Good Morning. Interesting chart showing that current US expansion is already relatively ‘old’..

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-11-21/only-20-economic-expansions-history-have-lasted-longer

50 years ago today….

http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21590361-face-it-oswald-did-it

An update on the performance of asset classes for 2013 (bars) and since the non-taper (dots)

http://www.businessinsider.com/cross-asset-returns-since-feds-no-taper-2013-11

Ok, so you publish something called “Europe 2014 – an outlook from the ECB” without a single chart…?
http://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/date/2013/html/sp131121_1.en.html

Colombia is pretty stable. Three options: 1) there is only one (not all that ambitious) analyst covering Colombia, 2) they have a good product to sell or 3) I am being cynical

http://www.businessinsider.com/cross-asset-returns-since-feds-no-taper-2013-11

Life expectancy in Spain is pretty high!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/21/the-u-s-ranks-26th-for-life-expectancy-right-behind-slovenia

Fair point.

http://thisisindexed.com/2013/11/supervision-isnt-always-so-super/

From the Economist (paywall): Abenomics is not reaching everyone in Japan just yet..

http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21590599-public-approves-government-taking-aim-welfare-recipients-yer-bike

Looks interesting, although I’ll admit I did not find the time to read it: “Don’t blame the robots”

http://www.epi.org/publication/technology-inequality-dont-blame-the-robots/

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