Good morning. All the separatist movements in Europe, but again, Lega Nord is absent. And Fryslan can hardly be called separatist (for now)

http://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-separatist-movements-in-europe-2014-9

…and talk about separatist: we haven’t seen a red bar in a long time…

http://qz.com/266522/all-of-the-declarations-of-independence-from-the-uk-in-the-last-century-mapped-and-charted/

…and this is the list of all former referenda held on the subject

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-16/scottish-referendum-preview-170-years-voters-chose-independence-88-time

These things probably act as a good contra-indicator…

http://www.businessinsider.com/barclays-investors-concerns-2014-9

Probably not the best article on the subject, but still worth reading: “Why Some Anomalies Persist”
http://www.etf.com/sections/index-investor-corner/23269-swedroe-why-some-anomalies-persist.html

What happened to financial markets the last three times the Fed hiked rates

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-09-16/ritholtz-s-reads-eyes-on-the-fed

France may be heading for a Moody’s downgrade this Friday

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-16/citi-warns-moodys-may-put-france-downgrade-review-friday

Ah, yea: rare earth metals. They used to be pretty big in 2011….

http://www.businessinsider.com/this-bubble-popped-three-years-ago-2014-9

Looks like an interesting report from Citi, on how to make 10% return, using leverage

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-16/whats-best-way-make-10-return

Comes without comment

http://www.businessinsider.com/census-race-income-gap-2014-9

Some more on buybacks by the Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/articles/companies-stock-buybacks-help-buoy-the-market-1410823441

Think of this. Someone must have gone through all the trouble to check on this (via andries hoekema)

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2014/09/the_fade_out_in_pop_music_why_don_t_modern_pop_songs_end_by_slowly_reducing.single.html

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