Tssssss. It is spelled Belief!

http://news.forexlive.com/!/brexit-heres-the-front-page-of-the-uks-the-sun-urging-a-leave-vote-20160613

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

Supply, demand and…. huh?

http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.nl/2016/06/global-safe-yields-continue-their.html

There does not appear to be a big link between these two…

http://www.regblog.org/2016/06/13/furman-productivity-inequality-and-economic-rents/

I would like to see this one plotted against the gini coefficient…

https://consumerist.com/2016/06/14/americans-give-more-than-1b-to-charity-every-day-in-2015/

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/

The investment guide to value and momentum investing

http://ritholtz.com/2016/06/guide-economic-cycle/

US stocks as a percentage of total stocks: regaining territory

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/us-gains-global-share/

Europe turning inward? (and what about the US?)

http://uk.businessinsider.com/europe-nationalism-chart-map-2016-6

Cool chart on the stock market reaction following a takeover.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/shareholder-reaction-to-acquisitions-goldman-sachs-research-2016-6

Looks like hedge fund managers will feel the squeeze…

http://www.ai-cio.com/channel/ASSET-ALLOCATION/Hedge-Funds-Buckling-Under-Fee-Pressure,-LP-Apathy/

Some more hedgefund bashing (they had it coming)

http://driehauscapitalmanagement.com/pdf/funds/summaries/Driehaus-LCMAX-Summary-0416.pdf

An interesting bit on the weak performance of the Netherlands: housing sector?

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/06/16/2166258/why-is-the-netherlands-doing-so-badly/

A bit of history on inequality. Holland/the Netherlands clearly stands out

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2016/06/unequal-gains-american-growth-and-inequality-since-1700.html

 

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