Good morning. And the final outcome of the Scoxit vote is… (and I have no clue whether this is a fake)

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-18/what-happens-when-scottish-voters-give-it-their-110-according-cnn

And with that comes one final chart on independence

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-18/238-years-disunited-kingdom

The yen is continuing to slide… (second link explains why)

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-yen-just-fell-out-of-bed-2014-9
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-japan-government-cuts-economic-view-warns-of-stalling-consumption-2014-9

The slow death of the Italian economy. Brought to you by the IMF…

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2014/cr14283.pdf

The IMF on China shadow banking

http://blog-imfdirect.imf.org/2014/09/15/whats-lurking-in-the-shadows-of-chinas-banks/

What stocks did during your retirement years

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/09/16/why-finance-breeds-so-many-arguments.aspx

On stock buybacks and dividends

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/09/18/1975102/buybacks-dividends-modigliani-and-miller/

Interesting: the steady outperformance of hundred dollar bills over GDP

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21618886-abolishing-notes-and-coins-would-bring-huge-economic-benefits-leaving-dead

A model capturing QE and how to exit…

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2014/09/when-and-how-to-exit-quantitative-easing/

No less then 27 maps that show the problems with Iraq…

http://www.vox.com/a/maps-explain-crisis-iraq

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