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Where does the world’s food grow?

By John McArthur and Krista Rasmussen, Brookings Institute, Developing countries are home to roughly 80 percent of the world’s population, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Apr 16 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Let’s Talk Politics

by Brian Andrew, Johnson Bank, Last week we met with a number of customers and prospective customers to discuss markets […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Mar 16 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, North America, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Global debt-to-GDP ratios

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Animation: 100 Years of the Most Populous Countries

“I think ageing demographics is a bigger issue in China than people think. And the problems it creates should be […]

By Aidualc | 24 Mar 16 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Gold Stocks Upside Targets

The gold miners’ stocks are rocketing higher again, multiplying wealth for smart contrarian traders who bought them low in recent […]

By MarketAngel | 23 Mar 16 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

Are Emerging Markets The Trade Of The Decade?

By David Templeton, CFA In recent days, more strategists are indicating the emerging market asset class is providing investors with […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 05 Mar 16 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Buy-to-Let Surge Before Stamp Duty Rise

Surveyors expect buy-to-let investor demand for UK residential property to increase ahead of stamp duty changes, which arescheduled to come […]

By Davis Miller | 25 Feb 16 | Also posted in Investment Wisdom, Real Estate, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Does the real estate market need real-time data?

Some big name investors are pushing a startup’s valuations to astronomical heights as the company bets homebuyers want real-time real […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, Real Estate, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Big Picture

By John Mauldin, By Neil Howe, I’ve been a bit slow in bringing good friend Neil Howe’s predictions for 2016 […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Feb 16 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Stocks, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Bridgewater’s Dalio Now Has the Most Profitable Hedge Fund

  Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates overtook billionaire George Soros in 2015 as the man behind the hedge fund that […]

By Aidualc | 17 Feb 16 | Also posted in Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)