Good morning. Unbelievable that Berkshire is the biggest financial company in the world, nowadays…
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-27/these-are-ten-people-who-run-world

The schedules of the week to come. If the US government stays open, that is…
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/09/schedule-for-week-of-september-29th.html
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/09/29/week-ahead-sep-30-oct-4/#axzz2gLVMtqBk

Speaking of which: “Everything you need to know about how a government shutdown works”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/24/everything-you-need-to-know-about-a-government-shutdown/
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/f2a656fa-291b-11e3-ab62-00144feab7de.html
http://www.macroadvisers.com/2013/09/showdown-over-a-shutdown-the-gdp-effects-of-a-brief-federal-government-shutdown/

The drill, as we know it: all the best stuff we have found last week

https://lukasdaalder.com/category/best-of-the-web/weekly-economics/

Some thoughts on the female to male earnings ratio in the US

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.nl/2013/09/at-least-its-not-still-59-cents.html

Presentation by Fed member Charles Evans on “U.S. Monetary Policy: Assessing Strategy and Effectiveness”

http://www.chicagofed.org/digital_assets/publications/speeches/2013/09_27_2013_norges_print.pdf

Looking for reliable longer term forecasts for asset returns? This looks pretty spot on (if correct)

http://www.institutionalimperative.com/2013/09/25/more-on-delusional-pension-funds/

The unlikely high payouts some of the CEO’s managed to secure in the past…

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/09/daily-chart-21

Rolling Stone has a lengthy piece on pensions in the US
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/looting-the-pension-funds-20130926

Italian economy as the IMF sees it: 76 pages full of info

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2013/cr13298.pdf

Taxes and revenues….

http://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-countries-that-collect-the-most-in-taxes-as-a-percentage-of-gdp-2013-9

Cattle is causing global warming! It’s them cows that are to blame!!

http://qz.com/128662/our-obsession-with-cows-is-causing-almost-10-of-global-warming-emissions/

Something to keep an eye on: covenant-lite loan issuance… (and more information for the credit market)

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-28/its-pik-toggle-credit-bubble-time-its-different-says-moodys

Continues to be a swell experiment! Amsterdam failed the test, but not so much as Zurich.. (via +Annelouise Verboon)

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-29/mapping-dishonesty-world

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