Brexit ‘talks’
https://twitter.com/GreekAnalyst/status/906900253735112705
Very cool overview of all the cryptocurrencies that did not make it…
http://deadcoins.com/
Ideas are hard to find? Hard to believe…
https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/09/13/2193664/its-not-about-the-low-hanging-fruit-its-about-the-ideas/
It is hard to see any trend, really….
https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/09/daily-chart-5
Quantitative tightening may have a budgetary impact as well
https://www.businessinsider.nl/fed-balance-sheet-reduction-will-reduce-funds-sent-to-treasury-2017-9/
Some sobering pointers on the Chinese economy
http://www.baldingsworld.com/2017/09/11/catching-up-on-the-chinese-economy/
“The Fed’s Bad Options for Addressing Too-Low Inflation”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-feds-awful-options-for-addressing-too-low-inflation-1505313425
The winning streak continues
https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/4th-longest-sp-500-streak-of-days-without-a-5-drawdown-continues/
Cool chart(s) on offshore tax havens
https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2017/09/11/2193564/chart-of-the-day-offshore-tax-haven-market-share-edition/
A different view on the development of China
http://voxeu.org/article/myth-surplus-peasants-and-china-s-growth
Overcrowded trades?
http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-price-most-crowded-trade-says-bank-of-america-2017-9
Come on people: only 30 pages on Big Data AND from the IMF. Surely a must-read?
http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/Staff-Discussion-Notes/Issues/2017/09/13/Big-Data-Potential-Challenges-and-Statistical-Implications-45106
And then there is this: “Why the US government can’t be downsized”
http://larrysummers.com/2017/09/12/leading-with-tax-cuts-is-dangerous-policy/
No less than 276 pages filled with regional statistics on Europe
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/8222062/KS-HA-17-001-EN-N.pdf/eaebe7fa-0c80-45af-ab41-0f806c433763
Interesting titbits on stocks at all-time highs
http://theirrelevantinvestor.com/2017/09/12/a-few-charts-and-a-few-thoughts-4/
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