Good morning. The recent history of drawdowns in the S&P… 

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/02/drawdowns-in-sp-500-since-march-9-2009/

Best of last week. Says me.

https://lukasdaalder.com/2015/01/30/best-in-economics-this-week-january-30/

“Breaking with Bogle…”

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-30/jack-bogle-vanguard-s-passive-investing-strategy-needs-updating

For the US, this has been a tough reporting season so far

http://uk.businessinsider.com/goldman-worst-earnings-guidance-ever-2015-2

And some more proof that the US economy is going through a slowdown…

www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2015/2/2/ism-manufacturing-report-disappoints.html

Chinese debt on the rise

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/02/02/2107072/digging-into-chinas-debts/

A slightly different way of looking at the performance of Spain since 2007…

http://fatasmihov.blogspot.nl/2015/02/which-country-managed-great-recession.html

Living with the parents

The negative effect of the decline in the price of oil….

www.businessinsider.com/us-oil-companies-confirm-capex-collapse-2015-2

Unbelievably beautiful pictures!

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2015/385064/

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