Good morning. Beautiful bit of historic ‘charting’: all important things that happened
between 1861 and 1935 (via @jamessaft)
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/75years/75years.pdf
Ok, so if everybody stops using the word ‘tapering’ bond yields will drop to 1.5%!!
http://www.businessinsider.com/fomc-anticipation-2013-6
A number of charts showing that Chinese economy is not doing too great…
http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-credit-bubble-charts-2013-6
Buying inflation protection in the US is getting cheaper. Get it while it is ho… not!
Stupid conclusion on this chart. Ask ten persons and they will never forecast tails. Not if you take an average…
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-economists-rarely-forecast-recessions-2013-6
A small overview on the commodity markets this year
http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/6/17/bespokes-commodity-snapshot.html
Cool bit of research into the biases of rating agencies
http://www.voxeu.org/article/corrupted-credit-ratings-standard-poor-s-lawsuit-and-evidence
Well! If only I combine a blog on economics AND parenting, I am in business! (via @edwinres)
http://www.wpromote.com/blog/seo/google-operators-infographic/
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