Macro & Markets
- Glencore’s Glasenberg, once the hunter, now the hunted – Reuters, Clyde Russell
- IEA chief expects $45 oil ‘for a long time’: newspaper – Reuters
- The Perils of Forcing a Sale of Illiquid Assets – NY Times
- Glencore should have prepared better for China slowdown – Guardian
- Gold Vs Platinum: ETF Prices Diverge – ETF.com
- Sunlight on Tax Havens – Project-Syndicate, De Long….it is time to start shining lights…
- Should you fear a ‘Glencore’ moment? – CNBC…good …
- Glencore: How much worse might it get? – Mineweb
- `Cold Fusion’ Needed as Central Banks Look for Help With Growth – Bloomberg
- Look Out for the Great Trade Stagnation – Bloomberg, Noah Smith
Asia
- Hong Kong home prices could tumble 30 per cent through 2017 on deteriorating economy: UBS – SCMP
- India cuts policy rate by bigger-than-expected 50 bps – Nikkei Asian Review
- The Sino-American Codependency Trap – Project-Syndicate, Roach
Americas
- Fate of controversial US immigrant investor program up in air – Nikkei Asian Review
- Icahn urges Fed to get off zero, says ‘treacherous path’ undertaken – Reuters
- As Banks Retreat, Private Equity Rushes to Buy Troubled Home Mortgages – NY Times
- U.S. Inflation Outlook Slumps to Six-Year Low as Fed Sees Pickup – Bloomberg
- Why Does Wall Street Want Higher Rates? – Bloomberg
Europe
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- SFO probes ‘whether Bank of England advised lenders during auctions’ – Telegraph
- Europe may have no way out of its Greek mess – Market Watch
- ECB wants a weaker euro – Nikkei Asian Review
- Why Has Russia Failed to Diversify Exports? – Peterson Institute
- Low interest rates, capital flows, and declining productivity in South Europe – VoxEU
- German Yields Reflect Slow Inflation Adding to Pressure on ECB – Bloomberg
Terra Incognita
- The battle against inequality will continue until we change our attitudes towards parenting – Fairfax, Irvine…she makes a fair point…
SMSFs on track to lose $40b over six months on equities slump – Credit Suisse – Fairfax - Vampire currency: Australian dollar is refusing to drop – Fairfax
- Australia mining stocks have never mattered less after 21% slump – Fairfax
- In the zone: Insider trading rife in land rezoning racket – Fairfax, Pascoemeter….picks up Cam Murray’s work…..
- Malcolm Turnbull left weighing reform task as market dives on resources woes – Fairfax
- In-home care recipients complain packages ‘being fleeced’ by not-for-profit providers charging high fees – ABC…the aged care sector is festooned with frauds preying on elderly……
- Glencore could be the resource sector’s Lehman Brothers – ABC, Verrender
- China free trade agreement must not ‘slip through our fingers’, official warns – Guardian
- Australia to ‘vigorously defend’ Timor-Leste pipeline claims – Platts
- Risk of house price crash in eight years: English – NZ Herald
…and furthermore…
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- Doctors take ‘big step’ towards a cure for age-related blindness – Telegraph
- Chip Cards Will Require Users to Dip Rather Than Swipe – NY Times
- As Online Data Theft Escalates, Banks Look to Retailers to Bear the Losses – NY Times
- It’s sleazy, it’s totally illegal, and yet it could become the future of retirement – Washington Post…tontines anyone?…
- Measuring the interest premium for past default – VoxEU