Good morning! Ever wondered what an Amazon warehouse looked like on the inside? Numerous cool pictures
(born: http://www.boredpanda.com/inside-amazon-warehouse/ via @svendavid)
Let’s start with a non-economic topic for a change: anagrams! (via @D_i_a_n_e)
· http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/
Global trends 2030. Interesting read, if not now then certainly in 2030!
· http://globaltrends2030.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/global-trends-2030-november2012.pdf
Looking for economic data in easy to digest format? This one seems to be doing a nice job in doing it from various sources (via @robveneboer)
Ah, and now that we are gazing into the future: “The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040” by ExxonMobil should not be overlooked
· http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/files/news_pub_eo.pdf
This one is probably behind a paywall, but certainly worth the read: the best summery of the various 2013 outlooks available
· http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cd09b7dc-4007-11e2-9f71-00144feabdc0.html
Good question: “As Companies Borrow More, Where Is Money Going?” Cash and dividends it appears..
It took me a while to understand this chart, but now that I do, it’s pretty cool. It shows what the market expects with respect to the timing of the first rate hike
· http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-11/other-confidence-indicator
And we end with a bit of history: PE multiples (backward looking) for the US since 1871
· http://www.rickferri.com/blog/strategy/should-you-secular-market-time/
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