Thursday 22Aug

The financial unraveling of southeast Asia
{http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/08/the-financial-unraveling-of-southeast-asia.html}

Safe haven bubble pops
{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2013/08/safe-haven-bubble-pops/}

{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2013/08/world-bank-sees-1-trillion-bill-for-rising-seas/}

Assorted links Singapore
{http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/08/assorted-links-singapore.html}

Capital Flows Back to U.S. as Markets Slump Across Asia
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-19/clouds-gather-over-asian-economies-as-capital-flows-back-to-u-s-.html}

Which famous economist are you most similar to?
{http://www.whichfamouseconomistareyoumostsimilarto.com/}

http://www.simonstalenhag.se/index.html




The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Starting And Running A Business
{http://jamesaltucher.quora.com/The-Ultimate-Cheat-Sheet-For-Starting-And-Running-A-Business}

Tuesday 20th August

China Trading Error Reduces Investor Confidence in Stocks
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-18/china-trading-error-reduces-investor-confidence-in-stocks.html}

China Prepares to Bail Itself Out
{http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/08/china-prepares-to-bail-itself-out.html}

Housing prices rose in 69 out of 70 of China’s biggest cities. That’s pretty scary
{http://qz.com/116538/housing-prices-rose-in-69-out-of-70-of-chinas-biggest-cities-thats-pretty-scary/}

On the Phenomenon of Bullsh1t Jobs
{http://www.strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/}

Explained..
What makes the ouija board move
{http://mindhacks.com/2013/08/15/what-makes-the-ouija-board-move/}
& BS Police
{http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/08/16/james-randi-the-amazing-meeting-and-the-bullshit-police.html}

Friday

China drought leaves 13 million thirsty
{http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-08/15/content_16897560.htm}

The mystery of the vanishing gun inventor
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23709471}

Scientists Gain New Insight Into Climate Change
{http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/08/new-insight-climate-change/}

Thursday

Cronies and capitols
{http://www.economist.com/news/business/21583242-businesspeople-have-become-too-influential-government-cronies-and-capitols}

Where the wealthy get their income
{http://www.cnbc.com/id/100958750}

The cruel trick played by history on Milton Friedman
{http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/the-cruel-trick-played-by-history-on.html}

Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed
{http://www.raptitude.com/2010/07/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed/}

Aug 14 2013

What People (Don’t) Know About The Deficit
{http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/13/what-people-dont-know-about-the-deficit/?_r=1&}

Stairway to Hell: A Spanish Skyscraper's Elevator Disaster
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/architect-forgets-elevator-for-47-floor-skyscraper-in-spain-a-916082.html}

Penny-Stock Fraud Operators Mastered The Art Of Cross-Selling
{http://dealbreaker.com/2013/08/penny-stock-fraud-operators-mastered-the-art-of-cross-selling/}

15 Really Strange Beaches
{http://www.theworldgeography.com/2013/08/strange-beaches.html}

Chinese cargo ship sets sail for Arctic short-cut
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/05daa11e-0274-11e3-880d-00144feab7de.html#axzz2bbfn4Tvp}

The 5 Best Bottles Of Gin In The World
{http://www.businessinsider.com/the-5-best-bottles-of-gin-in-the-world-2013-8}


Awesome
{http://lifehacker.com/5927857/top-10-diy-miracles-you-can-accomplish-with-a-1-binder-clip}

Monday

I warn you, Mr Carney – a housing bubble is coming
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/kamal-ahmed/10235529/I-warn-you-Mr-Carney-a-housing-bubble-is-coming.html}

Hacks
HOWTO: Ultra-cheap Sous-vide
{http://boingboing.net/2013/08/11/howto-ultra-cheap-sous-vide.html}

How to Make Free Ringtones in iTunes
{http://mashable.com/2013/08/08/free-itunes-iphone-ringtones/#_}

Friday 9th Aug

The changing debate over China’s economy
{http://blog.mpettis.com/2013/08/the-changing-debate-over-chinas-economy/}

How to Convince Investors
{http://www.paulgraham.com/convince.html}

Defend Europe, if you still dare
{http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100025311/defend-europe-if-you-still-dare/}

Mark Carney: banks need to reconnect with society
{http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/08/mark-carney-banks-need-to-reconnect-with-society}

That was Thursday

'Critical phase' for Iter fusion dream
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23408073}

Coming Collapse of China? (excerpt)
{http://blog.yardeni.com/2013/08/coming-collapse-of-china-excerpt.html}

Ritholtz
Blame the Economists . . .
{http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/08/blame-the-economists/}
& reference piece
{http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/why-economists-suck/}

Manipulating Bad Financial Data
{http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/08/manipulating-bad-financial-data/}

7th August

Analysis: China risks following Japan into economic coma
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/29/us-china-economy-japan-analysis-idUSBRE96S10P20130729}

Indo, most undervalued EM market in the world?
{http://goodnewsfromindonesia.org/the-most-undervalued-emerging-market-in-the-world/}

India Rupee Recovers From Record Low
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323968704578651082347376760.html}

Aykroyd: Let Me Explain the End of `Trading Places'
{http://www.businessweek.com/videos/2013-08-06/aykroyd-let-me-explain-the-end-of-trading-places}

Aug 06

{http://humblestudentofthemarkets.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/market-perception-of-china-macro-risk.html}

Should you delete all emails you get while you are on holiday?
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23547802}

The 25 Best Bloggers, 2013 Edition
{http://techland.time.com/2013/08/05/the-25-best-bloggers-2013-edition/}

RBS Market Manipulator Got Canned Because Some Janitor Posed As A Bond Guy And For No Other Reason, Says RBS Market Manipulator
{http://dealbreaker.com/2013/08/rbs-market-manipulator-got-canned-because-some-janitor-posed-as-a-bond-guy-and-for-no-other-reason-says-rbs-market-manipulator/}

Miners return to hedging as gold prices lose shine
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3dcc8ecc-fd0e-11e2-955a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2bAUXrMQ6}

Friday 2nd August

Japan has not learnt the lessons of its lost decade
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f80a2eba-fa8a-11e2-87b9-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2amU9FYZj}

County in Shaanxi in a Deep Hole as Mining Bubble Pops
{http://english.caixin.com/2013-08-01/100564292.html}

Economists Behaving Badly, Redux
{http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/01/economists-behaving-badly-redux/?_r=0}

Asset Allocation Strategies
{http://www.mebanefaber.com/2013/07/31/asset-allocation-strategies-2/}

Thursday 1st August

China Stocks World’s Worst Losing $748 Billion on Slump
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-30/china-stocks-world-s-worst-losing-748-billion-on-slump.html}

We could very well be entering into a multi-decade period of much lower price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios.
{http://www.marketwatch.com/story/pe-ratios-to-drop-20-in-coming-years-2013-07-31}

Gold
China launches two new gold ETFs
{http://emergingmoney.com/china/china-launches-two-new-gold-etfs/}
On Au
{http://johnhcochrane.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/on-au.html}
On-On Au; What is the payoff structure of gold?
{http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/what-is-payoff-structure-of-gold.html}

Wednesday 31st July

Russian Potash Producer Signals End to Global Cartel
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324354704578637613345900562.html}

Some Investing Stories Sound Good Until You Analyze Them
{http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/your-money/some-investing-stories-sound-good-until-you-analyze-them.html?_r=1&}

China Is Set to Suffer the Skyscraper Curse
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-29/china-is-set-to-suffer-the-skyscraper-curse.html}

Tuesday 30th July

5 reasons the Fed's taper will begin in September
{http://soberlook.com/2013/07/5-reasons-feds-taper-to-begin-in.html}

A great China reckoning might not happen in quite the way you’d expect
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/07/30/1585282/a-great-china-reckoning-might-not-happen-in-quite-the-way-youd-expect/}

Will China's economy crash?
{http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/29/opinion/pettis-china-economy}

Friday 26th

Worries about China
{http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2013/07/worries_about_c.html}

Is China's debt nightmare a province called Jiangsu?
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/24/china-economy-debt-idUSL4N0FQ02820130724}

Broad-Minded? London Mayor Spurs Berlin Public Sex Debate
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/london-mayor-boris-johnson-sparks-berlin-debate-on-sex-in-public-a-913112.html}

July 25

Explaining the commodity warehouse trade with scripture
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/07/23/1578802/explaining-the-commodity-warehouse-trade-with-scripture/}

Goldman on who’s really wagging the oil market
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2011/10/04/691986/goldman-on-whos-really-wagging-the-oil-market/}

Gold stocks, What The Heck Happened?
{http://www.indexuniverse.com/hot-topics/19372-gdx-what-the-heck-happened.html}

Wednesday 24th July

China capitulates
{http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100025237/china-capitulates/}

Some Thoughts on Recent Chinese GDP Growth
{http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2013/07/some_thoughts_o_4.html}

{Six Reasons to Expect Inflation}
{http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2013/07/23/six-reasons-to-expect-inflation/?mod=WSJBlog}

Tuesday 23rd July

When have econ blogs changed your mind about something?
http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/when-have-econ-blogs-changed-your-mind.html

on the back of this...
Smaller, cheaper, faster: Does Moore’s law apply to solar cells?
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/03/16/smaller-cheaper-faster-does-moores-law-apply-to-solar-cells/

The SEC’s important case against Stevie Cohen
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/07/21/the-secs-important-case-against-stevie-cohen/

22nd July

China super cycle not ending, just shifting
{http://www.theage.com.au/business/china-super-cycle-not-ending-just-shifting-20130719-2q9wt.html}

China’s Ponzi Bicycle Is Running Into A Brick Wall
{http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/chinas-ponzi-bicycle-is-running-into-a-brick-wall/}

G20 report warns of global tax chaos
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/19/g20-report-warns-global-tax-chaos}

Quad Highlights
{http://linkseffect.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/perth-and-kinross-20130713-00046jpg.html}

Quad pics

First hill














This was the climb down to the loch for the last mountain, number 7

Times

Right to left, Munro 1 (Meall Greigh), 4 (Ben Lawers), 5 (Beinn Ghlas) & 7 (Maell nan Tarmachan)

All photos here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildfoxevents/sets/72157634596361876/