2012: The Year in Review | Alpha Now | Thomson Reuters via kwout I especially like the asset performance chart where we see that the top performer is silver and not gold. And oil performance is only 2% whereas I have the feeling that gas is more and more expensive.  

It’s today’s graphic of the day on Thomson Reuters’ blog:  European government debt – graphic of the day | The Knowledge Effect via kwout

One of the thing the article shows is that many mistakes and special situations (desease, retirement, conflicts,…) were the ingredients that lead to this “crash”.  The Key Players in a $6 Billion Loss – NYTimes.com via kwout Ina Drew, Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase’s $6 Billion Mistake – NYTimes.com

Today the ECB announded that it will buy unlimitted amount of European sovereign bonds of countries that will request it. And I stumble upon this the chart below that illustrates the interview by Spiegel of Jens Weidmann head of Germany’s central bank:  SPIEGEL Interview with Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann – SPIEGEL ONLINE via kwout Here is [...]

FT Alphaville published an article about car components from a study by Bank Of America-Merrill Lynch. Here are some facts: The average car costs $14 350  (sum of the components) in 2011 whereas the cost was $11 100 in 2000.  Only 3 countries have suppliers for all the component categories (USA, Germany, and Japan. 3 Component systems [...]

Interactive timeline: Greek debt crisis – FT.com via kwout

BBC News published a very interesting chart to explain the euro crisis. And the root cause is private debts, no public debts. It looks like the ECB didn’t do its job well, and the Euro was to cheap in the period 2000-2010. The full chart is available after the jump. BBC News – What really [...]

BBC published an interesting interactive infographic to visualize eurozone debt:  For France we have: BBC News – Eurozone debt web: Who owes what to whom? via kwout   BBC News – Eurozone debt web: Who owes what to whom? via kwout   For UK we have: BBC News – Eurozone debt web: Who owes what [...]

Currently almost everybody seems to be knowing what the European Central Bank has to do to solve the European sovereign debt crisis. There is a game that allows to verify your central banker skills (link below). The game is available for both Web and iPhone. The goa is to set interest rate to limit inflation [...]

The chart referenced below (published by the New York Times) summarizes the European Debt Crisis in one picture. The chart focuses on the debt links between countries.  Data Points: An Overview of the Euro Crisis – NYTimes.com via kwout   Found via European Debt: The Big Picture