(source: http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-who-owns-the-stock-market-2012-11)

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And as for ETF???s in the previous chart: read all about it from the Motley Fool ???How ETFs Will Destroy Wall Street???

?????????????????? http://www.fool.com/investing/etf/2012/11/28/how-etfs-will-destroy-wall-street.aspx

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News over the weekend: Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy is not certain Spain will meet its targets???

?????????????????? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/02/us-spain-rajoy-idUSBRE8B103J20121202

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???and Chinese PMI came in better than expected

?????????????????? http://soberlook.com/2012/12/green-shoots-in-chinese-manufacturing.html

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Talking about China: the labour markets is getting tighter by the minute???

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-labor-problem-2012-12

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More proof of the structural change in the US as energy producer???

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/why-people-are-starting-to-talk-about-saudi-america-2012-12

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The Eurozone. At least we have a roof??? (via @ Johan3704)

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/ecb-drawing-explains-whats-going-on-2012-12

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Greece is saved! Sort of???

?????????????????? http://soberlook.com/2012/12/greek-debt
-transformed-into-zero-coupon.html

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???Buy American!??? Finally I begin to understand what they were trying to say with that slogan???

?????????????????? http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2012/11/30/performance-of-sp-500-international-vs-domestic-stocks.html

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And let???s stop and talk about this double dip: the US has been out of recession longer than average!

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-30/if-past-prologue-t-minus-5-months-until-next-recession

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Some more charts on the possible bubble in credit and high yield markets???

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-01/yelling-fundamentals-crowded-corporate-bond-market

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Interesting chart. I am curious whether you get the same outcome if you look outside the US though???

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/we-may-need-labor-unions-after-all-2012-12

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Interactive tool that shows the winners and losers for the 300 largest metropolitan area???s in the world

?????????????????? http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/global-metro-monitor-3

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An anti-Gordon read: growth will resume as always

?????????????????? http://www.advisorperspectives.com/newsletters12/48-critique4.php

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And the schedule for the week ahead. Sinterklaas, anybody?

?????????????????? http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2012/12/schedule-for-week-of-dec-2nd.html

?????????????????? http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/12/02/week-ahead-december-3-7/

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