Best of the Web: 17-08-30 nr 1722

Good Morning. Bitcoin a bubble? Surely not?

https://www.bespokepremium.com/chart-of-the-day/chart-of-the-day-bubbles/

The regional difference in the stock markets in the world today
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http://voxeu.org/article/risk-intolerance-and-global-economy

The other side of financial repression
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https://www.bespokepremium.com/the-closer/the-closer-confidence-new-home-price-highs-and-mo-eur-82917/

The worrying change in Korean tests
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/29/why-it-seems-like-north-korea-is-launching-missiles-all-the-time-now/

A bit of reading on China-US trade
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https://www.businessinsider.nl/trumps-trade-threats-to-china-are-based-on-a-misunderstanding-2017-8/

Millennials. My only solace is that everyone stopped talking about yuppies as well after a while.
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https://www.ft.com/content/e5246526-8c2c-11e7-a352-e46f43c5825d

Listed companies are in decline
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https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-08-29/6-trillion-reasons-why-a-shrinking-stock-market-also-rises

Cash is king
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http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-us-companies-with-largest-cash-reserves-2017-8

Flood pictures from the US
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https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-leaves-houston-under-water/538215/

 

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