Good morning. Taking whatever. Or was that whatever it takes?

https://www.bondvigilantes.com/blog/2016/07/26/four-years-ecb-whatever-takes/

This, I am telling you, is a very fundamental problem (but I hear no one talk about it…)

http://www.bradford-delong.com/2016/07/testing-datawrapper.html

We haven’t seen a recession chart for some time now, so here you go

https://www.bespokepremium.com/the-closer/the-closer-72616-4-years-until-recession/

Just another brick in the wall…

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/07/daily-chart-16

Either way, your return would have been impressive…

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/07/26/2170902/a-friendly-reminder-that-return-is-not-really-a-function-of-yield/

This is the positive side of the central bank’s policy

http://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-07-26/palace-intrigue-michael-jordan-and-dinosaurs

This is an interesting trend, though

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/consumer-confidence-among-middle-income-consumers-soars/

Some interesting statistics on new investment funds…

http://theirrelevantinvestor.com/2016/07/25/shrinking-slices-more-options-and-saying-no/

And this is the report itself

http://corporate1.morningstar.com/ResearchArticle.aspx?documentId=760435

On the rise, no doubt about it

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/07/daily-chart-15

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