European unemployment charts

Some say that people in the yellow countries are happier. Somehow I don't think so.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/07/daily-chart-europes-long-term-unemployed

Australia's tourism industry - a typical case of short-term thinking

Bloomberg - Old Hotels, Mediocre Customer Service Hamper Australia’s Tourism Revival http://bloom.bg/1gQOEer

Cloning DFA

DFA offers very popular small-cap value funds. Having Nobel laureates and other distinguished professors in their board of directors, they base their strategy on research and the small-cap funds are tilted a bit, not just based on the companies' market capitalization.
Vanguard, on the other hand, uses simple passive indexing strategy that tracks the market capitalization.
Here is an interesting article that clones the DFA fund by using a combination of low-cost passive funds.

Cloning DFA

a guinea pig in a global economic experiment?

Review of the global market charts, by Alan Hull
link

The demise of the PC makers

http://www.mauldineconomics.com/connecting-the-dots/you-need-to-get-your-head-examined-if-you-own-dell-or-intel-shares

20-year asset returns, report

http://www.asx.com.au/education/investor-update-newsletter/201507-best-performing-asset-classes.htm?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=iu

How to burn your college fund

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/a-college-student-blows-inheritance-bert-show-205833329.html On The Bert Show, a Kim confesses how she blew through a $90,000 college fund left to her by her grandparents.

Australia's renewable energy fund ordered to shun wind power

Wonder what the Australian government has been smoking lately.

Bloomberg - Australia Orders $7 Billion Energy Fund to Shun Wind Power http://bloom.bg/1dThfh2

Wind power sources were recently characterised as cheaper than coal so leaving it out makes no sense economically.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wind-power-actually-cheaper-coal-nuclear-and-gas-180953055/

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-02-06/australia-wind-energy-cheaper-than-coal-natural-gas-bnef-says

Australia "living beyond it's means"

http://goldstocksforex.com/2015/07/08/australia-rising-foreign-debt/

Hypo-Alpe deal finally reached

Bloomberg - Austria to Pay Bavaria 1.2 Billion Euros in Heta Deal http://bloom.bg/1Cm8urK