Very nice picture showing the breakdown in stock market gains and losses through the years

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-08/multiple-expansion-not-sustainable-guggenheim-warns-take-profits

A very nice collection of weird maps

http://www.boredpanda.com/fun-maps-they-didnt-teach-you-in-school/

Article IV consultation by the IMF on Germany, with this interesting relationship between exports and investments

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2013/cr13255.pdf

Continues to be a shocking chart on the growth performance of a number of European countries…

http://www.businessinsider.com/european-gdp-since-pre-crisis-chart-2013-8

…and this sort of shows the same, but than on unemployment…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/08/unemployment-declines-but-not-everywhere/

“Sovereign risk: a world without risk-free assets?” It’s the BIS who is asking…
http://www.bis.org/publ/bppdf/bispap72.htm

Interesting chart showing the relationship (or lack thereof) between fund flows and stock market returns
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/08/mutual-fund-trends/#more-101558

Study by goldman sachs into ‘disruptive themes’ like 3D printing, alternative capital or LED lights…
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-08/goldmans-top-disruptive-themes

Longest study yet into the momentum trading strategy. It works, but sometimes you have to wait very long for your excess return…

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2292544

Very nice chart showing controversial wikipedia entries by language group. The French are into UFO’s!
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/08/daily-chart-1

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