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Have You Bought Gifts for Your Pet Yet? Have You Bought Pet Stocks for Yourself?

By Stockerblog.com, People love their pets and are willing to spend as much on their pets (if not more) as […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Dec 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Statistics, Stocks | Comments (0)

Americans need financial education, report says

By Herb Weisbaum, CNBC, Financial service companies spend billions of dollars a year marketing their products and services—credit cards, checking […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 11 Dec 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Retirement & Savings, Statistics | Comments (0)

The Future of OPEC

Pump jacks in the Kurdish town of Derik, on the border with Turkey and Iraq, Nov. 25. (ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Dec 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Latin America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Which Cities Americans Are Moving to – and Escaping From

For much of the nation’s history, Americans moved around mostly to find decent work. But these days, people may be […]

By MarketAngel | 05 Dec 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Ten Classic American Brands That Are Foreign-Owned

In September, major U.S. pork producer Smithfield Foods was purchased by Chinese holding company Shanghui International Holdings, Ltd for $4.7 […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Dec 13 | Also posted in Private Equity, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Microcredit for Americans

On a recent Thursday, dozens of Latina immigrants clustered in a small, noisy second-floor office in the Jackson Heights neighborhood […]

By Aidualc | 28 Nov 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The third industrial revolution begins

By The Economist, YouTube Channel Link to YouTube Video on –  The third industrial revolution begins  

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Nov 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Death of the American Mall and the Rebirth of Public Space

All across suburban America, hundreds of shopping malls have become vacant and indebted hulks. Demographics and economics, from the decline […]

By Aidualc | 22 Nov 13 | Also posted in Real Estate, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Portfolios With Purpose: Stock Picking for a Cause

By Steven Russolillo, WSJ Blog,   Stacey Asher has taken the art of stock-picking to a philanthropic level, with several […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Fortune Cookie Wisdom | Comments (0)

Icahn warns stock market could face ‘big drop’

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Jennifer Ablan, Reuters, (Reuters) – Activist investor Carl Icahn on Monday said there was a chance […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Nov 13 | Also posted in Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)