·         http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2013/01/visualizing-labor-market-improvement.html

 

 

Some (equity) fund manager manage to beat the index, but the majority does not

·         http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/01/fund-manager-performance-vs-the-sp/

 

The stacks of dollar bills to show how big the debt ceiling really is…

·        http://www.businessinsider.com/debt-ceiling-net-debt-2013-1 

 

I know I have shown this chart before, in some form or other. I just can’t help showing it again.

 

·         http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-12/chart-day-just-little-bit 

 

 

 

 

Chart showing how important the Emerging Markets have been for the world economy over the years. But what happened to the Asian crisis?? 

 

·         http://www.businessinsider.com/emerging-markets-contribution-global-growth-2013-1

 

According to some flow data, more investors are rediscovering equity markets as an asset class…

·        http://www.businessinsider.com/bond-flows-robust-this-week-with-stocks-2013-1 

 

….and the long only Equity Funds recorded a record inflow even!

·         http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/195ed762-5bd7-11e2-bf31-00144feab49a.html

·         http://www.businessinsider.com/historic-equity-fund-inflows-this-week-10-2013-1

Leave it to the people of alphaville to issue a word of caution on the subject though

 

·         http://www.businessinsider.com/historic-equity-fund-inflows-this-week-10-2013-1

 

 

And the schedules for this week….

·        http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/01/schedule-for-week-of-jan-13th.html

·        http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/01/13/the-week-ahead-january-14-18/

 

 

 

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