Population Trends, Financial Market Developments, etc

Global Population Trends

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/sanyal3/English

Stocks versus Bonds

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-31/bonds-beating-u-s-stocks-over-30-years-for-first-time-since-19th-century.html

Here is a stunner from the above article:

“The biggest bond gains in almost a decade have pushed returns on Treasuries above stocks over the past 30 years, the first time that’s happened since before the Civil War.”

What went wrong with MF Global?

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/31/mf-global-good-bets-bad-timing/?pagemode=print