Knowledge is Power: Fordlandia, Bond ETFs, Weapons R Us Edition

Oil’s Price Rise Boosts All Equity Sectors, But One (S&P Indexology Blog) Costly cures: the US drug pricing conundrum (Schroder’s) and  Cut Health Costs or Help Workers. You Can’t Do Both. (Bloomberg) Lottery madness (Statistical Ideas Blog) Five charts that tell you when the stock market bubble will burst (Money Observer) Demystifying bond ETFs (Fidelity) Lost …

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Knowledge is Power: Going Global, Diversification, Preferred Stocks Edition

New high for US stock markets – but are valuations too expensive? (Money Observer) Pros’ guide to diversification (Fidelity) Preferred Stocks: Why I decided to give preferred stocks another look (MarketWatch) and Preferred Stock: This Crazy Market Warps Another Asset (Jason Zweig @ WSJ) 10 reasons to visit Stuttgart (DW) How Equity Investing Can Create Long-Term Value (T.Rowe Price) World’s …

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Knowledge is Power: Helicopter Money, Dividends, Indexing Edition

Is now the time to buy this rallying emerging market? (FE Trustnet) Smartphone Addiction: The Slot Machine in Your Pocket (Der Speigel) Clarifying the case for indexing (Vanguard Blog for Advisors) CHECKUP TIME FOR HEALTHCARE STOCKS (AB Blog) Koo on why helicopter money just won’t work (FT Alphaville) What price quality? (Allianz) Topic: Dividends Investing for Dividend Growth (Touchstone …

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Knowledge is Power: Globalization, Facts about Kissing, Oil Stocks Edition

Why it still makes sense to buy stocks and bonds at record prices (MarketWatch) The Pokémon Go craze is a lesson in what investors should not do (Financial Post) Bright spot or potential pitfall: how US equities measure up (FE Trustnet) Auto sales and the oil price: the Great Unwinding continues (FT beyondbrics) Midyear tax check: nine questions …

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Knowledge is Power: Why Foreign Stocks, Financial Lessons and Top China Brands Edition

Eight lessons investors can draw from Brexit, so far, as the political drama continues (Financial Post) Commodities are crushing it in 2016: Here’s why (MarketWatch) Brexit Is a Lehman Moment for European Banks (Bloomberg) Robots versus workers (OECD Observer) Top 10 China’s most valuable brands in 2016 (China Daily) Why You Should Invest Beyond U.S. Stocks (Betterment) …

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