Global Asset Allocation available

Global Asset Allocation book is available for free at http://freebook.mebfaber.com/.

Thanks for making it available to general public!

Ireland is the 4th largest US creditor

Considering that Ireland has just slightly higher population than any of the Balkan countries, these numbers are truly impressive.

Bloomberg - Ireland Stands Out in Treasury Holdings That Exceed Economy http://bloom.bg/27uw2Hc

Global CAPE ratios

Here are a few useful pieces of data on country ratios. The first one is Japan's CAPE ratio - here, and the second one is the Buffet's favourite, the list of market capitalisation to GDP ratios for quite a few countries - here.

Global Asset Allocation Update

Mac Faber has updated the Global Asset Allocation document. Very interesting read and a useful update on best known assest allocation strategies.

The book's review can be seen on Goodreads and the book can be found on Amazon. It is also available to the newsletter subscribers but the link is not publicly available due to copyright.

Edit: See update

Gig Economy

An article on gig economy - what is it, what are the effects?

Stock Market Valuations

Star Capital provides a Global Stock Market Valuation Ratios online (link), including dividend yields, CAPE, Price/Equity (P/E), Price/Book (P/B), etc. for the whole world.

First withdrawal from Norwegian SWMF

"Norway says made first withdrawal from oil fund in January" - http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKCN0W52L2

The All Weather Story

Here is The All Weather Story from Bridgewater, led by legendary Ray Dalio.

Some related material on Asset Allocation Strategies from Meb Faber. And a newer comparison of the different asset allocation strategies.

Portfolio Management

MIT 18.S096 Topics in Mathematics with Applications in Finance, Fall 2013 (link).

Portfolio Management course, 1h 30m

Here's also one from Stanford (link).

Quicken to sell before May

Source: Intuit to close sale of Quicken by April 30 (link)