Good morning. Barclays is trying to assess which asset class is the most vulnerable for the end of QE by the Fed…
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-27/which-asset-class-most-sensitive-fed-taper

Japanese stocks recover, leading to a weaker yen. Last week, it would have been the other way round…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/28/us-markets-global-idUSBRE88901C20130528

I am not in the business of distributing promotional video’s, but this one is cool!

Interesting study by the BIS into the scarcity of collateral. A bit too much backward looking for my taste, but still

http://www.bis.org/publ/cgfs49.pdf

Lost in translation? Der Spiegel tells in German that the government persist in austerity (first link), but tells in English that it is backing away from it (second link)… (via @carstenbrzeski)
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/vorschlag-der-eu-kommission-deutschland-kaempft-um-den-sparkurs-a-902198.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/german-government-to-test-stimulus-instead-of-austerity-a-901946.html

Cool chart showing the differences in tax rates paid by S&P500 companies

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/05/u-s-corporate-tax-rates-vary-greatly/

Not your regular economic reading, but this article on suicides is certainly worth the time

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/22/why-suicide-has-become-and-epidemic-and-what-we-can-do-to-help.html

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