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(source:??http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/01/yes-money-does-buy-happiness-6-lessons-from-the-newest-research-on-income-and-well-being/267016/)??

Japan says no to austerity and will try to boost the economy by 2% by government stimulus. May the force be with them…

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And the most profitable company in the world has already announced its earnings.

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The chart is old news, but look at it: the search for yield is getting harder each day???

????????????????????http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-10/its-starting-feel-lot-2007

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Revising GDP data I can understand, but revising survey data….???

????????????????????http://www.businessinsider.com/2012-philly-fed-survey-revised-down-2013-1

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I probably have shown this chart before, but it is not so bad to look at it once again

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Check out how your country scores on the Economic Freedom heatmap. Pretty cool.??

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And freedom is one thing, but what about growth…?

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So who is buying all these euro???s? The Swiss, of course???

?????????????????? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323689604578221470075341686.html

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Dividends, they are cool. We get the point already.

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?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/stock-returns-price-dividend-contribution-2013-1

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