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How Different Asset Classes React During Crisis Periods

This infographic looks at 14 different asset classes performing during 5 different crisis periods over the past 20 years.

Click to see the whole graphic at full-size.

  

 via RCM's Managed Futures Blog.

 

Click here for more on how alternatives perform vs. traditional investments when volatility spikes.

Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading

The Democrats' Dream Ticket is really about Republicans ... Imagine if Trump and Palin ran together.

 

   

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• 20 Leadership Experts Share Their Best Leadership Tip. (Inc.)
• How to Motivate Yourself: 3 Steps Backed By Science. (Read)
• Cowboys to Use Virtual Reality in Practice & Film Study. (ESPN & Engadget)
• Just Say No To Digital Hoarding. (Washington Post)
• Amazon Says That It Now Adds Computing Power On a Daily Basis That’s Equivalent to Its Entire Capacity Just 10 Years Ago. (The Atlantic) 

 

Trading Links:

• Five Top VCs Predict The Future. (Forbes)
• Bitcoin Index Called 'Stepping Stone' For Currency. (CNBC)
• Wall Street, Meet Block Chain — Investing 2.0. (Medium)
• IMF Paper Finds That Too Much Finance is Bad for Growth. (NakedCapitalism)
• Cashless Society: This country wants to ban the use of cash in stores. Economists love the idea of a cashless society. So, increasingly, do consumers. (Fortune) 

Once In a Blue Moon ... or every couple of years

I was in New York for a quick visit last week.  

Seems I get there often recently.

A little more rare, I got a chance to see a concert (U2 at Madison Square Garden) and eat Junior's Cheesecake.

Meanwhile, Friday marked the second full moon of July, a phenomenon referred to as a “Blue Moon.”

  

  

Though the phrase “once in a blue moon” is used to describe a rare event ... a blue moon is not really that rare; nor does imply that the moon appears blue.

Technically, the term “blue moon” describes the second full moon in a single calendar month.

Most years only have 12 moons, but this year has 13 (which happens every two to three years).