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China’s Rise Will Be Short-Lived

By Peter Zeihan About the author: Peter Zeihan is a geopolitical strategist. He is the author of The End of the World Is Just […]

By Aidualc | 15 Jul 22 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

This is What the Average New York Household Pays in Bills Every Month

by Samuel Stebbins The cost of living in the United States is well below the cost of living in several […]

By Aidualc | 14 Jul 22 | Also posted in North America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Is Putin Dead? Pay Attention When Russia Starts Broadcasting ‘Swan Lake’

by Brynn Shiovitz  Vladimir Putin’s enemies are keeping a close eye on a bird in pointe shoes, because a broadcast […]

By Aidualc | 13 Jul 22 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Is the era of free movement for Chinese citizens coming to an end?

By Jane Li For people in China, being able to travel abroad is a freedom that wasn’t granted to them until […]

By Aidualc | 12 Jul 22 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

New Thirteen-Story Mixed-Use Fifth Avenue Building Available ($35MM), Midtown, NYC

25k sf (2k sf ground floor retail, 15k sf office condos on floors 2-9, 8k sf residential on floors 10-13, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Jul 22 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

There’s an amazing new rap sheet on Trump

by Rick Newman A variety of Trump watchers have tracked Donald Trump’s business failures, lawsuits and assorted controversies. Now, Trump’s social media venture has […]

By Aidualc | 26 Jun 22 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, Statistics, Stocks, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Central Asia Could Be the Key to Driving a Wedge Between Russia and China

by Ian Morris Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) holds a portrait of his father during the Immortal Regiment, a rally […]

By Aidualc | 24 Jun 22 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The options for space travel are ballooning

by Harriet Baskas Ticket prices for a space ride reservation on Virgin Galactic, SpaceX and Blue Origin currently start at […]

By Aidualc | 23 Jun 22 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | 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, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Off-Market Residential Rental Opportunity Zone Development Project Phase II, Westchester NY

Projected capital structure: $70MM ($21MM equity, $49MM debt LTC 70%) 201.5k gsf (222 residential units 146k nsf / 12.1k sf […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Jun 22 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, North America, Oxstone Investment Commentary, Private Equity, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)