Today, the world economy is more fragile than ever. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn

We round up investment prospects in the US as it heads into a presidential election year, the struggling eurozone, recovering Japan and unloved emerging markets. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk

MUFG Americas cut its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Indx (ETF) (NYSE:EEM) by 3.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.tickerreport.com

After a year of disappointment in everything from U.S. stocks to emerging markets and junk bonds, investors are approaching 2016 with low expectations. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.wsj.com

The fall in raw material prices – a real crisis for emerging markets https://t.co/DNAp3RNzXi Sourced through Scoop.it from: thecorner.eu

The year begins with investors facing a choice between highly-priced developed markets, and challenged emerging ones Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

The value proposition of seamless and secure mobile rewards, coupons, offers and discounts at the point of sale, the enormous marketing machine that is Google, and the shift to EMV cards and the market share of Android-enabled phones will combine……

Location-based mobile shopping apps, much like the devices they rely on to reach consumers wherever they shop, have been becoming increasingly ubiquitous over Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

In the final hours of 2015, there’s one general observation to be made about the payments industry this year: Mobile drove the payments innovation bus. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

According to federal officials, health care fraud costs American tax payers more than $80 billion each year. In this edition of Booming Forward, Dave Nemeth takes a look at the issue as well as at the steps folks can take…