Archive of entries posted on November 2014

Knowledge is Power: Malaysian Market, World’s Safest Banks 2014, Global OTC Stocks Edition

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Year-end to-do list (Fidelity) Global Equities: a long-term investment strategy (Invesco Perpetual) Going Global: Trading Foreign Stocks OTC (Charles Schwab) The Nuances Of The Malaysian Market (Malaysia Finance) 25 years after the Wall (beyondbrics) The 10 most influential business books of the past decade (Financial Post) China is old news – here’s where we should be investing (MoneyWeek) WORLD’S SAFEST …

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Keep Calm and Stay Long With German Stocks

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Germany’s benchmark equity index DAX plunged last month over fears of slow economic growth. From 9,454 the index fell to as low as 8,354 for a fall over 11%. However it recovered strongly from the depth of the lows and closed at 9,326 in October.As of Nov 10th, the DAX is down by 2.1%  year-to-date while …

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Knowledge is Power: Good Companies, Japan Stocks, Europe Outlook Edition

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Retiring: Finding, and Battling, Hidden Costs of 401(k) Plans (NY Times) Invest in good companies, don’t pay too much for them, and then do nothing: Why Fundsmith boss takes the slow road (This is Money) The economist who beat Thomas Piketty ( Live Mint) Don’t forfeit 50% of inherited Roth IRA to the IRS (MarketWatch) 27 stocks that could …

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The Top 100 Latin American Multinational Companies 2014

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The Top 100 Latin American Multinational Companies for 2014 were published by America Economia earlier this year. The ranking was based on the “MultiLatino Index” score (not shown below). All these firms have had at least US $250 million in annual sales 2013 and operates in more than one country in the region. Source: América Economía Download: The …

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The 14 Largest European Automobiles & Parts Makers

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The automotive industry is one of the important industries in Europe. Germany and France are two of the top players in the global automotive market accounting for 35% of the global share of the industry in 2012.The German auto industry employed 1.6 million workers and France had 671,000 workers according to one Mazars Survey 2013. In order …

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