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Knowledge is Power

Knowledge is Power: Big Gold,China, Debt Doom Edition

Special report: Are the days of “big gold” over? As cash pressures mount, gold majors move to mine the markets, which are proving more lucrative than the mining of gold.

Built on a Lie - The Fundamental Flaw of Europe’s Common Currency

A new forecast from RBC Economics says Canada’s economy is poised for real GDP growth of 3.1 per cent this year and 3.9 per cent in 2011. Canadian economy ready for major rebound, RBC says

Debt doom ahead US Congressional Budget Office figures, showing how horrendously large the national debt will become, indicate that the United States economy will be 71% bigger within 10 years. If everything costs twice as much by then, why not? And the only people better off will be those who are buying gold now!!!

China showing signs of overheating

CHINA’S industrial output has hit a five-year high, adding to the case for the Government to pare back stimulus measures.

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Bloomberg Gold Buy Signal
Inching Closer to the Gold Explosion
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Knowledge is Power: Debt Meltdown,World Economic Update Edition

Is Europe heading for a debt meltdown?

World Economic Outlook Update

Outlook 2010

The Rise of ‘Chimerica’ Two Superpowers Take on the World

Why it’s a good time to buy Buffett’s Berkshire

After Escaping Jobless Rolls, Trauma May Linger

How America Can Rise Again

Knowledge is Power: Shenzen, Britain, Canada Housing Edition

Shenzhen has been at the vanguard of China’s economic reform over the past 30 years as a testing ground for policies later adopted nationwide. A recent crackdown on protests belied the city’s liberal characteristics and Beijing’s swift condemnation suggests it is unlikely to be repeated anytime soon. Shenzhen raises iron fist to protests

Nouriel Roubini has joined the gold naysayers, but Alec Hogg reckons he’d better beware. Gold’s enemies multiplying

He’s a top entrepreneur who recently put all his investments into cash, believing the UK faces bankruptcy. Read James Palumbo’s opinions on the economy…Does Britain face bankruptcy?

Is business turning the clock back to the 1970s?Robert Peston

Greece is in trouble. Swamped by public debt and shunned by international investors, the country has been told by EU leaders to face up to its fiscal crisis on its own. German papers on Friday ask how much fellow Europeans ought to do to help and who is to blame for the mess.‘No One Should Rule Out a Greek Bankruptcy’

China’s economic recovery is gathering momentum, with industrial activity and spending rising. Chinese numbers fire up confidence

Why didn’t Canada’s housing market go bust?James MacGee, a professor at the University of Western…

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The Worst Is Not Over
Housing heating up in Canada
Read more on Investing in England, Investing in Canada, U.S. Housing Market at Wikinvest

Knowledge is Power: Krugman, Banker Awards Edition

First Dubai

Krugman got it wrong in September, says Faber

U.S. Mortgage Defaults Forecast to Decline Next Year: FT Link

The Banker Awards 2009

Reform is a work in progress

Knowledge is Power: Smart Money, Dubai Edition

Dubai: business as usual - When news broke of Dubai World’s economic crash, many feared that the emirate was heading for disaster. But among the high-rise hotels and high-end boutiques, there is much more optimism

WORLD’S FAVOURITE MINING STOCKS

Following the smart money - The normal suspects are in good demand, but bargain hunters are now also snapping up oversold subsectors such as platinum and potash.

Microcredit loans have revolutionized the world of finance in developing nations. Now Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate behind the concept, wants to see similar programs in the industrialized world. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, he explains why Germany’s poor should be given loans Interview with Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus- ‘Everyone Should Have the Right to Credit’

Total Eclipse At The Heart Of Dubai’s World

Asian SWFs have overtaken Middle East government investment arms as the largest acquirers of assets this year, and the biggest increase in spending is in the natural resources sector.Asian sovereign funds are biggest SWF spenders in 2009

For millions of followers, the prosperity gospel encouraged financial risk in the name of God. Did Christianity Cause the Crash?

It is tradesmen left with unpaid bills who will suffer most from Dubai’s problems; Abu Dhabi has thrown a tarpaulin over its own banks to dampen contagion. Far more worrying is the commercial real estate problem in the United States. - US the problem, not Dubai

Knowledge is Power: Debt, Peak Oil, Asia FDI Edition

Investment into—and out of—Asia bucked the global trend over the past year as China and India continue to power the region’s economic progress. Features: Asia Goes Abroad

FDi-Asia

The Debt Economy - by James Surowiecki

John Kenneth Galbraith wrote that all financial crises are the result of “debt that, in one fashion or another, has become dangerously out of scale.” The recent financial crisis was no exception, with everyone—homeowners, private-equity investors, our biggest banks—taking on enormous amounts of debt. (Excellent Article)

Related: Corporate Tax Breaks Get Scrutiny

Volcker-Led Panel Considers Whether to Curb Bias Toward Issuing Debt Over Stock

US-Foreign-Tax-Comparison

Brash and flash, Dubai has become a monument to vanity and greed. But now it is sinking under £48bn debts - leaving Britons who’ve settled there facing ruin, writes Jane Fryer. Thousands of Britons in Dubai facing ruin

Crude is still being discovered; existing fields are not being exploited to the full. So it’s hard to predict the exact point at which the world’s dwindling reserves will precipitate a crisis. But it’s coming. Peak oil: the summit that dominates the horizon

Until the debt clouds disappear in the economy, small business can’t lead a rebound.Get Ready for Half a Recovery