Good morning. US government shutdowns: it’s (mostly) a Democratic problem… (data from the Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/25/here-is-every-previous-government-shutdown-why-they-happened-and-how-they-ended/

Stock pickers heaven! Stocks have ‘never’ been priced so alike before! Never being before 1990…

http://www.businessinsider.com/stocks-pe-dispersion-lowest-in-25-years-2013-9

An older, but interesting report by Credit Suisse on the negative aspects of High Frequency Trading

http://www.forexlive.com/blog/2013/09/26/high-frequency-trading-measurement-detection-response-credit-suisse/

American households have become wealthier! Just by changing the way it is calculated…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-25/rejoice-america-you-are-now-3-trillion-wealthier-due-definition-change

Consensus keeps on downgrading the outlook for Asian economies. Keep in mind that consensus is slow, though.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-25/3-big-lies-right-now

A tale of two US housing markets…

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/09/comments-on-new-home-sales.html

Brilliant picture from a Car Free Sunday in The Netherlands during the 70s… (via @went1955)

https://twitter.com/History_Pics/status/380074942794334209/photo/1

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