Good morning. Predicting. Always difficult….
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-22/unhappy-earth-day

The unbelievable rise and fall of newspaper ads…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/04/10-midweek-pm-reads-28/

Where you want to be born. Well, the Netherlands, apparently…

http://baselinescenario.com/2014/04/22/where-do-you-want-to-be-born

And talking about lines: rates are always expected to move up

http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2014/04/wednesday-focus-federal-reserve-forward-guidance-april-23-2014.html

Dutch tweets, English tweets: worth the read!
http://www.oneworld.nl/bloggen/blogs/de-week-tweets/de-week-tweets-5

Cool chart on Chinese tourism spending

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/04/daily-chart-14

Yesterday’s news, but mostly happy.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-23/europe-april-manufacturing-summary-frances-loss-germanys-gain

Even older news, but interesting nevertheless

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2014/4/23/housing-and-economic-growth.html

Cool chart on what you can buy (m2) per city in the world

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-1-million-buys-in-global-housing-markets-2014-4

Ok, I admit: this is not exactly Americans dying, but it is close enough to complete the trilogy “Counting Death in the Movies“

http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/counting-death-in-the-movies/

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