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A POTENTIAL SWEET TOO TASTY TO PASS

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, CEO, Oxstone Capital Management IPSU, Imperial Sugar – USA, $13.40, 12/8/2010 Imperial Sugar Company was […]

Why Smith Barney execs’ startup is already winning headlines and brokers

By Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes, Shirl Penney: We wanted (the company) built to last rather than built to flip. Launched last […]

OXSTONE FOOD FOR THOUGHT – Equity Market Commentary and the Growing Demand for Alternative Investing – December 2010

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, CEO, Oxstone Capital Management Equity Market Commentary and the Growing Demand for Alternative Investing We […]

U.S. Home Values to Drop by $1.7 Trillion This Year, Zillow Says

By Hui-yong Yu and John Gittelsohn, Bloomberg, U.S. home values are poised to drop by more than $1.7 trillion this […]

How Europe’s Debt Crisis Could Infect America

By Rick Newman, U.S. News, Ireland finally has a bailout and a lean new federal budget that should help the […]

Fed Won’t Raise for Years, Gross Says: Tom Keene

By Susanne Walker and Tom Keene, Bloomberg, Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) — Bill Gross, manager of the world’s largest bond fund […]

The Timeless Wisdom Of Jesse Livermore

From  Investors Business Daily, Why is stock investing hard? Take a step back to think, and you realize that stock […]

Crowdsourcing Their Way to Profits

By Andrew Bond, Motley Fool, For some companies, crowdsourcing is still more of an annoyance than an innovation tool. Crowdsourcing […]

Santa Claus: Taking His Name in Vain

by Mark Hulbert, Yahoo Finance, Commentary: What does the ‘Santa Claus Rally’ mean, really? Will the real Santa Claus Rally […]

Rebalancing the World

by Dr. Mark Mobius – Franklin Templeton Investments It seems we are currently witnessing a largely one-way flow of capital, […]