Cool looking graph. Unbelievable how many people earn more than 100 million…

http://ritholtz.com/2016/12/graphing-income-wealth/

The return table of factor styles!

http://econompicdata.blogspot.nl/2016/12/a-dynamic-approach-to-factor-allocation.html

The title of this chart falls short of the video itself. Must-watch according to @jackneele

http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2016/12/8/mobile-is-eating-the-world

Volatility is on the rise (the alternative version)

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-12/alternative-thinking-and-the-speed-of-light

No rustbelt?

http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21711882-orthodox-economics-distressingly-unhelpful-solving-problem-regional

Are we getting used to information, or is this a sign we get less diverse information nowadays?

http://www.pewinternet.org/2016/12/07/information-overload/

And the winner is…..

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-15/savvy-investors-robots-and-google-searches

Tadaaaa!!!! (shameless self-promotion ends here)

https://www.savvyinvestor.net/awards-2016

A lot of reading materials from the quarterly BIS report

http://www.bis.org/publ/qtrpdf/r_qt1612.htm

“Global House Prices: Time to Worry Again?”

https://blog-imfdirect.imf.org/2016/12/08/global-house-prices-time-to-worry-again/

Fake news. Totally hot.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/04/google-democracy-truth-internet-search-facebook

Looks like there is quite a multiplier at play here

https://bankunderground.co.uk/2016/12/12/the-world-trade-slowdown-redux/

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