Good morning. This chart tells you that the financial sector is still in the midst of an adjustment process….

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-13/if-things-are-so-great-why-chart-so-bad

All you ever wanted to know about Germany in this week’s special by the Economist (paywall)

http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21579145-ingredients-german-economic-success-are-more-complex-they-seem-dissecting
http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21579146-successful-europe-requires-new-kind-germany-overcoming-demons

Pretty dry (but interesting) press release by Eurostat on the USA being the biggest investor in the EU
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-13062013-AP/EN/2-13062013-AP-EN.PDF

The following chart comes from Der Spiegel, showing that the gap between the Dow and DAX has been small. However…

http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/bernanke-and-us-fed-change-course-on-interest-rate-policy-a-905242.html

… this is what the chart really looks like if you compare apples with apples (both with dividend)…
(made this myself)

A ‘bit’ of history: gold, stocks, debt and bonds all the way back from 1850

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/06/major-asset-classes-1850-present/

The OECD publishes a big report on immigration and related issues

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/international-migration-outlook-2013_migr_outlook-2013-en

This is an old chart, but an important one. Taken from an analysis on whether Japan should default or not

http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.nl/2013/06/should-japan-default_12.html

Now there’s a brave analyst forecasting the Nikkei to reach 18,000…

http://www.businessinsider.com/nomura-nikkei-18000-2013-6

New kid on the block (or old coming back to life…): oil production change in the US

http://www.businessinsider.com/this-is-what-record-us-oil-production-looks-like-chart-2013-6

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