Good morning. If you can read this…. (the presentation ‘This is your brain on stocks’ by Barry Ritholtz)

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/10/brain-on-stocks-toronto/

Now here’s an interesting chart, showing the correlation between US bond yields (10y) and the spread on High Yield. In other words, there is an increased ‘double or nothing’ environment right now…

http://soberlook.com/2013/10/hy-spreads-now-positively-correlated-to.html

What data will or will not be released during the shutdown: handy overview

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/10/01/1652982/the-shutdown-and-economic-data/
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/10/01/how-to-track-the-economy-during-a-government-shutdown/

Ok, I am getting a bit confused by now: do US company’s hold more or less cash? This source is claiming the former

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/09/28/number-of-the-week-companies-holding-lots-more-cash/

Nice one: The growth of Emerging markets in the Fortune 500 list

http://qz.com/131294/three-cities-you-might-not-have-heard-of-that-could-be-home-to-billion-dollar-companies-by-2025/

Stating the obvious: predicting is difficult, also for the Fed.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-02/quote-day-fed-forecasts-vs-reality-edition

Cool chart. It is part of a blog explaining why the solar energy revolution is here to stay

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-solar-surged-in-america-2013-10

And for all you twitter fans out there: all the ways The NewYork Times has used to describe twitter since 2006!
http://qz.com/130189/the-complete-history-of-twitter-as-told-through-tortured-descriptions-in-the-new-york-times/

Nice videoclip by Professor Sir David Hendry: “Can economists forecast economic crashes?”

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