The richest people on Earth got richer in 2014, adding $92 billion to their collective fortune in the face of falling energy prices and geopolitical turmoil incited by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Read more FULL REPORT

The underlying picture of economic weakness that has not only worsened but has spread to the core economies raises the question of how Europe can possibly grow its way out of the debt crisis.. roubini.com

By Fareed Zakaria From: Cnn.com: Every year at Davos, people like me try to get a sense of the mood of the place, take the temperature of people in this frosty mountain resort. Obviously, I will give you a highly impressionistic and personal picture, but it’s one I find useful since Davos does bring together […]

Economists have issued dire warnings about a possible recession and a new slump for the jobs market if the cliff isn’t averted before the January 1 deadline. FULL STORY

Facebook’s No. 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, will reap a fortune in its stock offering. And she hasn’t stopped telling the world how women should take responsibility for their careers… Source: http://www.nytimes.com

When Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago received a call earlier this year asking if he would support a new jobs initiative from JPMorgan Chase, he replied with his typical bluntness. FULL ARTICLE

Twenty-five years ago, Forbes began to pursue the world’s billionaires. The magazine’s annual list netted a record 1,226 billionaires this year, worth a total of $4.6 trillion. Because Bubbe has been ragging you to marry up, Jspace has profiled the 17 Jews of Forbes’ list worth more than $10 billion. Source: http://www.forbes.com Larry Ellison: Net […]

According to a report out today ranking the world’s 20 biggest wealth managers. BofA took the top spot with $1.944 trillion in assets in private banking followed by Morgan Stanley with $1.628 trillion and UBS AG with $1.559 trillion. The increase in AUM for the private banking industry was helped primarily by market gains which […]

The Giants, Fastest Growing And Emerging Talent. Fee-only and hybrid financial advisors are growing bigger and faster at the expense of their wirehouse counterparts.

There’s more to the Syrian civil war than rebels versus the regime. Syria’s neighbors in the Middle East also have a stake in the conflict. FULL STORY