Best of the Web: 14-06-04, nr 1007

Good morning. 25 years ago…

Very cool interactive tool to show you what gets you killed and when….
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http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/06/what-will-literally-kill-you/
http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-cause-patterns/

IPO stocks have gone from outperformers to underperformers in no time…
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http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/06/tuesday-pm-reads-31/

The unprecedented rise of the tablet market….
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http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/06/meekers-internet-trends-code-conference-2014/

And the unprecedented decline of European inflation (not really, but to keep in line with the tablets)
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-03/european-sub-zero-deposit-rates-imminent-eurozone-inflation-tumbles-march-2009-level

Energy markets: not easy to forecast either…
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http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.fr/2014/06/the-us-energy-picture.html

Interesting chart, but I think it is more useful to look at this breakdown per income bracket…
cotd non labor income
http://www.businessinsider.com/non-labor-income-rising-2014-6

Risk adjusted returns over May. To confuse: for bonds negative means positive…
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http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/06/03/1868012/buy-some-things-in-may-and-go-where-you-will/

Cool overview of robots learning to walk, hop and walk
http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/527696/the-robots-running-this-way/

Unbelievable: time spent watching Gangnam Style could have been used to fill almost two wikipedia’s
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http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/06/daily-chart-1

And to finish it off: this fine chart on the aging American car fleet
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http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/06/03/1868482/cars-on-the-road-in-the-us-are-still-pretty-old/

 

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