Best of the Web: 13-03-27, nr 740

Good morning. So as there is no doubt about which continent has produced the biggest growth
engines…

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/03/focus-6

Let the record show….
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-26/q1-2012-deja-vu-pension-fund-rebalancing-suggests-window-un-dressing-could-hurt-stoc

There are some serious people calling on Cyprus to leave the euro… (via @wmiddelkoop)
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/cyprus-seriously/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-27/cyprus-capital-controls-first-in-eu-could-last-years.html

Just as a reminder how overbanked the Eurozone really is
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http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/03/nervousness-in-over-banked-europe-slams-markets/

Data from 2007, but still, it shows what percentage of total deposits fall under the 100k level…
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http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/03/26/1439632/depositing-some-calm-at-least-for-the-little-guys/

Nice quarterly update from Deloite on ‘What North America’s top finance executives are thinking’
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http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-UnitedStates/Local%20Assets/Documents/CFO_Center_FT/us_cfo_CFO-Signals-1Q13_highlevel_031813.pdf

Back to normal…?
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http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/3/26/brent-wti-spread-falls-to-six-month-lows.html

Ok, probably this is not the right place to show it, but I couldn’t let it go.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/26/whatever-the-supreme-court-decides-these-nine-charts-show-gay-marriage-is-winning/

Which also applies for this cool chart on, ehm… bollocks
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http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/03/bollocks-venn-diagram-irrational-nonsense/

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