Good morning. There goes 50 for oil (spot West Texas): do I hear 40, anyone?http://www.crossingwallstreet.com/archives/2015/01/oil-drops-below-50.html

And the sell-off in stocks has ended a 87 year old record

http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-sp-500-four-losing-days-2015-1

A bit late, but here it is: the best of the last week of 2014

https://lukasdaalder.com/2015/01/06/best-in-economics-this-week-december-26/

Ok, how high do you score on the resolution score?

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-05/ritholtzs-reads-good-times-and-bad-lessons

This year’s scorecard?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/01/daily-chart

Talk of bubbles does not realy lead to a burst

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sometimes-talk-of-a-tech-bubble-is-mostly-babble-5991129.php

Cool chart on shopping malls in the US

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/business/the-economics-and-nostalgia-of-dead-malls.html

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