Good morning. This is the last edition of the year!

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-stock-markets-very-merry-200-year-history-2014-12-22

And here is another Christmas tree, this time on Christmas hits

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/23/why-our-christmas-music-is-still-stuck-in-the-50s/

The best pie chart I have seen so far (via @PAvBoeschoten)

http://www.beheadingboredom.com/artistic-pie-chart/

Yesterday’s US GDP report

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/23/u-s-economy-grew-at-a-rate-of-5-percent-in-third-quarter-the-fastest-in-more-than-a-decade/

Stock market volatility has been low in the US this year

http://uk.businessinsider.com/historical-sp-500-intrayear-declines-2014-12

And yet another chart on the drop in oil prices

A study into the relationship between aging and stock multiples…

http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2014/december/baby-boomers-retirement-stocks-aging/

The changing structure of US family life

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/23/less-than-half-of-u-s-kids-now-have-a-traditional-family/

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