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November 2015

This very day will decide whether you’ll be rich or poor

Welcome to Monday. Today is actually a very big day for you, and this week is a very big week. […]

China Plans 2020 Deadline for Dismantling Its Capital Controls

By Keith Zhai, Bloomberg, China’s leaders are poised to announce a 2020 deadline to dismantle currency controls that have kept the […]

Hong Kong and London Lead List of World’s Biggest Housing Bubbles

By Michael Cole, Mingtiandi, UBS’ index picks out London and Hong Kong as the markets most at risk Surfing twin […]

Are Emerging-Markets Stocks Too Cheap to Ignore?

By Ben Johnson, Morningstar, Emerging-markets stocks have gone from the penthouse to the outhouse. Over the 10-year period ended Oct. […]

These Intrepid Retirees Sail the World on Their Social Security

By Amanda Walkins, International Living, Ann and Lew Tucker, from outside Albany, New York, now invite everyone into their new […]

Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

  By Dalan McEndree  President Putin’s recent moves in the Middle East—to shore up Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria through […]

Market history is calling, and it’s saying stock performance will be crappy for another ~10 year

Stock performance has been weak for the past 15 years. If history is a guide, it’s likely to stay weak for […]

Everyone you know will be able to rate you on ‘Yelp for people’ – whether you want them to or not

You can already rate restaurants, hotels, movies, college classes, government agencies and bowel movements online. So the most surprising thing […]

Study projects Asians will become largest US immigrant group

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major shift in immigration patterns over the next 50 years, Asians will have surged past […]

The Government Is Selling Thousands of Homes to Hedge Funds Without Their Owners’ Knowledge

  Julius Uwansc was in trouble with his mortgage after refinancing in 2009, just after the real estate bubble popped. […]