Good morning. Cool chart on real returns through time

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-real-returns-by-decade-2014-10

The outcome of the stress test. Stress, but no defation scenario, I gather?

http://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2014/html/pr141026.en.html
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/10/ilargi-europe-redefines-stress-bank-boosterist-stress-tests.html

Another beautiful chart from the Economist on the other impact of low oil prices…

www.businessinsider.com/here-are-the-big-winners-and-losers-of-low-oil-prices-2014-10

Old classic…

http://www.businessinsider.com/investors-miss-stock-market-rallies-charts-2014-10

…but never forget this one as well…

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-important-risk-to-equity-investors-2014-10

Nice data and information on debt and who has been buying it over the last 100 years or so

http://www.voxeu.org/article/advanced-economies-sovereign-debt-100-years-data

And there is plenty of debt to go around!

www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/10/daily-chart-16

Some thoughts on the Everyone is too blame theory…

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116919/big-lie-haunts-post-crash-economy

Is there a link, or just a couple of lines moving around?

https://www.creditwritedowns.com/2014/10/secular-stagnation-theory-sort-validity.html

And speaking of population: another classic:

http:www.delong.typepad.com/sdj/2014/10/noted-for-your-afternoon-procrastination-for-october-24-2014.html

Google’s impact on advertising…

http://www.businessinsider.com/brookings-essay-on-decline-of-newspapers-2014-10

Interesting trend or just random noise?

www.aftalphaville.ft.com/2014/10/23/2017742/beware-the-chinese-fx-reserve-fall/

And the schedule for the week to come

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/10/schedule-for-week-of-october-26th.html

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