Good morning. Well. at least the Fed continues to believe that growth will rebound

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2016/01/frbsf-fedviews-the-current-economy-and-the-outlook.html

To recession, or not to recession: nice overview from Bloomberg
http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-another-recession/

A classic. Still interesting, for sure

http://awealthofcommonsense.com/the-fear-principles/

“Seven ways technology has changed us”

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/7d9874c0-a25d-11e5-8d70-42b68cfae6e4.html#axzz3yC0bRfN0

Remind me to read this one: “Market Macro Myths: Debts, Deficits, and Delusions”

https://www.gmo.com/docs/default-source/research-and-commentary/strategies/asset-allocation/market-macro-myths-debts-deficits-and-delusions.pdf?sfvrsn=2

Just to keep in mind….

http://uk.businessinsider.com/stock-market-dreadful-recession-predictor-2016-1

The arctic: what investments are needed?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-21/the-world-has-discovered-a-1-trillion-ocean

Spot your famous person!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/23/the-history-of-the-world-as-youve-never-seen-it-before/

Woat??? number 9????

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/01/20/these-are-the-worlds-best-countries-sorry-america-youre-number-4/

Interesting, but somehow I guess looking at net debt (rather than gross) is not without reason

http://bankunderground.co.uk/2016/01/22/falling-off-a-cliff-what-happened-to-uk-corporate-debt-a-transatlantic-comparison/

US earnings season so far…

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/earnings-and-revenue-beat-rates-2/

And the schedule for the things to come

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2016/01/schedule-for-week-of-january-24-2016.html

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