Good morning. Predicting is difficult, the Dutch version. Central Planning Bureau estimates versus realisations (via @hellahueck)
http://www.rtlnieuws.nl/sites/default/files/content/documents/2013/08/16/CPB%20ramingen%20waren%20steeds%20te%20postief.pdf

The difference between High Frequency Trading and Algorithmic Trading and what to make of it (via @LaurensSwinkels)

http://www.nbim.no/Global/Documents/Dicussion%20Paper/2013/DiscussionNote_1-13.pdf

The rally in US stocks continues!

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/9/16/highest-number-of-new-highs-since-august-1st.html

And the Bull on TIME magazine is not necessarily bad news, apparently

http://www.businessinsider.com/time-magazine-bull-cover-returns-2013-9

Dutch bricklayer machine hits the interweb!

http://www.gizmag.com/tiger-stone-lays-paving-bricks/16951/

How credit card debt has developed over the last five years…

http://www.businessinsider.com/americans-are-rekindling-their-dangerous-love-for-credit-2013-9

Article on the rise and fa… collapse of Detroit

http://www.freep.com/article/20130915/NEWS01/130801004/Detroit-Bankruptcy-history-1950-debt-pension-revenue

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