It's that time again.
As they have done each January for nearly four decades, the globe's mover-and-shakers are gathering at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland for five days. Among the many items appearing on this year's agenda are heightened competition for key resources, the growing influence of sovereign wealth funds, and the economic and financial fallout from an unraveling credit bubble.
For investors, though, the key to getting any real value out of this year’s confab is to look past the press releases, the pronouncements, the heart-tugging speeches, and the lofty, almost new age promises of an event subtitled, "The Power of Collaborative Innovation."