Good morning. Commodities: the falling tide (part I): how oil bear markets normally last for some time…
http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-new-structure-of-the-oil-market-2015-8

Commodities: the falling tide (part II)

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-06/hedge-fund-losses-from-commodity-slump-sparking-investor-exodus

Commodities: the falling tide (part III)

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/08/commodity-prices-now-falling-in-all-currencies/

Distressed housing sales continues to decline in the US

http://www.worldpropertyjournal.com/real-estate-news/united-states/orlando-real-estate-news/corelogic-distressed-home-sales-real-estate-owned-sales-reo-sales-short-sales-home-foreclosure-data-2015-foreclosure-data-2015-9274.php

New trends in the financial sector

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/08/innovation-clusters/

“Who Will Own the Robots?”

http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/538401/who-will-own-the-robots/

Ah well, for the Dutchies out there

http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/vrije-tijd-cultuur/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2015/noord-hollanders-het-langst-op-vakantie.htm

A bit of reading on the Emerging Markets from the FT

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/4a915716-39dc-11e5-8613-07d16aad2152.html#axzz3iLVAHTQ9

And the schedule for the week to come.
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2015/08/schedule-for-week-of-august-9-2015.html

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