US Treasury Rates Have Never Been Higher Relative to the Eurozone
Continued or accelerated QE will serve little additional stimulative purpose
The Most Expensive Residential Property in the World
The prices of prime residential real-estate vary greatly, even among the world’s biggest and most desirable cities
Image of the Day: Perpetual Motion
Via the great cartoonist Michael P. Rameriz
Jim Grant: Bond Bear Market Has Already Begun
This was the lowest reading ever recorded on a global benchmark sovereign 10-ish year yield and it goes back to the 1300s
The World’s Largest Volcanic Eruptions Compared
It is amazing to see just how powerful volcanic eruptions can been and how many major eruptions have occurred in recent history
The Borrowing Costs of 65 Countries Around the World
The US 10-Year Treasury bond, the global ‘risk-free’ benchmark, is smack-dab in the middle of the pack, lower than 32 countries and higher than 32 countries
Map of the Day: the History of China Every Year
The history of China is one of numerous competing states and changing borders
Global Deaths in Conflicts Since the Year 1400
Starting with the 30-Years War in the early 1600s and running until World War II, global scale conflicts seem to occur regularly every 50 years or so.
The Top Importers and Exporters of the World’s Most Traded Goods
The United States is the biggest importer for 12 of the 18 trade categories, including the largest ones: automobiles and refined petroleum
Map of the Day: Every Shipwreck from World War II
The North Atlantic is a ship graveyard