Comparative Economics Fact: Interest paid on mortgages and property taxes are tax deductible in the US. In Canada they cannot be deducted.

• Credit Suisse Yearbook 2017: Low Interest Rates Hit Returns on Equities  (Credit Suisse)
• Natural Beauty: The Most Mesmerizing National Parks in Europe (Sputnik News)
• Six myths about emerging markets (M&G Investments)
• A further 21 great investment quotes, AMP Capital
• Are your investments stuck in a UK rut?, Money Observer
• The S&P 500’s Dirty Little Secret, Joshua Kennon and see Why is the S&P 500® index a flawed metric of success?, Worth
• Shared mobility V.1, USSR edition, FT Alphaville
• Americans’ Savings Make Wealth Managers Rich, Bloomberg
• Mexico marks record number of foreign tourist visits, revenue in early 2017, DW
• Relative Equity Valuations, Diversification, and Creative Destruction, Fortune Financial
• Inequality and Opportunity in America Air rage: why does flying make us so angry? Science says it’s about class, Guardian
•  Singapore’s High Dividend Yields Grab Spotlight Again, SGX
• Toppling the Idol of ‘Shareholder Value’, Bloomberg
• Silicon Valley behemoths raise monopoly concerns, Live Mint
• These Americans moved to Canada for political reasons. They don’t regret it, The Guardian

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World War II Memorial, Washington, DC