Good morning. It is not just investments that have been slower than usual…

http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/fedviews/2016/october/october-13-2016/

Fisher: “Why Are Interest Rates So Low? Causes and Implications”

http://ritholtz.com/2016/10/interest-rates-low-causes-implications/

Norway is taking a big leap into… stocks!

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/18/how-norway-is-helping-stocks-climb-around-the-world.html

Try to get your kid in the right place. Like, uhm…. Finland

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/10/daily-chart-10

I am not sure whether I agree with this analyses, but I leave the verdict up to yall…

http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2016/october/welfare-consequences-of-income-inequality/

Active versus passive: cool overview

http://www.wsj.com/graphics/index-funds-taking-over-sp-500/

Children: they cause income to drop.

http://equitablegrowth.org/equitablog/economic-insecurity-rises-around-childbirth-explained-in-four-charts/

Bootstrapped residuals, no less. A new measure of economic asymmetries in the Eurozone

http://voxeu.org/article/new-measure-economic-asymmetries-eurozone

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