Links 16 June 2015

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Global Macro / Markets / Investing:

  • The ever evolving FX trading landscape – ThomsonReuters Blog
  • Central banks gamble with sub-zero interest rates – FT (finish him!)
  • Can’t even calculate bond market volatility its that high – Blackrock

North America:

  • Don’t believe the hype on US shale growth – ZH
  • Bush oligarchy extends further as Jeb announces 2016 presidential bid – The Economist (oh dear)
  • Israel can’t help California with its drought – BI
  • Why nobody believes the Fed’s forecasts – Washington Post 
  • 67% of economists think first Fed rate hike is in September – BI (so bet the other way…)

Europe:

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Asia:

  • Stock market gains create a million new Chinese millionaires – SCMP
  • Asia’s infrastructure investment battle – The Diplomat
  • RMB limited as a trade currency – Banking Day

Local:

  • Abbott winning fear game as Australians more concerned about nothing – TheAge
  • Indonesia hits back at boat people bribes – TheAge (hypocritical, but true)
  • Prepare for even higher house prices: RBA – Fairfax (because, you know, they can’t do anything)
  • Barnaby doesn’t want foreigners owning farmland – The Oz (so what will we sell them to fund the CAD?)

Other:

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  • Donating money to super rich colleges is dumb – VOX
  • Comet lander Philae wakes up after 7 months asleep – ScienceInsider
  • Hoverbike! Hoverbike! Gizmag (oh yeah)
  • Solar impulse plane is about to break records – Bloomberg
  • Behavioural Economist Richard Thaler does a Reddit AMA
  • SpaceX announces a Hyperloop Pod design competition!