(source of the picture above: http://www.businessinsider.com/pictures-of-new-york-penn-station-2013-6)

So what has the world been up to, these years…?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/06/focus-7

Nice chart on the post May 22nd carnage…

http://www.businessinsider.com/market-performance-since-bernanke-may-22-2013-6

Chinese money markets caused some concerns this week…

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/06/21/all-about-the-money-charting-chinas-cash-crunch/

…while the sell-off in Emerging markets has continued….

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-brazilian-bond-market-massacre-in-one-huge-slide-2013-6

…and some remarkable trends in flow of funds were recorded

http://blogs.ft.com/ft-long-short/2013/06/24/pre-taper-fund-flows/

This chart does not look too promising for the European economy…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-27/silver-lining-shattered-european-household-lending-plunges-most-11-months

The BIS annual report. A lot of information on the world economy

http://www.bis.org/publ/arpdf/ar2013e_ov.htm

“Gold Was a Horrible Investment from 1500 to 1965”

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/06/gold-was-a-horrible-investment-from-1500-to-1965/277186/

Talking about gold, with the price at $1200, it is getting too cheap for certain mines to still be operational, apparently…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-06-26/gold-drops-below-its-average-cash-cost

Always interesting to browse through: the Financial Stability Report by the Bank of England

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/fsr/2013/fsrfull1306.pdf

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