Best of the Web: 18-01-05 nr 1804

Good morning. And another couple of days has been added

http://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-news-record-for-days-without-5-percent-pullback-2018-1

And that has some potentially negative consequences
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https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/sp-500-pe-ratio-approaching-23/

So tight labour markets lead to… higher wages…?
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https://pro.creditwritedowns.com/2018/01/wages-might-finally-be-beginning-to-rise.html

Some inequality charts
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https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2018/01/04/2197227/eight-charts-on-inequality-in-the-us/

Flagged earlier, but now in the Economist
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https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21733988-property-yields-more-shares-and-bonds-investment-returns-outstrip-economic

 

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