Brilliant! 2008-’09 was easy, but from that point things started to get complicated….

http://www.businessinsider.com/current-position-global-economic-cycle-2013-11

The World Energy Outlook 2013 by the International Energy Agency

http://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/pressreleases/2013/november/name,44368,en.html

Interesting report on the future of Dutch exports…

http://www.wrr.nl/fileadmin/nl/publicaties/PDF-webpublicaties/2013-11-04__74_How_will_the_Netherlands_earn_its_income_20_years_from_now.pdf

Interesting: the relationship between uncertainty and investment seems to be inverse

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21589859-how-economic-uncertainty-dulls-investment-holding-tomorrow

Close link between business cashflow and fiscal deficits
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/11/12/1693132/a-deficit-of-deficit-credibility/

Emerging markets debt from Africa!

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/11/13/african-credit-ratings-dont-get-carried-away-says-sp/#axzz2kYjfNR00

The Emerging Markets credits market is waaaaay bigger than governments…

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/bb6e08d6-488d-11e3-a3ef-00144feabdc0.html

I am a sucker for these kind of charts: IPO revenue from 2000 onward

http://qz.com/146895/bankers-will-walk-away-from-the-ipo-boom-smiling-even-if-investors-dont/

Van Gogh still leads the charts!

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/11/daily-chart-7

Whatever happened to Rotterdam as the third biggest port in the world??

http://www.businessinsider.com/busiest-shipping-ports-in-the-world-2013-11

Nice giff on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire (should be changing, if not click on the link)

http://placeduluxembourg.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-roman-republic-income-inequality-and-expansion/

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