Try that for size!
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/most-valuable-companies-all-time/
Nice one: reminds me of the fact that 80% of people claim that they drive better than average
https://qz.com/1153517/ninety-percent-of-people-think-ai-will-take-away-the-jobs-of-other-people/
Interesting chart on the Great Recession
Brexit terminology
https://twitter.com/WhelanKarl/status/940560411572699136
Geopolitics the gift that keeps on (not) giving
https://www.businessinsider.nl/investor-survey-biggest-risk-to-markets-over-next-year-2017-12/
If you own a bitcoin: sell the future!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-11/bitcoin-futures-are-dangling-a-free-lunch-for-starving-arbs
In case you think the crypto currencies are just childsplay
http://www.businessinsider.com/ico-funding-soars-above-4-billion-as-us-regulators-crack-down-2017-12
This is one on Chinese productivity
http://voxeu.org/article/china-s-productivity-performance-revisited
When is value coming back in vogue?
Pretty shocking this…
Trump and the Fed
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