Coolest chart of the week: how Nigeria overtook South Africa as the biggest economy in Africa
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/04/daily-chart-3
I think I am going to make this a standard second link (even if it is in Dutch, although most links aren’t): De Week In Tweets
http://www.oneworld.nl/bloggen/blogs/de-week-tweets/de-week-tweets-3
Want something to read this week? I recommend the Financial Stability report….
http://www.imf.org/External/pubs/FT/GFSR/2014/01/pdf/text.pdf
Bill Gross in the Investment Outlook on sharpe ratios (and more)
http://www.pimco.com/EN/Insights/Pages/Bob.aspx
This chart is supposed to show that there will be no recession for years to come… I don’t agree
http://www.businessinsider.com/shiller-chart-shows-why-recession-is-years-away-2014-4
Highest debt, lowest yields. Go figure.
http://blogs.ft.com/gavyndavies/2014/04/06/the-future-for-real-interest-rates/?
pretty cool info.
http://www.businessinsider.com/sp-500-stock-buyback-history-2014-4
A bubble? Surely not…?
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/04/british-house-prices
The debt cycle is getting less favorable by the minu… eh month
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-09/citi-warns-leverage-clock-ticking
And here is some more, but then from the High Yield market
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303847804579477850200373262
Is this true…? The relative performance of various funds after a morning star rating.
http://www.businessinsider.com/financial-advisor-insights-april-9-2014-4
Corporate debt as percentage of GDP: Asia looks stretched…
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-05/how-much-bad-debt-can-china-absorb
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