Good morning. How low can we go….?
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2014/8/6/incredible-shrinking-yields.html
And here I was thinking the 1996 tax rate hike by Japan was horrible for the economy…
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/08/06/1919972/how-resilient-is-japan-to-the-higher-consumption-tax/
This is taking it too far: “A correlation between the alternative rock of the ’80s and ’90s and alternative mutual funds“
Surprising! Only half way through to recovery…
http://www.businessinsider.com/consumer-spending-recovery-still-lagging-2014-8
More on the High Yield correction
http://online.wsj.com/articles/investors-retreat-from-junk-bonds-1406234660
I am pretty sure I have advised going long Almonds at one time or other! (but why does this chart stop at 2012?)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/06/the-rise-of-the-american-almond-craze-in-one-nutty-chart/
A new report on inequality: how it is dampening growth
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/upshot/alarm-on-income-inequality-from-a-mainstream-source.html
https://www.globalcreditportal.com/ratingsdirect/renderArticle.do
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b46a586e-1be6-11e4-9db1-00144feabdc0.html
Shifting trade patterns
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/08/06/shifts-in-u-s-trading-partners-from-1984-to-the-present/
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