Good morning. The CIA world fact book for 2013 has been released. Let’s see what they can tell us about… Italy!
(source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/it.html)
Stocks rose higher yesterday, only to fall rapidly after the Italian stalemate outcome. What sectors have been the biggest losers (in the US)?
· http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/2/25/whats-leading-this-sell-off.html
Okay, as a woman you should never become an insurance sales agent in the US… (via @TimHarford)
Greece has turned the corner? This is the second piece I read with a positive undertone…
· http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323864304578320431435196910.html
Nice chart showing the export dependence of various countries towards China
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From today’s Asia Brief: Chinese Exports Nearly 70% Dependent on Advanced Economiestwitpic.com/c6v35t
— Michael McDonough (@M_McDonough) February 26, 2013
How a chart should not be constructed, the ECB version. I have absolutely no clue whatsoever what they are trying to tell me…
· http://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpops/ecbocp144.pdf
Talking about the long-lost art of showing something in a chart: I would have named this chart ‘putting the sequester out of context’…
· http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-02-25/behold-horror-sequester-context
Which has been the best trading day for stocks so far? The real shocker here is that US has been closed for two Mondays already…
· http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/2/25/sp-500-daily-change-by-day.html
Sure, just put in a yellow block and call it the danger zone… Still, prices have moved higher, there is no denying that…
· http://www.businessinsider.com/gas-price-danger-zone-2013-2
Goldman Sachs on gold and the sudden decline in ETF holdings…
· http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-lowers-gold-price-targets-again-2013-2
And we end with a short video on big data: DVR can solve the energy problem…
· http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21535739
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