Good Morning. Ok: we will be back on February 7th…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/post/if-ted-cruz-didnt-exist-democrats-would-have-to-invent-him/2013/10/16/72ad81ea-3676-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_blog.html

…but who cares!! Stocks rose by 2.2% during the government shutdown! More shutdown!!

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/10/16/shutdown-surge.html

Beautiful chart showing how the Debt Ceiling has often been solved in the last minute…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/10/debt-ceiling-debacle-already-damaging-u-s-prestige/

If you are into tapering, you should read this article by the San Francisco Fed

http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2013/october/labor-market-recovery-momentum-indicators/

Nice Blakrock tool. But Argentina ranks higher than Italy…?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/10/16/the-united-states-isnt-a-top-tier-creditor-in-one-map/
https://www2.blackrock.com/webcore/litService/search/getDocument.seam%3Fvenue%3DPUB_IND%26source%3DGLOBAL%26contentId%3D1111199228

The message of these numbers is clear: pick your mutual fund carefully… (by the way: optically, I would say there are more outperformers, or am I biased here…?)

http://www.businessinsider.com/mutual-funds-vs-sp-500-2013-10

Good question! “What the heck is smart beta anyway?”
http://news.morningstar.com/articlenet/article.aspx?id=614512

So French tourists rule in Africa. But I am seriously wondering how many ‘tourist’ are willing to go to DR Congo…

http://qz.com/136103/france-is-the-largest-source-of-tourism-in-africa/

How the 0.0001% made their money

http://priceonomics.com/how-the-0001-made-its-money/

Brilliant wildlife pictures: I do not think they picked the right winner though.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24534109

Keep the faith!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-16/and-now-focus-next-steps

Pretty Big. Probably more Big than pretty, actually. About money: past, present and future

http://climateerinvest.blogspot.in/2013/10/infographic-past-present-and-future.html

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