Good morning. A lot of links today??? But maybe I should have waited another day to return to the financial markets???

?????????????????? http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2012/8/20/mondays-poor-mondays.html

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???or even a month or two???

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/citi-september-has-not-been-kind-to-stocks-2012-8

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Strategic oil reserves to the rescue! Or at least, that???s what is expected???

?????????????????? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/24/us-oil-iea-reserves-idUSBRE87N15T20120824

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Guess what: GREECE IS STILL THERE!

?????????????????? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/26/us-greece-debt-austria-idUSBRE87P05T20120826

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Hey, and guess what: SO IS GREXIT!!!

?????????????????? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/24/us-eurozone-germany-grexit-idUSBRE87N03Y20120824

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S&P versus Emerging Markets. Interesting chart, really.

?????????????????? http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2012/8/23/emerging-markets-check-up.html

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???and this shows sort of the same, but then for a lot of countries and also what stock markets lost before March 2009

?????????????????? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/08/24/business/Few-Have-Recovered.html

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An article on the dangers in dividend stocks??? Now there???s a new angle!

http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424053111904628504577593280244506506.html

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Nice chart showing which Eurozone countries stands to gain/lose most from an euro-move

?????????????????? http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2012/08/look-who-benefits-most-from-a-weak-euro.html

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???Corporate debt issuance red hot in August??? Get it while it is hot??? (FT)

?????????????????? http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/f987604c-ede7-11e1-8d72-00144feab49a.html

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What???s in store for the week ahead? Apart from the Best of the Web Clubdag, that is?

?????????????????? http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/08/26/the-week-ahead-august-27-31/

?????????????????? http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2012/08/schedule-for-week-of-aug-26th.html

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Are you the (US) 1%? Check your own status

?????????????????? http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/10/19/what-percent-are-you/

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Big chart. Big swings

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/sp-triple-top-2012-8

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And talking about big: the Big Apple!

?????????????????? http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/08/daily-chart-6?fsrc=gn_ep

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US Housing recovery seen from various angles and the numerous risks involved

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/pimco-housing-recovery-investment-risks-2012-8

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For the monetary geeks out there: the Use Of the ???Eurosystem???s monetary policy instruments and operational framework since 2009???

?????????????????? http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpops/ecbocp135.pdf

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Intriguing chart on income distribution in Europe during 2000-10. Holland and Belgium show the biggest divergence between rich and poor

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/ubs-who-wins-with-the-euro-2012-8

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The fiscal cliff put into perspective???

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/the-fiscal-cliff-in-stick-figures-2012-8

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A huge infographic about exchange rate regimes???

?????????????????? http://www.goldmoney.com/gold-research/alasdair-macleod/a-history-of-exchange-rate-systems.html

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