Good morning. Another 1000k broken

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/19k-20k-21k-22k-23k/

Interesting podcast on the causes of the success of Germany

http://freakonomics.com/podcast/secrets-german-economy-steal/

The rising costs of housing and healthcare in the US

https://www.businessinsider.nl/healthcare-costs-could-spur-the-next-recession-2017-10/

And here is something else that is on the rise….

https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/10/daily-chart-10

Credit quality of your corporate bonds is in decline

https://www.bondvigilantes.com/blog/2017/10/17/trump-reappoint-yellen-also-credit-spreads-tight-tesla-laffers-napkin-stuff/

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