Good morning. Nice one on Bull markets. (via michel van bremen)

https://twitter.com/jerrykerns/status/463712783054696449

 

Nice one on bear markets. But what about bitcoin…? 🙂

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-06/six-most-important-asset-bubbles-modern-times

Very cool way to show what the tax rate for the average worker in the EU is: how long do you have to work for the tax man (via @went1955)

http://t.co/VzDmFLyzod

In honour of Garry Becker: Education as an investment. Despite the higher college fees, it is still worth it to go to college. It takes 20 years to make good on ‘the investment’ though…

http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2014/may/is-college-worth-it-education-tuition-wages/

And talking about taxes: it looks like they can agree on one thing after all…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/rampage/wp/2014/04/29/americans-not-sold-on-pikettys-big-idea-yet/

Well, there’s a line that is definitely rising…

Ouch… Not exactly a stock pickers market. Oh no, let me rephrase that…

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2014/5/6/not-a-good-year-for-analysts-either.html

And talking about active asset management, this is an interesting piece (plus clip)
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5e0bda82-d2f9-11e3-9b72-00144feabdc0.html

Dark(er) clouds are gathering over the Chinese property market…

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/05/06/1843272/chinas-leaning-towers/

So much for an capex rebound…

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/05/daily-chart-3

And the OECD economic outlook cannot be missed. Looooots of information!

http://oecdinsights.org/2014/05/06/oecd-economic-outlook-global-economy-strengthening-but-significant-risks-remain/

Search for yield continues!

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-06/steve-wynn-slams-feds-ominous-artificial-nirvana

 

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