Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Let there be bubbles! FT Alphaville (oh, yeah!)
- Bitcoin forms partnership with Paypal – Business Insider
- US starts airstrikes on ISIS – Bloomberg (because bombing always works right?)
- Beating Wall Street with Twitter – NYT
America:
- US house prices up slightly for July – Calculated Risk
- US manufacturing PMI continues to grow – Markit
- Confirmed by Richmond Fed regional report – Calculated Risk
- Mexico president says no to legalized marijuana – Bloomberg (because you’re having so much success in your drug war?)
- Alibaba slips below IPO price – Bloomberg
- Fed gives up on forecasting, admits freely – Forexlive
Europe:
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- Manufacturing and services PMI slowing down – Bloomberg
- UK Mortgage approvals fall in August, market cooling – FT
- Norways massive sovereign wealth fund to shift its investments – Bloomberg (for shame Oz)
- German euroskeptics on the rise – Business Insider (good, get out!)
Asia:
- China and Iran hold joint naval exercises – The Diplomat
- Can we trust the flash PMI from China yesterday? Beyondbrics
Local:
- Australia out in the cold on climate change – The Age (yay ignorance is bliss!)
- RBA running out of options – AFR (game over man, game over?)
- Fees on foreign buyers? AFR (woo hoo, finally some sense)
- Why the ABC must save Lateline – SMH
- Army chief predicts decade long war against ISIS – Fairfax
Other:
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- Star Wars inspired house in Japan – Gizmag
- New world record for highest paper airplane flight – Gizmag
- How to stop procrastinating in 10 minutes – Business Insider (TLDR..)