Good morning. Well, we could have seen this one coming…
Cool chart on the stock market reaction following a takeover.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/shareholder-reaction-to-acquisitions-goldman-sachs-research-2016-6
A country report by the IMF on Canada. Doing pretty ok,despite low oil
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2016/cr16146.pdf
Sadness
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/06/daily-chart-9
“Why hasn’t the productivity crisis caused a bear market (yet)?”
http://blogs.ft.com/gavyndavies/2016/06/12/why-hasnt-the-productivity-crisis-caused-a-bear-market-yet/
Ok, this is interesting: will UK stocks indeed outperform?
http://uk.businessinsider.com/deutsche-bank-note-on-brexit-and-european-stocks-2016-6
A bit of reading on the premature announcement that cash has died.
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/06/13/2165968/cash-the-report-of-my-death-was-an-exaggeration/
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