Good morning. Cool! It never came to me to make this chart (darn me). Look at december!
http://uk.businessinsider.com/october-seasonal-market-volatility-2015-10
Mmmmm. “Is Economics Research Replicable? “Usually Not” “
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/10/is-economics-research-replicable-usually-not/
Not sure this helps anyone, but here you go
https://www.bondvigilantes.com/blog/2015/10/08/the-yanks-are-coming-us-firms-are-rushing-to-the-eur-corporate-bond-market/
Personally I like the term ‘quantitative teasing’, but the Economist is going for ‘quantitative frightening’
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21672326-worlds-vast-stockpile-reserves-falling-raising-fears-dwindling-global
And there we go again
http://qz.com/520267/the-debt-ceiling-is-coming-just-in-time-for-the-republican-leaderships-unraveling/
Cool overview on a not so cool subject
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2015/10/07/markets-are-ahead-of-politicians-on-climate-change
All is normal again in the Chinese market?
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/10/08/2141775/chinas-a-shares-what-goes-down-must/
One for the bears….
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2015/10/sp-500-bear-markets-of-20-or-more-2/
WOW!!
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/10/2015-national-geographic-photo-contest/409174/
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