Despite the current weak performance of Germany, it is still top of the list over the past 10 years

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/11/secular-stagnation-graphics

A fair bit of history on US bond yields

http://uk.businessinsider.com/us-treasury-yields-at-historic-lows-2014-11

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

Assets under Management. And the profit pool.

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-11-20/money-rolls-in-for-the-money-managers

Merger Mania!

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/mega-mergers-popular-again-on-wall-street/

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/

I showed this one last year, but it is interesting enough to show it again: global weirding (and what it could mean for the world economy)

And here is another clip, to show that global warming is here

Interesting chart: stock returns are often a combination of both earnings as well as PE increases

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-11-20/ritholtzs-reads-bad-timing

And for the good news from Greece

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/11/daily-chart-7

Some perspective on QE. BoJ and Swiss national are the biggest compared to the economy, but on an absolute level, it is the Fed. So far.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-11-14/axel-merk-why-swiss-should-vote-yes-gold-initiative

I need to think about this one: not sure this holds up…

http://www.businessinsider.com/markets-chart-of-the-day-november-19-2014-11

It still is amazing to see those huge swings during the 1930-50 period

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-permanent-effects-of-the-great-recession/

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