Investment & Finance Thread (June 8 edition)

Winding down in the end of the first half of 2014 (dang, --already??)  we can say we're looking (from here) at six months of getting no where, or we can also say we've built a solid base for long term growth.

In terms of sectors (from here) this year's been generally showing these same slow but steady gains throughout:

Funny how we were just talking the other day about how nice a bit more boredom would be, although with negative interest rates, negative gdp, and mid-term elections five months ahead that may not be on...