Good morning. Ha! Ha! Ha! (via Tjeerd Borrie)
http://atlasofprejudice.tumblr.com/post/80937352126/20-ways-to-slice-the-european-continent-from-atlas

Enough laughs though: that new IPCC report will put an end to that…

http://io9.com/famine-and-water-riots-are-coming-warns-new-intergover-1555054047
http://oecdinsights.org/2014/03/31/ipcc-and-climate-change-risks-what-would-you-do/

There is a LOT to do about High Frequency Traders right now…

….all thanks to the new book of Michael Lewis
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-the-us-stock-market-rigged/
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-03-31/michael-lewis-doesn-t-like-high-frequency-traders

Ok, and here is the first official Q1 asset allocation scorecard!

http://www.businessinsider.com/cross-asset-returns-in-q1-2014-2014-3

And it is the first trading day of the month! Which has been a bit of a setback, lately…

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2014/3/31/its-the-first-of-the-month.html

“For years, economists have laboured on the riddle of happiness. If they studied misery instead, they might get somewhere”
http://aeon.co/magazine/living-together/misery-has-more-to-teach-us-than-happiness-does/

Steady she goes… ** kuch ** disinflation ** kuch** deflation ** kuch**

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-31/european-inflation-slides-lowest-2009

Ah, the old Hussman trick: put profits in both measures and look at the remarkable tight link!

http://www.businessinsider.com/john-hussman-responds-to-criticism-of-his-chart-2014-3

Some new numbers of US oil production

http://econbrowser.com/archives/2014/03/tight-oil-making-a-difference

Oh, and American airports are the worst in the world, with the exception of Paris apparently

http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21599801-new-ranking

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