(source: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/01/sp-500-year-over-year-eps-growth/)

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It is remarkable though that after years of trying and intervening to get the yen down, now it only takes a whisper of a quote???

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/yen-falling-2013-1

?????????????????? http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/23/investing/japan-currency-war/index.html (some additional reading)

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Exxon Mobil is catching up with Apple again as the biggest company in the world. Or rather, Apple falls back into place???

?????????????????? http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/1/24/slow-and-steady-wins-the-race-exxon-mobil-xom-catching-back.html

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Divergence in the core of Europe. The winner takes all???.

?????????????????? http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/01/24/1354082/thanks-for-letting-the-team-down-france/

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A piece about the sudden seasonality in macro data in the US. To be honest, I didn???t read it yet???

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-24/spot-different-time-seasonal-fudging-macro-data

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For all the Dutchies out there ???Vastgoedbeleggers kruipen uit hun schulp???

?????????????????? http://www.ipe.com/nederland/vastgoedbeleggers-kruipen-uit-hun-schulp_49686.php

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Interesting observation: US GDP is experiencing the weakest post-recession recovery ever???

???while stocks are doing a much better job! (of course stocks plunged a lot during the recession)???

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-24/its-official-worst-recovery-ever

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???but let???s look on the bright side! ???6 Reasons the Stock Market Could Do Surprisingly Well in 2013??? Only six?

?????????????????? http://business.time.com/2013/01/22/6-reasons-the-stock-market-could-do-surprisingly-well-in-2013/

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Cool chart on crowd sourcing and the success rate, even though the article is all about chart making???

?????????????????? http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/01/revisualising-kickstarter

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Which country has the highest level of budget transparency? (and why is there no data from the Netherlands????)

?????????????????? http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/24/the-u-s-has-a-very-transparent-budget-office-thats-a-big-deal/

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