Good morning. Talk about a scoop: NASA already knows that the world will be destroyed tomorrow! (via @SeimenBurum)
?????????????????? http://www.sciencespacerobots.com/blog/121320122
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In case you have missed it: these are the best charts from 2012. According to me, that is???
?????????????????? http://daalder.posterous.com/best-of-the-web-in-2012
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Get your stocks when they are cheap!
?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-12-19/ultimate-valuation-matrix-global-stocks
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Greece is facing a critical year, according to Finance minister. I am missing the words ???yet another??? somewhere???
?????????????????? http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/20/us-greece-finmin-idUSBRE8BJ00Z20121220
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But looking back on 2012, positive things have happened as well
https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/nine1.png
?????????????????? http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21568742-long-road-recovery
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Visual history of the S&P500 through the years.
?????????????????? http://etfdb.com/history-of-the-s-and-p-500/
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And another tradition: the Investing Fads and Themes of the reformed broker
?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/investment-fads-and-themes-1996-2012-2012-12
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Outliers happen much more often than we expect
?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-outliers-happen-all-of-the-time-2012-12
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Are we done with the lookbacks on 2012 yet? Here???s another one, on trading days???
?????????????????? http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2012/12/19/a-case-of-the-mondays-and-tgif-in-2012.html
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