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

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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Knowledge is Power: Brazil Election, Year-End Tax Moves, Yield Scarcity Edition

Rousseff or Neves? Brazilians Await Bad News Whoever Wins (Bloomberg) The eurozone’s German problem (CER) 42 stocks that’ll thrive even if the economy gets worse (Financial Post) Invesco Perpetual’s Mustoe: Why I’m betting big on Europe (FE Trustnet) 12 savvy year-end tax moves (Fidelity) 2020 Vision: Yield Scarcity and the Case for Dividends (Franklin Templeton Investments) STOCKS …

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Knowledge is Power: Spain, Emerging Markets, Mighty Ships Edition

Stocks to avoid: The FTSE companies in “terminal decline” (FE Trustnet) How Big Are Emerging Markets? (Mark Mobius) Spain is on the road to recovery, but challenges remain to ensure sustainable, inclusive growth, says OECD (OECD) Three Things to Know About Gold ETFs (Canadian Investment Review)  How to jumpstart the Eurozone economy (Vox) What’s happened to Sony? (News …

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Knowledge is Power; Japan Stocks, Sharholders, Debt Edition

The sectors to benefit from the Japanese revival (FE Trustnet) Americans go into debt to buy food, gas (MarketWatch) Five mutual fund lessons learned over 25 years (The Star) How a 2% fee adds up to $350,000 over time: Mayers (The Star) A world run for shareholders (Le Monde) Britain took more out of India that it put in – …

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Knowledge is Power: Portugal, Emerging Europe, Tulips and Stocks Edition

Lazard’s Ryan: Why I’m maxing out my emerging market exposure (FE Trustnet) Don’t ‘set and forget’: Proper asset allocation is key to investment returns (Financial Post) Tulips and stocks: Don’t succumb to their charms  (The Globe and Mail) Portugal: Out of the bailout, out of the woods? (Deutsche Welle) The Japanese Economy: Will It Revive If …

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