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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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Which Brazilian Companies Are Multinationals?

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The Top 100 Latin American Multinational firms were published by  América Economía earlier this year. The list was created based on two criteria: their annual sales must exceed US $250 million in 2013 and they must operate in more than one country in the region. The ranking was done using a calculated field called the “MultiLatino …

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Knowledge is Power: International Diversification, Canal of Hope, France Edition

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Central & Eastern Europe: Up against the odds (Barclays) THE CANAL OF LOST HOPE (RT) The hunt for income: why going global pays dividends (JP Morgan UK) The Quest to Improve America’s Financial Literacy Is Both a Failure and a Sham (Pacific Standard) The Fall of France (NewsWeek) Inequality: Does It Matter? (Cam Hui @ Seeking …

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