• Markets 'brush off' Crimea worries

  Asian shares 'entirely brush off' worries about the referendum in Crimea, but analysts warn of capital flights back into Russia in anticipation of sanctions

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• Mauldin: Inequality and Opportunity

  "Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview – nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty." – Stephen Jay Gould  My letters the last few weeks on income inequality (here and here) brought more response from readers than any topic…

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• Crimea worries erode Asia risk appetite

  Stocks remained under pressure after Crimea voted overwhelmingly to rejoin Russia in a referendum condemned by the EU and US as illegal