Best of the Web: 13-09-24, nr 846

Good morning. Ouch! Next week is the-week-after. (and what happened in 2001…?)

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-sp-500s-triple-witching-hangover-this-week-2013-9

And here is me thinking that The Borg were something from outer space… (check Malta)
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http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/

The outcome of the German elections: the CDU was this close to securing 50% of the Bundestag (although not the Bundesrat)
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http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/09/daily-chart-15

In case you have missed it: US government might shut down come 1st of October. Then again, it might not…
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-23/step-aside-trillion-dollar-coin-here-comes-trillion-dollar-bill

Nice chart showing all the bull-market correction we have had so far…
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http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/09/bull-market-corrections-2009-2013/

FRFARRP, or how the Fed actually has started a kind of taper after all (bit technical)
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/09/23/1644242/the-greatest-trick-the-fed-ever-played/

Six myths about renewable energy
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324432404579052900100464562.html

Following the stronger than expected Chinese PMI, European PMI’s are heading higher as well
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http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-employment-subindices-europes-core-vs-periphery-2013-9

Economy for beginners. By drinking beer you actually create an asset…
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And for all the apple geeks out there! Where to buy your ipads the cheapest! (via +Tom Voute)
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http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/09/23/argentina-most-expensive-place-to-buy-ipad-malaysia-cheapest/

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