Knowledge is Power

Knowledge is Power: Russia Today TV, Liquidity Trap, Inequality Edition

Inside Russia Today: counterweight to the mainstream media, or Putin’s mouthpiece? ( New Statesman) The bizarre world of petrol pricing: How it’s decided what motorists pay at the pumps (This is Money) The biggest investment mistakes of the last 20 years (Trustnet) Inequality rising in wake of crisis (OECD Insights) Why austerity may be wrecking the recovery (Maclean’s) [...]

Knowledge is Power: Foreign Taxes, Best Airports, German Blue-Chips Edition

Claiming Foreign Taxes: Credit or Deduction? (Charles Schwab) India reproduces, US seduces (The Hindu Business Line) The Poverty Lie: How Europe’s Crisis Countries Hide their Wealth (Der Spiegel) Can we ever consider gold a ‘safe haven’ again? (Financial Post) Chart of the week: time for EM equities to bounce back? (beyondbrics) The best airports in the world (Canadian Business) [...]

Knowledge is Power: BRICs, Canada’s Economy, Emerging Markets Edition

What the BRICS need: Education, employment, equality, and soft infrastructure (OECD Insights) Why Grocers Like Tesco Find Trouble in the U.S. Market (Bloomberg) Jack Bogle warns ‘Prepare for two massive market declines in the next decade’ (Financial Post) Emerging Markets: Proceed with Caution (Charles Schwab) The rise of China’s ghost cities (News.com.au) Too thin a cushion, One expensive euro  (The Economist [...]

Knowledge is Power: Stock Buybacks, Canadian Banks, Frontier Markets Edition

Eurozone unemployment hits 11.9%  (BBC) The Rich 100: Canada’s wealthiest people (Canadian Business) In-App Buying: Don’t Let Your Kids Make Apple Rich (Bloomberg) Exploring the next frontier: A review of frontier equity markets (Vanguard) Does Supporting Passenger Railways Reduce Road Traffic Externalities? (Vox) Canadian banks’ last hurrah? Payouts to shrink as economy sputters (Financial Post) How the world wide [...]

Knowledge is Power: Fossil Fuel Subsidy, Asia Growth, Robot Revolution Edition

Why the free market fundamentalists think 2013 will be the best year ever (The Guardian) Fossil fuel subsidies: billions up in smoke? (OECD Insights) Why US winks at illegal migration (The Hindu Business Line) The 40 most unusual economic indicators (Financial Post) Gold stocks’ time to shine (Canadian Business) Fired America (Economic Populist) HSBC: Asia’s ‘worrying’ debt-led growth [...]

Knowledge is Power: Snakes and Ladders, European Equities, America Edition

Snakes and Ladders: Investment Banking on the Brink (Der Spiegel) Olive: The car rules once more  (The Star) How to Invest in Bank Stocks via ETFs? (Top US Stocks) Programmer Bob who outsourced his job was a model modern employee  (The Guardian) INVESTMENT EXTRA: How you could bag a stylish return by investing in small firms (This is [...]