Good morning. We are getting to the hard part of the week, apparently
https://www.bespokepremium.com/think-big-blog/sp-500-average-performance-by-weekday/

I would be interested to see this one in dollars per head…

https://www.statista.com/chart/13766/where-philanthropy-dollars-are-concentrated/

Still one of my favorite, completely useless charts around.

http://www.businessinsider.com/economic-recession-outlook-fund-managers-freaking-out-defying-baml-2018-5

Somehow, I have a hard time believing this.

https://hbr.org/2017/02/finally-proof-that-managing-for-the-long-term-pays-off

A bit of a technical read on the slope of the yield curve and stocks

https://voxeu.org/article/yield-curve-and-stock-market

The regional Asian Pacific outlook of the IMF

http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/REO/APAC/Issues/2018/04/16/areo0509

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