Debt, booms and busts….
Job growth in some long term perspective
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-03-07/ritholtz-s-reads-etfs-inflation-and-marijuana
Big study by Credit Suisse on the Age of disruption
http://discussions.ft.com/longroom/tables/equity-strategy/the-age-of-disruption-2/
Happy birthday to the Bull market (well, in the US that is)!
What if the world is heading for a Japan like scenario? Three strategies
http://www.businessinsider.com/japanification-of-markets-taught-us-3-things-2016-3
Probably too simple to quantify it like this, but here is the potential of gender parity per country (and the world)
Still a classic.
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/03/07/where-progress-comes-from.aspx
Is the core inflation right, or is the market right?
Mortgage clients are being charged more to pay for the negative interest rates…
In case you missed
http://uk.businessinsider.com/bank-of-america-seven-year-glitch-note-2016-3
Even more Brexit. This time from Morgan Stanley
And here is Buiter’s ten cents worth on the subject
http://www.voxeu.org/article/implications-brexit-rest-eu
Interesting visualisation on chess opening moves
http://blog.ebemunk.com/a-visual-look-at-2-million-chess-games/
Well, this chart should convince you… 🙂
https://twitter.com/erik_aalbers/status/707311983784239104
From the BIS: “Wealth inequality and monetary policy”
http://www.bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_qt1603f.htm
Debt, debt, debt.
http://ritholtz.com/2016/03/the-movie-plays-on-a-lens-for-viewing-the-global-economy/
An interesting bit of reading on US productivity: “Does the United States have a productivity slowdown or a measurement problem?”
And related to that: “Silicon Valley Has Not Saved Us From a Productivity Slowdown”
And the final one.
http://www.thirdway.org/report/missing-the-juice-whats-happening-with-us-productivity-growth
Close enough, right?
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=4042
Some pretty good photo’s, one click away.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/photo-essays/2016-02-29/see-the-world-through-smithsonian-s-staggering-photo-competition
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