(source: http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-average-investor-returns-2012-12)

 

And another way of presenting the same thought…

·         http://www.businessinsider.com/carl-richards-napkin-sketches-behavior-gap-2012-12

 

And for those who have forgotten what the behavior gap is, a re-run: Investors’ 10 Most Common Behavioral Biases

·         http://www.jhaganwarren.com/?p=1026

 

Numerous interesting charts on various financial markets. Definitely worth to check it out

·         http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2012/12/in-search-of-the-holy-grail-of-investing.html

 

Corporate bonds: a bubble or just having a good time?

·         http://www.bondvigilantes.com/blog/2012/12/04/corporate-bond-market-liquidity-flush-or-flushed/

 

I am not sure whether this still adds something to the discussion, but this is the BIS explaining about TARGET2

·         http://www.bis.org/publ/work393.pdf

 

Worried about profit margins for next year? I guess you should not be, given the title of this chart… (although I am not sure where ‘lower taxes’ comes from)

·         http://www.businessinsider.com/bmo-belski-2013-stock-market-outlook-2012-12

 

“Fed eyes more long-term debt for banks”. Eyeing, as a potential buyer…? J

·         http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/544c86ce-3e38-11e2-829d-00144feabdc0.html

 

Fiscal cliff? Sooo 2012: it’s the debt ceiling that matters!

·         http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/11/27/absolutely-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-fiscal-cliff-in-one-faq/

·         http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-03/republicans-reprise-2011-debt-limit-threat-in-cliff-talks.html

 

Nice chart, although I am not sure how the top red line is constructed. Has India been the big growth engine…?

·         http://www.businessinsider.com/in-one-chart-why-bank-of-america-loves-the-emerging-market-consumer-2012-12  

 

…or has it been the rebound in Brazil?

·         http://soberlook.com/2012/12/brazils-economy-on-mend.html

 

A study by the IMF on shadow banking. Should be interesting…

·         http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/sdn/2012/sdn1212.pdf

 

Makes you wonder what those Italian boys and girls are doing all day long…

·         http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-04/europes-gluttony-olympics-fattest-laziest-drunkest

 

…and here’s another one that makes you wonder…

·         http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-04/social-depression-within-europes-recession

 

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