Good morning. Have there really been this many currency break-ups in the past 100 years?? And where is the famous CFA franc in all this?

(source: http://www.voxeu.org/article/eurozone-breakup-debate-uncertainty-still-reigns)

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Obama is the winner! Although he seems to have lost the popular vote though???

?????????????????? http://edition.cnn.com/election/2012/results/main?hpt=elec_flippertkr

?????????????????? http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/

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And Nate Silver does it again: correctly forecasts the state by state outcome

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/nate-silver-gets-it-right-2012-11

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So??? Where does that leave us? ???Here??? apparently. Something with ducks and cliffs???

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-06/next-steps-fiscal-cliff ??

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Nice one. Unclear which variable is on which axes, but we get the point.

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-06/chart-day-most-expensive-election-ever-context

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Back to normal business. Chart from Morgan Stanley showing that good earnings do not equal good stock performance???

?????????????????? http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2012/11/05/earnings-season-ugly-all-around/

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Yesterday I showed the performance of the various sectors during Obama???s first term, today the various asset classes

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-financial-assets-during-obamas-term-2012-11

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Africa and consumer revolution. No charts, just some text, but hey: it is not about the US elections.

?????????????????? http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/inside-africa-s-consumer-revolution-by-david-fine

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