(source: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-26/mark-grant-greece-there-no-deal-here)

·         http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-26/we-have-new-new-new-greek-deal-full-details-and-live-webcast

·         http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/26/us-eurogroup-greece-idUSBRE8AP05820121126

 

And now that the crisis is ‘over’, euro adoption for Latvia in 2014 appears to be in reach! (no kidding…)

·         http://www.imf.org/external/np/ms/2012/112612.htm

 

Post-Thanksgiving volumes hit a new low! Trading in number of shares that is…

·         http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-26/nyse-volume-some-joke

 

Putting things into perspective: where did 2012 S&P500 earnings growth come from (so far)

·         http://www.businessinsider.com/10-stocks-account-for-88-percent-2012-eps-growth-2012-11

 

Interesting study describing the level of ‘home’ bias in various regions (via @RonaldDoeswijk)

·         https://www.mfs.com/wps/FileServerServlet?servletCommand=serveUnprotectedFileAsset&fileAssetPath=/files/documents/news/mfse_revdom_wp.pdf

 

Interesting chart on the US housing sector, but what happened to the shadow inventory, meaning the houses owned by the banks?

·         http://www.bondvigilantes.com/blog/2012/11/26/the-fiscal-cliff-is-bad-news-but-is-likely-to-be-resolved-so-dont-ignore-the-extremely-positive-developments-in-the-us-housing-market/

 

Long-term unemployed in the US are heading for trouble…

·         http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324712504578133093359840804.html

 

Ending on a lighter tone: ten things Facebook has taught me.

·         http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/10-things-facebook-has-taught-me/

 

Infographics! I haven’t had those around for ages… This one is about Christmas

·         http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/11/recession-holiday-shopping-habits/

 

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