Good morning. 2017 in numbers

https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/2017-asset-class-total-return-performance/

And what will 2018 bring?

http://ritholtz.com/2017/12/quicktakes-explain-year-ahead/

Cool chart

http://ritholtz.com/2017/12/edelman-important-investing-chart/

Remarkable outperformance of housing versus equities (via @leonmwc)

https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/Jorda-Knoll-Kuvshinov-Schularick-Taylor-The-Rate-of-Return-on-Everything.pdf

Let’s see what will happen in year two….

http://ritholtz.com/2018/01/trumps-lies-vs-obamas/

Brexit is not the biggest problem of the Conservatives

https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/12/daily-chart-1

Forward looking vs backward looking

http://www.bondeconomics.com/2017/12/what-is-10-year-tips-breakeven-telling.html

The ECB takes a stab at what drives metal prices

https://www.ecb.europa.eu//pub/pdf/other/ebbox201708_01.en.pdf

And the schedule for the first week of 2018

http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2017/12/schedule-for-week-of-december-31st.html

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