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???and this is what the economic impact was, three years down the road

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-bank-bailouts-in-history-2012-12

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Spain asks for help on the banking sector and gets it? That???s quick???

?????????????????? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/03/us-spain-bank-aid-idUSBRE8B20IA20121203

?????????????????? http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/77b62ae4-3d8d-11e2-9f35-00144feabdc0.html

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Very interesting study by the IMF: ???Tracking Global Demand for Advanced Economy Sovereign Debt???

?????????????????? http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2012/wp12284.pdf

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Numerous examples of good and bad charts in a must-see presentation on the subject. I very much like this one on Africa!

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/stats-legend-these-are-the-best-ways-to-visualize-data-and-heres-what-youre-doing-wrong-2012-12

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I???ll give it a B for effort, but otherwise do not buy this. The chart is supposed to show that the dividend tax actually made dividend stocks less expensive

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-tax-cuts-and-dividend-stocks-2012-11

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Fiscal cliff meets debt ceiling, meets VIX. Or something.

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/fiscal-cliff-coverage-chart-2012-12

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I am not sure whether this is useful in any way, but this is the average movement in stocks after the close by hour???

?????????????????? http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2012/12/3/average-hourly-performance.html

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This looks interesting, although I am not 100% sure what is on the left axes. The message is clear: deleveraging is only just beginning

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/wells-fargos-2013-stock-market-call-2012-12

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It???s big, it looks old and it is on the topic of central banks: it???s in!

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-03/evolution-us-and-uk-central-banking-infographic

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