Good morning. Take your pick (even though you don’t want to)

http://ritholtz.com/2016/05/weekend-reads-219/

The Economist on crony capitalism

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/05/daily-chart-2

Stock returns explained, the easy way…

http://ritholtz.com/2016/04/drivers-of-equity-returns-in-the-past-50-years/

The worst bear market no one ever talks about

http://theirrelevantinvestor.com/2016/05/04/the-worst-bear-market-that-nobody-ever-talks-about/

Ha! There is a boom in investments after all!

https://next.ft.com/content/5a352264-0e26-11e6-ad80-67655613c2d6

Let’s skip Mondays!

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/a-case-for-3-day-weekends/

Preference change over time: what woman want in a spouse then and now…

And here is the guys version: all US data

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/19/what-men-and-women-wanted-in-a-spouse-in-1939-and-how-different-it-is-today/

The middle chart is the most interesting one

http://www.wsj.com/articles/financial-engineering-shows-its-downside-1462224900

Revising GDP: spot the odd one out.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/05/daily-chart

A number of interesting slides on debt (and growth)

http://www.bradford-delong.com/2016/05/hoisted-from-the-archives-debt-to-gdp-ratios-and-future-economic-growth.html

“When ‘Buy and Hold’ Works, And When It Doesn’t”

http://fat-pitch.blogspot.nl/2014/11/when-buy-and-hold-works-and-when-it.html

For the geeks: “What’s Up with GCF Repo®?”

http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2016/05/whats-up-with-gcf-repo.html#.Vy4-xRV96JZ

It’s baa-aaack: target2 imbalances…

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/05/04/2160850/remember-target2-imbalances-well-theyre-back/

And the traditional schedule for the week to come.
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2016/05/schedule-for-week-of-may-8-2016.html

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