Good morning. Superior returns at low volatility have been made in this asset class…
http://awealthofcommonsense.com/2016/02/the-greatest-bull-market-of-all-time/
The R-word. It is still here to haunt us.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/yield-curve-might-not-be-a-great-recession-indicator-anymore-2016-2
And even more (although I am somewhat dismayed that @jsblokland did not do some proper source calling… 🙂 )
http://jeroenbloklandblog.com/2016/02/10/13-recession-charts/
Although mostly in Dutch, always worth to look at these links
https://www.oneworld.nl/blog/de-week-tweets/de-week-van-went-tweets-92
Probably worth the read (if only I had the time): “From Global Savings Glut to Financing Infrastructure : The Advent of Investment Platforms”
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp1618.pdf
I was triggered by the title (which has been taken out later): “Sweden is on the brink of a dystopian consumer banking hell”
http://uk.businessinsider.com/sweden-where-youre-damned-if-you-use-cash-and-damned-if-you-dont-2016-2
Misery index, the global version
http://ritholtz.com/2016/02/misery-index-calculations/
My advice: don’t believe the millennials hype. There has never been a homogenous generation so far
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/investing-in-the-rise-of-the-new-spending-class/
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