Interesting piece on how internet is leading to the loss of jobs…
http://qz.com/67323/how-the-internet-made-us-poor/
Study on the quality of Chinese GDP data by the Fed
http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2013/el2013-08.html
Remarkable overview of the fastest growing economies in the past. All are Asian…
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/03/focus-6
US CFO’s are relatively optimistic, judging the figures from this report
Some final information on the Cyprus banking sector
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/the-cyprus-bailout-reveals-german-fears-of-tax-havens-a-891063.html
The ‘saving’ of Cyprus put into perspective…
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/03/daily-chart-18
And this chart shows how big the risks are elsewhere in the Eurozone
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/03/nervousness-in-over-banked-europe-slams-markets/
This pretty much sums it all up: the Venn diagram of irrational nonsense
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/03/bollocks-venn-diagram-irrational-nonsense/
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