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Knowledge is Power: Greece, Flying, Emigration Edition

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EM sell-off may have further to run (beyondbrics) World’s Largest Oil and Gas Companies (Petro Strategies) Europeans emigrating in droves (MarketWatch) Which of the emerging economies is afraid of higher interest rates? (Deutsche Bank Research) Greece first developed market cut to ‘emerging’ status after 83% stock plunge (Financial Post) Global Report: The uncomfortable truth about Bangladesh (Canadian Business) Carmignac Gestion …

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Knowledge is Power: Tennis, Robber Barons, Emerging Markets Edition

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Time for a change of approach in Europe?,  Invesco Perptual The problem with tennis in America, DNA American decline has been exaggerated: Olive, The Star Cable companies as robber barons (The Guardian) Why you should ignore the “slowdown” in emerging markets (Trustnet) What Silicon Valley can teach Canadian businesses about ‘lean innovation’ (Financial Post) Singa lion, Singapore

Knowledge is Power: Costs Matter, Cash Machines and Purity Concerns Edition

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‘Keep calm and carry on’ as FTSE tumbles 2% (CityWire) ‘We are, in economic terms, all Japanese’: Paul Krugman (Financial Post) Is this the end of Japan’s bull market? (MoneyWeek) Avoiding stocks? (Fidelity) Does Behavioral Investing Make Sense Anymore? (AllianceBernstein Blog) Costs matter: Are fund investors voting with their feet? (Vanguard) Purity Concerns: German Beer Brewers Foaming over Fracking (Der Spiegel) …

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Knowledge is Power: Russia Today TV, Liquidity Trap, Inequality Edition

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Inside Russia Today: counterweight to the mainstream media, or Putin’s mouthpiece? ( New Statesman) The bizarre world of petrol pricing: How it’s decided what motorists pay at the pumps (This is Money) The biggest investment mistakes of the last 20 years (Trustnet) Inequality rising in wake of crisis (OECD Insights) Why austerity may be wrecking the recovery (Maclean’s) …

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Knowledge is Power: Foreign Taxes, Best Airports, German Blue-Chips Edition

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Claiming Foreign Taxes: Credit or Deduction? (Charles Schwab) India reproduces, US seduces (The Hindu Business Line) The Poverty Lie: How Europe’s Crisis Countries Hide their Wealth (Der Spiegel) Can we ever consider gold a ‘safe haven’ again? (Financial Post) Chart of the week: time for EM equities to bounce back? (beyondbrics) The best airports in the world (Canadian Business) …

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