Good morning. Very cool overview: when were the various stock exchanges founded in the world?
http://www.businessinsider.com/founding-years-of-56-world-stock-markets-2014-3
And from the same source: major breaks in stocks. I am missing a lot of ‘outstanding’ breaks though: Japan 1990, Europe 2000…
http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-world-stock-market-breaks-2014-3
This one comes recommended, even though parts of it are in Dutch: a new, weekly initiative by @went1955!
http://www.oneworld.nl/opinie/de-week-tweets-1
Some more worrying signs for Chinese banking… (via @jsblokland)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-24/china-banks-drained-by-funds-called-vampires-seek-rules.html
Bit of research by the OECD into the question whether a bank that is too-big-to-fail takes more risk. Outcome: it does
http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2014/03/do-too-big-to-fail-banks-take-on-more-risk.html
Some interesting charts on the impact of autonomous cars… (via @riaroerink)
http://robotenomics.com/2014/02/26/morgan-stanley-the-economic-benefits-of-driverless-cars/
How much longer will this US business cycle last…? No boom, no bust?
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/03/26/1810172/the-endlessly-sluggish-us-expansion/
Going vertical…
http://houseofdebt.org/2014/03/25/jobless-recoveries-in-one-chart.html
…and even more for the inequality collection. Interestingly, the European super rich used to practicaly own the place…
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2014/03/piketty-looks-at-inequality-in-six-charts.html
…and this one cannot be missed either: the chartbook of economic inequality. dot com.
http://www.chartbookofeconomicinequality.com/
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