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Europe could see a devastating ‘Lehman Brothers’ event as power producers face $1.5 trillion in margin calls — here’s how governments across the region are stepping in

Wild swings in the price of natural gas — exacerbated by the halt of supply from the Russian Nord Stream […]

By Aidualc | 28 Sep 22 | Also posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How the Royal Family Actually Makes Their Money

When she passed away on September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II had a sizable net worth. Questions about how the royal […]

By Aidualc | 26 Sep 22 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Real Estate | Comments (0)

China’s Ultra-Rich Are Losing Their Favorite Escape Route to Europe

It’s a pitch that’s lured thousands of Chinese over the past decade, helping to reshape Portugal’s urban landscape as part […]

By Aidualc | 03 Sep 22 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

This Solar Tower Can Transform Water, Sunlight, and Carbon Dioxide Into Jet Fuel

Aldo Steinfeld, a professor at ETH Zürich’s Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, says his system for converting ambient air […]

By Aidualc | 02 Sep 22 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Private Equity, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

A Nuclear War Could Starve Billions, But One Country May Be Safer Than The Rest

It starts with a single mushroom-shaped cloud the world hoped to never see again. Retaliation prompts tit-for-tat attacks, each intended […]

By Aidualc | 30 Aug 22 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Strippers can apparently better forecast the market than your finance bro

by Jane Nam In a tweet that has since gone viral, a netizen who claims to be a stripper declared […]

By Aidualc | 22 Jun 22 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Prime 50’s Off 5th Ave Luxury Hotel & Residential Condo Development Opportunity (Plaza District NYC)

Projected capital structure: $56.5MM ($20MM equity ($15.5MM for site acquisition), $36.5MM debt LTC 65%) 41.9k gsf (12 residential units 9k […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Jun 21 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

IMF chief says pandemic will unleash worst recession since Great Depression

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The pandemic sweeping the world will turn global economic growth “sharply […]

By Aidualc | 19 Jul 20 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Report of the WHO-China Joint Mission on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf

By Aidualc | 27 Mar 20 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Coronavirus is highly uncertain and global costs could be high

As coronavirus spreads across the globe, new modelling from The Australian National University (ANU) is set to help policymakers respond […]

By Aidualc | 26 Mar 20 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)