Good Morning. Oh My God. Let’s find a real tall guy (or girl) to lead the Fed!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-14/when-it-comes-fed-chair-size-matters

Government shutdown? Midcaps cannot be bothered anymore: new all-time high!

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/10/14/midcaps-smallcaps-hit-new-all-time-highs.html

…but short term US government debt is not following the cue….

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-14/treasury-bills-reopen-and-arent-buying-it-one-bit

Funny clip on a Banksy selling art in NewYork (via @amsterdamtrader)

Some charts on corporate cash and capex spending

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-14/greatest-rotation-capex-dividends

Inflation. All Columbus’s fault

http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/09/economic-history-1

Ok, so maybe European stocks is not the underdog anymore…

http://www.businessinsider.com/mad-rush-into-european-stocks-in-one-chart-2013-10

Zillions of links on the unlikely combination of the three Nobel price winners of Economics…

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/15/business/3-american-professors-awarded-nobel-in-economic-sciences.html
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/10/14/nobel-laureates-shiller-and-fama-the-oddest-of-bedfellows/
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/10/economics-nobel-prize

The Economist take a look at Africa and the prospects for the future…

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

Beautiful pictures of insects… (via http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/10/insect-macro/)

http://explore.noodle.org/post/60901719107/usgs-bee-inventory-flickr-insect-macro

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