wonder where the term “buck” comes […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Jun 17 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, North America, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The World’s Fastest Growing Economies

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, We have updated with the latest 2017 estimates and 2018-22 average annual forecasts and ranked […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 May 17 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Emerging Markets Offer Access to the World As It Grows

 From Calamos Investments,   http://www.calamos.com/ourway/  

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 May 17 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

The Amazon Effect

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, But still lots of room for growth:  https://macromon.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/the-amazon-effect/

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 May 17 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Where Your Tax Dollars Go

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, More than half of every dollar went to health care, military last year – MarketWatch […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

In Europe, cohabitation is stable…right?

What matters for the well-being of children is family stability, rather than marriage per se. This is the view of […]

By MarketAngel | 28 Apr 17 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

How the Life Insurance Industry Invests – Asset Allocation Model

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, http://wp.me/p14UId-9If

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Apr 17 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Oil Price Breakeven Prices – Chart

By Macromon, Global Macro Monitor, Hot from the latest International Monetary Fund’s, World Economic Outlook.   Looks like not many of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)