Archive of posts filed under the Knowledge is Power category.

Knowledge is Power: Dividends, Top Energy Firms, Coal Edition

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Reasons Target to Close Canadian Operations (Euromonitor International) The importance of dividends (Invesco UK) 2020 Vision: Yield Scarcity and the Case for Dividends (Franklin Templeton Investments) Causes of Wage Stagnation (EPI) Oil price slump cleaves divisions between EM winners and losers (beyond brics) 2014 Top 250 Energy Companies (Platts) Does Behavioral Investing Make Sense Anymore? (Alliance Bernstein Blog) China’s long …

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Knowledge is Power: Bull Market, China, Buybacks Edition

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Why This Bull Market Is…Bull (Canadian Investment Review) Falling oil price highlights end of commodities supercycle (Deutsche Bank Research) Energy Bargain Hunters Plow Record Amounts Into ETFs (Bloomberg) 5 investments to stay away from in 2015 and beyond (Financial Post) China tops the charts (MoneyWeek) Australia’s economy (OECD) Oil and Emerging Markets: A Double-Edged Sword (Mark Mobius, Franklin …

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Knowledge is Power: Foreign Stocks, 2015 Predictions, US Coal Edition

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Here are the Canadian stocks getting a lift from the anything-but-oil rally (Financial Post) These ETFs Need an Exorcism (Bloomberg) A Smart Way to Include International Stocks in Your Portfolio (WSJ) The real story of US coal: inside the world’s biggest coalmine (The Guardian) What facts about the United States do foreigners not believe until they …

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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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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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