Examining World Financial Markets in 8 Charts

There is an expression if it ain't broke then don't fix it. Well it certainly appears that the trends in place since the end of 2008 across the various asset classes remain in place today with little to challenge their "legitimacy". But what if we simply have not looked hard enough? What if we are walking right into a trap? We don't take our cues from what other people think is going to happen. (If the last 18 months is anything to go by, individuals have absolutely no idea of what the next 12 months will bring).