Good morning. Cool chart on annual results in stock markets. The average is pretty rare, apparently

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/04/average-returns-are-exceedingly-rare/

Best of last week, one week too late!

https://lukasdaalder.com/2015/04/03/best-in-economics-this-week-april-3/

Interesting chart on small countries economic performance

http://www.thefinancialist.com/economic-lessons-from-small-countries/

About the lost love between Abe and Kuroda

http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21648020-government-shinzo-abe-increasingly-odds-central-bank-end-affair

Mergers and Acquisitions in the world

http://uk.businessinsider.com/ma-is-back–and-its-being-fueled-by-mega-transactions-2015-4

Urbanisation in East Asia…

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/04/09/the-mind-blowing-growth-in-east-asian-cities-visualized/

“IMF Warns (Again) of Growing Shadow-Banking Risks”

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/04/08/imf-warns-again-of-growing-shadow-banking-risks/?mod=WSJBlog

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