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U.S. Car Sales Climbed 17% in November

By MIKE RAMSEY And JOHN KELL Auto makers posted another solid rise in new-vehicle sales in the U.S. in November, […]

By Bo | 03 Dec 10 | Also posted in Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

A Dim View of Betting on Start-Ups

By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN, NY Times, “There’s too much money chasing too few deals.” Sean Parker, the entrepreneur behind Napster […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Dec 10 | Also posted in Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Pretty Good for Government Work

By WARREN E. BUFFETT, NY Times, DEAR Uncle Sam, My mother told me to send thank-you notes promptly. I’ve been […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Dec 10 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

A Potential Paper Trail of Profits To Asia

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder & CEO, Oxstone Capital Management, SSCC, Smurfit – Stone Container Corp – USA, $21.65, 11/16/2010 […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Nov 10 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Stocks | Comments (0)

A Solid Play on the Emerging Market Infrastructure & Alternative Energy Investment Theme

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Oxstone Capital Management, BWC, Babcock and Wilcox Company – USA – $23.09, 11/5/10, Babcock and […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 18 Nov 10 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Stocks | Comments (0)

A Play on Geothermal and the Green Energy Movement

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Co-Founder, Oxstone Capital Management, CPN, Calpine – USA, $12.02, 11/1/10 Calpine is an independent power producer […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 Nov 10 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Stocks | Comments (0)

US cuts Social Security and Medicare

U.S. Debt Propasal Would Cut Social Security, Medicare By Heidi Przybyla and Brian Faler – Nov 10, 2010 12:53 PM […]

By ATSiem | 11 Nov 10 | Also posted in Retirement & Savings, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Why Fed bond-buying plan is raising trade tensions

Published November 11, 2010 | Associated Press WASHINGTON –  The Federal Reserve’s plan to buy more Treasury bonds has incited […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Asia, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Despite $1,400 Gold, Still Many Gold Laggards (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, AUY, KGC, RGLD, GRS, RBY, NXG, XRA, DROOY)

From 247wallst.com site. By JON C. OGG, Gold is hitting record highs now that we are seeing above $1,400.00 per […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Stocks | Comments (0)

Gold Gains in New York on European Debt Concern, China Inflation

November 11, 2010, 8:16 AM ESTBy Nicholas Larkin Nov. 11 (Bloomberg) — Gold gained in New York as European debt […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)