Good Morning. Best Time front cover ever.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-11/pope-francis-named-time-person-2013

Low vol rules the waves. Although this is another kind of ‘low vol’, some people are talking about…

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/12/11/volatility-by-year-since-1928.html

So. High paying sales functions have a very high likelihood of being computerised…?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-11/your-job-about-be-handed-over-computer-probability-47

One of the coolest jobs in the world: road mapper for google. Interesting (and pretty long) read…

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/magazine/googles-plan-for-global-domination-dont-ask-why-ask-where.html

Ok, let’s see if the Brits can still close this gap. (and in how many years…)

http://mainlymacro.blogspot.nl/2013/12/the-uks-macroeconomic-battleground-to.html

Interesting employment track-record of the last 5 US Presidents…

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/12/public-and-private-sector-payroll-jobs.html

Foreign Direct Investments in Africa…

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/12/public-and-private-sector-payroll-jobs.html

OPEC? Vaguely rings a bell… vaguely…

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/12/11/1719622/the-crude-market-in-perspective/

Interesting chart, which I would like to see starting from -let’s say- 1900?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-11/beware-balanced-portfolio

Interesting chart on write-offs as a percentage of operating earnings

http://www.businessinsider.com/historical-sp-500-write-offs-2013-12

This one needs no introduction

http://qz.com/156522/how-many-months-it-takes-an-average-worker-to-earn-what-the-ceo-makes-in-an-hour/

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