Good morning. No one is laughing, though…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-16/us-vs-russia-3-cartoons

So much for the BRIC countries: not exactly a union…

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2014/3/14/another-bric-in-the-wall.html

Wondering why China has done so poorly?

http://www.businessinsider.com/chinas-economic-slowdown-in-11-charts-2014-3

…and who is the cheapest of them all…?

http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-and-emerging-market-valuations-2014-3

Best of last week!

https://lukasdaalder.com/2014/03/14/best-in-economics-this-week-march-14/

Interesting chart, as it shows the performance of various asset classes, except for equities

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-14/distorted-markets-disillusionment-one-asset-time

“The rise of anti capitalism…”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/opinion/sunday/the-rise-of-anti-capitalism.html

Comes from Krugman, this one:

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/the-wages-of-men/

Interesting to see the biggest export partner of Russia…

http://www.businessinsider.com/impact-of-sanctions-against-russia-2014-3

Gold fixings: prefixed or not?

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2014-03-16/curious-case-pm-fix-vs-am-fix-james-mcshirley

Almost 10 million millionaires in the US…

http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/14/news/economy/us-millionaires-households/index.html

And the schedules for the week to come….
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/03/schedule-for-week-of-march-16th.html
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/03/16/the-week-ahead-march-17-21/

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