Good morning. Hedge Fund returns: looks like the yield on a government bond….?

http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-03-24/hedge-funds-have-a-performance-problem

The big news over the weekend…

https://www.frbatlanta.org/cqer/research/gdpnow.aspx

Correlation with oil is not always as stable as one might think

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/oil-and-equities-correlation/

The nonsense of the current oil price determining the inflation expectations 5 years out

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2016/03/fed-watch-oil-inflation-expectations-and-credibility.html

“Is the Market Overvalued or are the Measuring Gauges Broken?”

http://www.advisorperspectives.com/articles/2016/03/08/is-the-market-overvalued-or-are-the-measuring-gauges-broken

Wiping out a huge number of years in profits

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2016/03/21/u-s-mining-losses-last-year-wipe-out-profits-from-past-eight-years/

Interesting chart showing the severity of the current EM slowdown

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2016/03/29/em-dollar-recession-eclipses-1998-99-in-depth/

Is bitcoin frictionless?

http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2016/03/is-bitcoin-really-frictionless.html#.Vvjs7xJ96JZ

The 2016 energy outlook from BP has been released

http://uk.businessinsider.com/bp-us-energy-self-sufficient-in-5-years-2016-3

Robots around the world

http://uk.businessinsider.com/countries-with-greatest-number-of-robots-2016-3

Interesting, if not a somewhat complicated chart.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/03/daily-chart-13

World economy bouncing back?

http://blogs.ft.com/gavyndavies/2016/03/27/global-economy-snapping-back-into-gear/

GMO on the impact of monetary policy

https://www.gmo.com/docs/default-source/research-and-commentary/strategies/asset-allocation/the-stock-market-as-monetary-policy-junkie-quantifying-the-fed’s-impact-on-the-s-p-500.pdf

And the schedule for the week to come…

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2016/03/schedule-for-week-of-march-27-2016.html

A number of beautiful photo’s

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/03/winners-of-the-smithsonian-magazines-2015-photo-contest/474912/

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