Periculo ex maChina
The shadow convexity risk in the machine (and the VIX)
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/10/13/2142116/the-shadow-convexity-risk-in-the-machine-and-the-vix/}

 'The Vix, Cole notes, is experiencing epileptic seizures including erratic and violent outbursts up and down at the most frequent pace in history as new sources of structural short convexity interact with interventionist policy responses to crisis.'

= the volatility index has been volitile...perhaps

9 Simple Statements That Will Make You Think Differently About the World
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/05/17/9-simple-statements-that-will-make-you-think-diffe.aspx

Angus Deaton wins the Nobel
{http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/10/deaton.html}

The UK’s Money Laundering Mess (I)
{http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2015/10/the-uks-money-laundering-mess-i.html}

Albert Edwards on the next deflation
{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/10/glencores-monstrous-debt/}


Glencore’s monstrous debt
{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/10/glencores-monstrous-debt/}

Why it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission
{http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/09/why-its-better-to-ask-for-forgiveness-than-permission.html}

This is the best time to borrow money. In all of history.
{http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/24/this-is-the-best-time-to-borrow-money-in-all-of-history/}

It will take more than patience to free rich economies from the zero-interest-rate world
{http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21666606-it-will-take-more-patience-free-rich-economies-zero-interest-rate-world-after}

These maps show the most popular running routes in 20 major cities
{http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2015/09/26/fascinating-maps-show-where-people-run-in-20-major-cities/}

China's stocks listed in Hong Kong are trading below book value
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/17fa7126-620d-11e5-9846-de406ccb37f2.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets/feed//product#axzz3mJQUC7xq}


To Progress and Back: The Rise and Fall of Erdogan's Turkey
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/turkey-under-erdogan-is-becoming-politically-riven-a-1054359.html

Fundamentals are only half the story,The E is only half of the PE
{http://thereformedbroker.com/2015/09/22/fundamentals-are-only-half-the-story/}

Every active satellite orbiting earth, interactive-graphic
{http://qz.com/296941/interactive-graphic-every-active-satellite-orbiting-earth/}

Best drummer
{http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/09/drum-solo.html}

Howard Marks on why investing is not easy...
{http://www.oaktreecapital.com/memo.aspx}
{http://www.oaktreecapital.com/MemoTree/It's%20Not%20Easy.pdf}

oh, so that's why the "Banks have built up their compliance staffs. Gone are the firm-funded trips to Val d’Isere and the $1,000 meals at Le Gavroche."
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-14/was-tom-hayes-running-the-biggest-financial-conspiracy-in-history-}


another chewy one
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/09/11/2139913/why-its-not-an-oil-breakdown-story-its-a-money-story/}

The World’s Best Investment For the Next 12 Months
{http://www.philosophicaleconomics.com/2015/09/invest/}

Catch up

Europe's refugee crisis, explained

{http://www.vox.com/2015/9/5/9265501/refugee-crisis-europe-syria}

Meet the companies that are trying to profit from global warming
{http://www.vox.com/2014/8/18/6031219/how-to-profit-off-of-global-warming}

For Treasurys, China Fears May Be Overblown
{http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/09/02/for-treasurys-china-fears-may-be-overblown/}

Economics Has a Math Problem
{http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-09-01/economics-has-a-math-problem}

A simple primer for understanding China’s downturn
{http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/09/a-simple-primer-for-understanding-chinas-downturn.html}

Why can't we stop for death?
{http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2015/09/why-cant-we-stop-death}

What are Chinese capital controls really?
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/08/14/2137221/what-are-chinese-capital-controls-really-part-1/}

Glown Genius - Trump
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/126589300371/clown-genius

The Machine that Changed the World
http://www.economicprincipals.com/issues/2015.08.16/1772.html

Songs of the Week: 10 Great Albums From 2015 (So Far) You Might Have Missed
http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/songs-of-the-week-10-great-albums-from-2015-so-far-you-might-have-missed/

Long-Distance Runners Mostly Think About How Hard Long-Distance Running Is
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/08/runners-mostly-think-about-how-hard-running-is.html?

Scary - Corbyn
http://www.vox.com/2015/8/13/9149623/jeremy-corbyn

from June...'For £3 you can vote in the Labour leadership election – Labour is panicking as apparently a lot of Tories are signing up to vote for Corbyn (this is now known as doing a Balotelli, after Liverpool’s player of the year was Balotelli due to other clubs’ fan voting for him in an open Liverpool supporters’ vote).
http://www.labour.org.uk/blog/entry/how-to-vote-for-our-next-leader-and-deputy-leader'

Which country is most likely to have the next financial crisis?
{http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/08/which-country-is-most-likely-to-have-the-next-financial-crisis.html}

Foreigners Flee Thai Stocks as Patience Wanes Over Pledges
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-02/foreigners-flee-thai-stocks-as-patience-thins-over-junta-pledges

Japan’s longest day: plot that nearly prevented war from ending
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f8622748-4199-11e5-9abe-5b335da3a90e.html#axzz3ifBZfFb4

Borris Falstaff

SPIEGEL: A short time ago, you purchased three water cannons from Germany for a quarter of a million pounds, but the home secretary has forbidden their use in Britain. Was this your worst deal ever?

Johnson: Rubbish, it was brilliant deal.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/spiegel-interview-with-london-mayor-boris-johnson-a-1047789.html

The Troubled Oil Business
https://medium.com/@amorylovins/the-troubled-oil-business-21ad430eff10

5 Things to Know About China’s Currency Devaluation
http://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2015/08/10/5-things-about-chinas-currency-devaluation/

Six thoughts about the Yuan devaluation
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/08/six-thoughts-about-the-yuan-devaluation.html

How much gold should you have in your portfolio?
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2015/08/04/2136207/how-much-gold-should-you-have-in-your-portfolio/}

Singapore as financial corporation
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/08/singapore-as-financial-corporation.html

Review: ‘The Economics of Inequality,’ by Thomas Piketty, Krugman
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/03/books/review-the-economics-of-inequality-by-thomas-piketty.html?src=twr&_r=0

Top 6 Myths Driving Oil Prices Down
http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/08/top-6-myths-driving-oil-prices-down/?curator=thereformedbroker&utm_source=thereformedbroker


http://boingboing.net/2015/08/04/the-problem-with-vintage-magic.html
shops
{http://www.magicposters.com/buy/a-c.html}
{http://www.nnmagic.com/posters_magicoriginal/posters_ab.htm}

daily mail
{http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554831/Look-eyes-Amazing-collection-vintage-posters-shows-magicians-advertised-dark-arts-100-years-ago.html}