It seems that it isn’t just the /wsb crowd that has decided to plow their savings into supremely-expensive equities. The rest of the world has joined in as well.
Global Gorging
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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Where Oil Flows & Goes
This is quite mesmerizing, and it’s particularly striking how little energy China makes (except for filthy coal) versus what it consumes.
No Yen for the Dollar
In spite of Japan’s monstrous demographic problems (e.g. everyone is getting old and retiring and the young people aren’t reproducing since, I dunno, the lure of anime or something) their currency, the Yen, seems to be holding its own. Indeed, the chart of the USD/JPY seems to be hammering out its third major top on this long-term chart, suggesting that the currency of ‘mericuh is going to be pummeled by the rising sun’s.
Giant Retirement Villages
I’d say Japan has a serious demographic problem.
Where You Won’t Find Me
Here are the cities of the world, packed with humans. Ick.
