Good morning. Things to do before I die (although hopefully with a slightly different body mass…): gostra
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/09/daily_life_august_2013.html

Pretty shocking move in Poland with respect to their pension system….
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/09/04/poland-overhauls-pension-funds-to-clear-public-debt/

Interesting chart, but I would have liked to have seen the distribution as well…

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-earnings-expectations-fall-through-the-year-2013-9

Did I show this chart last week? Total profits conttinue to rise, but earnings per share doesn’t…?

http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2013/09/corporate-profits-in-the-long-run-valuation-means-everything.html

Always nice to see a bit of history (via @leonmwc). Like 400 years of history of Dutch bond yields

http://rwer.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/interest-rates-the-long-run-netherlands-1590-2012-3-graphs/

A Wall Street Journal article on hedge funds – and their recent poor performance

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323608504579023171652479750.html

And the winner of the minimum wage contest is… Mexico!!

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/09/real-minimum-wages-around-the-world/

Speaking of minimum wages: this article puts forward a couple of interesting points on raising it to $15
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/09/01/the-absurdity-of-a-15-minimum-wage/

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