Good morning. This one is nice: S&P500 buybacks in historic perspective
http://www.businessinsider.com/sp-500-stock-buyback-history-2014-4

…which is interesting, if you take the share count of this chart into account. In other words, NET buybacks have been far less supportive

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-sources-of-eps-growth-2014-4

Corporate debt as percentage of GDP: Asia looks stretched…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-05/how-much-bad-debt-can-china-absorb

Hey! I have been named Dutch Investment Opinion Influential of 2014!!

http://www.iexprofs.nl/Column/Nieuws-Beurs-vandaag/117439/Dijsselbloem-meest-invloedrijk.aspx 

US private employment has regained all of its losses. Or has it?

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/04/wsj-employment-graph-ignores.html

Interesting chart showing how UK and US bond yields have taken a lead over German yields

http://www.bondvigilantes.com/blog/2014/04/04/power-duration-contemporary-example/?

Best of last week. As always.

https://lukasdaalder.com/2014/04/04/best-in-economics-this-week-april-4/

A bit of history on economic freedom

http://www.voxeu.org/article/economic-liberty-long-run-evidence-oecd-countries

More and more signs that the high yield market is weakening…

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303847804579477850200373262

Well, this one is interesting! Why has there been such a tight fit, pray wonder?

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/04/04/1820672/if-only-we-had-known/

The rise of mutual funds… Some info.

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/04/04/1820742/the-age-of-asset-management/

The schedules for the week ahead.
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/04/06/the-week-ahead-april-6-13/
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/04/schedule-for-week-of-april-6th.html

Ah well…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-06/summing-american-dream-one-cartoon

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