Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Currency Wars Evolve With Goal of Avoiding Deflation – Bloomberg
- Forex-Rigging Fines Could Hit $41 Billion Globally: Citi – Bloomberg
- Some common lies investors tell themselves – A Wealth of Common Sense
North America:
- Nelson Bunker Hunt, Texas Tycoon, Dies at 88 – New York Times
- Home Sales Reach 12-Month High – New York Times
- Fed Can Back Up Tough Talk on Bank Behavior With Action – Bloomberg
- US economic momentum is intact – Quartz
- Is cheap gasoline good for the US? – Fortune
- Why attacking the Fed for making inequality worse is mostly wrong – aei-ideas.org
Europe:
- EU’s Juncker pledges investment plan for jobs – Reuters
- At least 11 banks to fail European stress tests – news agency Efe – Reuters
- It is truly shocking that our already huge budget deficit is still growing – Telegraph
- Italy’s $2.6 Trillion Debt Giving Spanish Bonds the Edge – Bloomberg
- Swiss gold referendum: Early opinion poll strikes fear – Mineweb
Asia:
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- APEC nations vow to pursue ‘flexible’ fiscal policies – Reuters
- How much of China’s success was due to IP theft? – New Yorker
- China approves $24.5 billion in rail and airport projects – Reuters
- China central bank seen playing safe as slowdown fans policy debate – Reuters
- China seen staying away from interest rate cuts, stay on reform wagon – SCMP
- China’s growth in ‘reasonable range’, Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli tells Apec – SCMP
- For China’s Property Market, All Is Not Lost – Caixin
- China’s outbound investment set to eclipse inbound for first time – Financial Times
- Hong Kong protesters march after fruitless talks with government – Reuters
- Japan’s Exports Rise Most in Seven Months in Boost to Abe – Bloomberg
Local:
- Debt and deflation make for a toxic mix – The AFR
- Investors have bought up almost all housing in Sydney and Melbourne inner city – The AFR
- Stand-off over RET – The AFR
- RET deal key to saving jobs – The Australian
- Labor rejects opening RET offer – The Guardian
- CBA chief – infrastructure key to cooling housing – The AFR
- Business backs final push for TPP – The AFR
- RBA needs new bag of tricks – The AFR
- BHP set to beat iron ore guidance – The AFR
- Pain in store as trade woes rise – The Australian
- Don’t end negative gearing: Mirvac – The Australian
- Abbott’s favoured PPL scheme stalls – Fairfax
- Home boom stretching loan standards: APRA – Fairfax
- Medibank: No privatisation no-brainer – Fairfax
- All Female E-Mail at BHP Shows Mine Shift From Boys’ Club – Bloomberg
- Consumer prices up 0.5% as fruit prices surge – Fairfax
- Big W not for sale, says Woolworths – Fairfax
- BHP Billiton puts pressure on smaller rivals with strong production numbers – Fairfax
- Thermal coal is still a gold mine for Australia – Business Spectator
- China schools Australia on FTA negotiations – Business Spectator
Other:
- Attempted kidnapping in Turkey shows reach of the Islamic State – Washington Post
- Uber and the Coming Disruption of Finance – Bloomberg View