Coolest overview of financial markets (and more) during the period 1861-1935

http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/75years/75years.pdf

Nice one on differences of perspective…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-20/guest-post-wealth-effect-shifts-reverse

…but with tapering taking the lead, markets have taken a turn for the worst…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-20/surveying-global-damage

Sign of the times: bonds and stocks sell-off in unison…

http://soberlook.com/2013/06/correlation-between-equities-and.html

Returns of various asset classes since 2008…

http://www.businessinsider.com/asset-class-returns-since-november-2008-2013-6

With Abenomics losing momentum in financial markets, what will happen to the popularity of Abe?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-14/time-abe-start-worrying-about-his-approval-rating

The demise of Emerging Markets as a financial investment continued this week as well…

http://www.businessinsider.com/in-2-charts-youll-understand-the-gigantic-shifting-tide-thats-reshaping-global-markets-2013-6

Simple chart. Pretty telling though….

http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2013/06/origins-of-the-crisis.html

Forecasting is difficult. Also for the Fed

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/19/this-graph-shows-how-bad-the-fed-is-at-predicting-the-future/

Best way to show not only the returns but also the risks per asset class…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-14/visualizing-80-years-returns-bonds-stocks-and-bullion

…which is not the case with this chart. What’s missing here is the volatility…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/06/the-cost-of-cash/

Nigeria is going to be big. I hope economically as well

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/06/daily-chart-10

Very nice clip on the US/Canada border!

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