Another 100-mark reached! Beers are on me, january 10th, in Amsterdam!

 

Good Morning. Bull’s eye! The Fed is very busy trying to explain what they are doing, these days….
http://www.chicagofed.org/webpages/publications/speeches/2013/12_06_13_loyola_fed_centennial.cfm

Shale gas. Still going strong!

http://www.businessinsider.com/global-shale-development-charts-2013-12

“Investing 2014: The Smart Money Is on European Stocks”

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2013/12/12/Investing-2014-Smart-Money-European-Stocks

This might come in the next time there is a Zero Interest Rate Period…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-13/five-years-after-zirp-began-here-are-biggest-winners-weakest-economic-recovery-recor

Ah, and 2014 will be another bullish year!!

http://www.businessinsider.com/current-bull-market-versus-previous-2013-12

Or will it…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-13/nope-no-bubbles-anywhere

And on the subject of investing: stocks are not expensive according to 12 from 15 valuation measures

http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/12/12/us-stocks-cheap-on-12-of-15-historical-valuation-measures/

Cool overview. Remember Uruk?

http://www.businessinsider.com/worlds-biggest-cities-since-4000-bc-2013-12

A truckload of charts on China and the world

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-13/goldmans-top-100-charts-2013-part-1

Another cool overview, even though it is not so relevant for Europe.

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2013/12/05/stock-markets-decade/

A country assessment by the IMF on Indonesia!

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2013/cr13362.pdf

Spot the crisis in the US….

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/12/13/cars-in-the-u-s-are-more-fuel-efficient-than-ever-heres-how-it-happened/

And the schedules. FOMC….

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2013/12/schedule-for-week-of-december-15th.html

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/12/15/the-week-ahead-dec-15-20/

Cool pictures from volcanos

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/12/2013-the-year-in-volcanic-activity/100645/

 

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