Good morning. Reporting season starts today (and drags on for a long time)

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2015/1/9/4th-quarter-earnings-season-begins-monday.html

The ECB and its EUR 500 billion QE program. Are there really only three options on the table?

http://soberlook.com/2015/01/ecb-exploring-qe-options.html

An updated version of last year: who owns US stocks?

http://uk.businessinsider.com/stock-market-ownership-2015-1

So that no one has any illusion on what to expect with respect to earnings in bonds the next 15 years or so…

http://awealthofcommonsense.com/kind-returns-can-long-term-treasury-investors-expect/

Gold has dropped out of the top ten etfs!

http://www.etf.com/sections/top-10-biggest-etfs/gld-no-longer-among-top-10-biggest-etfs

And here are some comments on etfs, stocks and beating the market

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/beating-the-stock-market-has-become-even-harder-2015-01-07

And the schedule for the week to come
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2015/01/schedule-for-week-of-january-11-2015.html

Oh great…

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