Good morning. No volatility, anywhere…

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/08/26/2173352/it-really-is-very-quiet/

“What global fixed-income markets are in bubble territory?”

http://ritholtz.com/2016/08/weekend-reads-234/

And here are the valuation versus history…

http://ritholtz.com/2016/08/few-bargains/

Something’s wrong here…

http://ritholtz.com/2016/08/life-expectancy-vs-health-expenditure-time-1970-2014/

TV’s…

http://ritholtz.com/2016/08/inflation-things-need-vs-things-want/

The recap of the year so far…

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/sector-breadth-weakens/

Youth unemployment is on the rise: usually not a good sign…

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/08/daily-chart-23

A cool bit of perspective on google

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/google-alphabet-ipo-12-years-later/

And here is some more perspective…

http://ritholtz.com/2016/08/employment-selected-information-industries/

On China’s rising influence in the Asian financial markets

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2016/wp16173.pdf

Richard Koo’s chart, explaining it all

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/08/25/2173263/richard-koos-chart-to-explain-the-past-200-years/

Peak energy

http://uk.businessinsider.com/bernstein-says-peak-energy-per-capita-is-here-2016-8

Cool, interactive chart, on asset managers

https://www.financialresearch.gov/money-market-funds/

And the schedule for the week to come

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2016/08/schedule-for-week-of-aug-28-2016.html

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