Dutch pension funds have made a whopping 8.2% return over the past 5 years!
http://www.oecd.org/pensions/pensionmarketsinfocus.htm
Ok, I am calling it: peak millennials has been reached: ”Gucci has a “shadow committee” of millennial advisors”
https://qz.com/1111798/gucci-has-a-shadow-committee-of-millennial-advisors/
Interesting chart on blockchain startups
http://www.businessinsider.com/blockchain-cryptocurrency-regulations-us-global-2017-10
“On city sizes and economic growth”
http://voxeu.org/article/city-size-and-economic-growth
Test your financial literacy!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-financially-literate-are-you-really-lets-find-out-1508421702
Mercer presents its yearly assessment of the international pension systems
https://australiancentre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2017_MMGPI_Report.pdf
Read the note. Better still: read the blogpost
“Do investors amplify or cushion corporate bond market sell-offs?”
6%! That’s a lot, right?
https://www.bondvigilantes.com/blog/2017/10/24/hunt-emerging-market-yield-killing-covenants/
Tadaa! Twice as big as the biggest out there!
“Did Treasury Debt Markets Anticipate the Persistent Decline in Long-Term Interest Rates?” The answer should be no. By definition
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