(source: http://www.businessinsider.com/year-of-the-snake-stocks-2013-2)

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Outflow in US High yield?!?

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/record-high-yield-etf-outflows-this-week-2013-2

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???.while defaults are still at unbelievable lows.

?????????????????? http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/02/2013-investment-themes/

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A nice chart on how wealth of US households developed over time

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/yardeni-on-bernankes-bull-market-2013-2

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A chart on Apple: we haven???t had one for a long time. Apple has underperformed the S&P on a 1 year???s basis, which is pretty rare???

?????????????????? http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/2/8/a-bull-market-first-apple-underperforms.html

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In Dutch, but interesting nevertheless: the costs of trackers in the US (blue) versus EUR (red). Via Jorg Sunderman

?????????????????? http://www.veb.net/content/HoofdMenu/Beleggingsfondsen/Artikelen/Zelfdebeleggingvijkeergoedkoper.aspx

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Old news, but still: impressive to see how Germany has outperformed versus the rest of Europe???

?????????????????? htt
p://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-02-10/europe-last-great-potemkin-village-where-rich-get-richer-and-poor-get-poorer

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A look back at the Nikkei and Abe

?????????????????? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324906004578287723894629126.html

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Growing concern that the Italian elections may turn sour after all???

?????????????????? http://www.businessinsider.com/update-italian-election-chart-2013-2

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???which would be ???a disaster??? according to the Financial Times

?????????????????? http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c40c19bc-71ef-11e2-886e-00144feab49a.html

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Cool picture. Although I personally think that the ECB is currently in last position???

?????????????????? http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2013-02-09/fiat-festum-fatuorum

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The schedule for the week to come: what to think of the first Presidential debate in Kenya?

?????????????????? http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/02/schedule-for-week-of-feb-10th.html

?????????????????? http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/02/10/the-week-ahead-11-15-february/

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