Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- They do ring a bell at the top – Alibaba IPO proves the rule – Zero Hedge
- Is there an Obama Doctrine? The Diplomat
- Dr Doom warns on 20% drop in AUD – The Age (h/t Gunnamatta)
- Bubble in US bonds to end in bad way – Bloomberg (like Japan?)
- Volatility finally raises its head – CNN
- Would a 1987 style crash really be that bad? PragCap (would be great for some, bad for most)
- Iron ore at five year low – is this a bottom? FT Video
America:
- Existing home sales in August unexpectedly drop – Calculated Risk
- Textbook case of price gouging – The Economist (coming here soon too?)
- Brazil growth slowing on back of China restructuring – Bloomberg (sound familiar?)
- As the Bovespa sinks on lack of Chinese stimulus – Barrons (and again….wheres that familiar risk?)
Europe:
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- Italy lacks tools to tackle debt – AFR (Wolfgang Munchau – its called independent monetary authority….)
- French PM tells its German big brother its not a sick child – Reuters (guess who really runs the EU?)
- Tesco runs into accounting and profit trouble – Reuters
- Eurozone consumer confidence slumps again – Forexlive
- While ECB Draghi says “recovery” losing momentum – what recovery Mario????
Asia:
- 30% of coal miners in China not paid – Zero Hedge
- China wont back down on HK elections – The Diplomat
- Renminbi long march to international status – China Spectator
Local:
- Farmers look to China to solve all their problems – Fairfax
- Australia turns blind eye to its housing bubble – Fairfax (William Pesek cross post, good stuff as usual)
- Falling dollar will help property – Fairfax (rubbish, but what doesn’t help property?? Fairies?)
- Big business whinges about competition review – Fairfax (here comes the lobbying)
- Delusion from Family First on negative gearing – AFR
- Triguboff welcomes bikie crackdown to safeguard his property portfolio – AFR
- How the RBA can cool housing – AFR Alan Mitchell (this is written in, but why would they want to prose)
Other:
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- Reporter quits live on air “F**k it, I quit” – Zero Hedge
- The cure for separatism: Democracy – The Diplomat (Direct democracy one hopes…)
- Star Wars Ep VIII producers want drone protection shield – Gizmag (not making this up!)