Good morning. Nice chart on the life of the typical (not average?) American. And a bit of Sierra Leone

http://www.businessinsider.com/this-graphic-will-change-how-you-think-of-retirement-2014-5

Drowning more people will save the US population growth! (and nine more of these classics, via jan sytze mosselaar)

http://www.businessinsider.com/spurious-correlations-by-tyler-vigen-2014-5

“Why the Housing Bubble Tanked the Economy And the Tech Bubble Didn’t”

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-the-housing-bubble-tanked-the-economy-and-the-tech-bubble-didnt/

French housing. Not the place to be….

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-05-12/and-best-performing-economy-world

Looks like the Q1 earnings have been the weakest since 2008, when measured on a surprise rate bases…

http://www.businessinsider.com/financial-advisor-insights-may-11-2014-5

Equity activism on the rise….

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/05/12/1848772/activists-coming-soon-to-a-country-near-you/

Expensive according to Shiller PE (10 years trailing)…

…but only averagely priced on a 1 year trailing PE multiple!

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/05/are-valuations-really-too-high/

You might think that the 0.001% are raising the bar with respect to philanthropy, but no…

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-14/as-billionaires-wealth-skyrockets-their-philanthropy-does-not

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