Good morning. A bit of longer term perspective on this low volatility period…

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2014/6/17/1-moves.html

Best football chart I have seen so far…

http://qz.com/221777/world-cup-sex-rules/

Not sure if I recognise these investment quotas, but it looks like a downtrend alright… Numerous charts on investments

https://medium.com/cer-insights/more-investment-for-germanys-sake-4dc12e64cb7

Some more Iraq: where the growth of oil/energy is supposed to come from

http://www.businessinsider.com/iraq-versus-us-projected-crude-output-2014-6

Emerging markets have been underperforming US stocks for a very long period now…

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-06-17/emerging-markets-or-u-s-stocks-ritholtz-chart

Totally useless, but one of the more interesting charts I have seen in weeks…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/06/17/the-generational-battle-of-butter-vs-margarine/

Thirty hours in the Philippines are worth as much as Norway

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/german-labor-costs/

Like clockwork: another death statistic…

http://theweek.com/article/index/263264/no-war-doesnt-boost-economic-growth#axzz34vHXB12E

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