Ultracool picture apparently showing Soviet plane-spotting head-gear from 1917…
http://boingboing.net/2013/09/29/soviet-plane-spotting-head-gea.html

Pointless…. From the must see Presentation ‘This is your brain on stocks’ by Barry Ritholtz

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

The IMF has something to say on debt reduction – the hard way

http://blog-imfdirect.imf.org/2013/09/25/taming-government-debt-it-can-be-done-but-it-aint-easy/

The shutdown of the US government was the biggest theme, this week…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-09-30/t-minus-155-hours-complete-government-shutdown-summary

This chart shows the estimated costs…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/10/03/how-the-shutdown-hurts-the-economy-in-one-chart/

…and this chart will tell you what markets might be doing (or have done) after the shutdown is resolved

http://www.businessinsider.com/financial-advisor-insights-october-3-2013-10

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/

Golden years….

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/10/daily-chart

Numerous charts on the markets and the economy by JP Morgan.

http://www.businessinsider.com/jp-morgan-funds-q4-guide-to-the-markets-2013-10

Interesting chart. But where did they get the data from? Looks pretty volatile…

http://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/public/Research/International%20Economics/0213bp_africagrowth.pdf

The difference in participation rates in the US and Europe

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21586810-rising-disability-claims-may-explain-americas-shrinking-labour-force-missing

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

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

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