Emerging markets have taken a hit…

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/01/daily-chart-16

Cool chart on the average lifespan of a company in the S&P500. I wonder why they smoothed it…

http://www.aei-ideas.org/2014/01/charts-of-the-day-creative-destruction-in-the-sp500-index/

Interesting chart. Looks like China has been growing beyond its means…

http://www.bondvigilantes.com/blog/2014/01/24/chinas-investmentgdp-ratio-soars-to-a-totally-unsustainable-54-4-be-afraid/

“The Myth of Industrial Rebound”. So much for that renaissance…

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/opinion/sunday/rattner-the-myth-of-industrial-rebound.html

Interesting study by the IMF showing that not all debt is equal. Consumer debt is the most evil…

http://www.imf.org/external/np/seminars/eng/2014/EurBook/pdf/2.pdf

A short history of Quantitative Earnings. So far…

http://www.businessinsider.com/quantitative-easing-chart-2014-1

…and talking of history: how do you like this one on the European crisis?

https://twitter.com/fmirw/status/428651548508291074

Complicated, but interesting chart on the US GDP report published yesterday

http://qz.com/172397/what-made-the-us-economy-grow-in-2013/

Old data, but interesting nevertheless” pension fund portfolio allocation

http://www.businessinsider.com/global-pension-fund-asset-allocations-2014-1

Nice charts on the performance of the S&P, both nominal…

…and real…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-29/where-does-market-rally-rank

Beautiful collection of national flags made by traditional food of the country

http://www.thisismarvelous.com/i/52-National-Flags-Made-From-Each-Countrys-Traditional-Foods

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