Good morning. In the long run, bonds are the weakest. Well, in the US, that is…

http://www.businessinsider.com/range-of-annualized-stock-bond-returns-2014-11

Cool website by ING about connected Europe and its future

http://view.ingcb.com/

Why didn’t I hear anybody about this boom in European R&D spending…?

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/9-17112014-BP/EN/9-17112014-BP-EN.PDF

Remarkable chart on Japanese private sector deleveraging during the 90s and 00s…

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2014/11/17/2045622/japans-debt-problem-in-perspective/

Yesterday I showed Chinese stocks relative to US stocks. Today it is Europe’s turn..

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-17/jpmorgans-5-reasons-sell-usa-buy-europe

Indications for the US holiday season looks good, apparently…

http://www.businessinsider.com/2014-holiday-season-spending-outlook-2014-11

Huh? The Dutch only have four weeks of paid leave and no public holidays? Am I living in a different Netherlands?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/opinion/inequality-unbelievably-gets-worse.html

There is saftey in numbers…

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-17/here-your-global-recovery-24-charts

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