Good morning. And this is without dividends

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/us-stock-market-up-60-from-prior-all-time-highs/

Larry Page is a cryptocurrency.

http://ritholtz.com/2017/10/cryptocurrencies-100-billion-dollars/

“I think I know how this story ends.”
http://www.crossingwallstreet.com/archives/2017/10/signs-of-a-top.html

The scale sort of distorts the message here

http://www.businessinsider.com/dramatic-chart-shows-how-retail-apocalypse-is-affecting-jobs-2017-10

Probably interesting (if only to see what McKinsey tells their clients)

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-analytics/our-insights/where-is-technology-taking-the-economy#0

Should read (note to myself)

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/own-account-it-equipment-investment-20171004.htm

M&A is not as good as one might think

https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21730029-bosses-and-investment-bankers-love-them-shareholders-tend-rue-them-mergers-and

The IMF on Saudi Arabia

http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2017/10/05/Saudi-Arabia-Selected-Issues-45313

Wages in Europe

http://voxeu.org/article/overcoming-eurozone-wage-inertia

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