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The Dollar Under Siege

Bud Conrad, Chief Economist   After World War II, the dollar became the world’s preeminent currency. Convertible to gold at […]

Mid-Year Emerging Markets Update: ‘Recovery Phase’

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, As I’ve often said, investing in emerging markets requires patience, long-term perspective, and selective stock-picking. […]

Wall Street’s Brightest Minds Reveal THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARTS IN THE WORLD

MATTHEW BOESLER George Magnus, UBS    Business Insider/Matthew Boesler Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-important-charts-in-the-world-2014-4?op=1#ixzz36ugQpz2D

The Emerging Global Web – Slide Show

Link: The Emerging Global Web Terrific slide show presentation on the emerging markets global web development, including stats on mobile […]

Piketty’s inequality story in six charts

PIKETTY’S INEQUALITY STORY IN SIX CHARTS POSTED BY JOHN CASSIDY In this week’s magazine, I’ve got a lengthy piece about “Capital […]

The Clock Is Ticking on This Massive Currency Shift

  By: Money_Morning Shah Gilani writes: Last week I was asked by a Wall Street Insights & Indictments reader about a new challenge […]

Big G and the Kronies are ready to take on any competitive threat to their power

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This chart shows which countries produce the most electricity from renewable energy

By Simran Khosla, Global Post, Using data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, we found which countries are producing the […]

Is Silicon Valley the Future of Finance?

By Kevin Roose, NY Mag, Recently, after a long, drawn-out fight over an overdraft fee, I decided to break up […]

You Will Be Investing For Free In 5 Years

Fund, trading, and advisory fees will fall to zero sooner than you think   When European merchants embarked on trips […]