Political risk all the way back to 1900

http://www.businessinsider.com/geopolitcs-oil-markets-2017-7

Another way of looking at the value of US stocks

https://www.businessinsider.nl/stock-market-icarus-trade-could-pop-bubble-2017-7/

Dark pools. This is not about swimming nor about biljart

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/pub/pdf/scpops/ecb.op193.en.pdf

Cool animation on migration to the US

http://ritholtz.com/2017/07/who-came-to-america-and-when/
So true.

https://twitter.com/xkcdComic/status/855272429286965249

The last possibility in my lifetime to see a European eclipse, apparently. Very cool overview from the washington post.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/eclipse/?utm_term=.839d0bedd192

Know thy bear market!

http://ritholtz.com/2017/07/annual-returns-intra-year-declines/

QT, the reversal of QE

https://www.businessinsider.nl/federal-reserve-leaves-questions-unanswered-with-plan-to-decrease-its-large-balance-sheet-2017-7/

The German country report by the IMF: on wages and inflation

http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2017/07/07/Germany-Selected-Issues-45049

The lack of inflation is not just temporary

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/07/07/2191021/slower-us-inflation-isnt-just-the-result-of-transitory-factors/

Cool chart on volatility in stocks

https://www.businessinsider.nl/stock-market-blackrock-investors-risk-2017-7/

Credit Quality is heading lower

https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/07/13/2191354/this-is-nuts-whens-the-crash-36/

Now, this is interesting: both Suriname and Indonesia score low on activity (based on smartphone data)

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-40570442

Interesting chart from the IMF on Russia: what if there would be no oil…

http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2017/07/10/Russian-Federation-2017-Article-IV-Consultation-Press-Release-Staff-Report-45054

Unions no more

http://voxeu.org/article/trade-unions-employer-organisations-and-collective-bargaining-oecd-countries

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