Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Rise and Fall of the Unicorn – NY Times
- Credit-Default Swaps Are Back as Investor Fear Grows – Bloomberg
- Oil Is the Cheap Date From Hell – Bloomberg
- Bank recapitalisation and economic recovery after financial crises – VOX
- Negative Interest Rates Are Spreading Across the World. Here’s What You Need to Know – NY Times
- What Is the Role of a Central Bank? – Slate
- The next recession could be around the corner, and the Fed isn’t ready for it – VOX
- Seven-and-a-half years on, this is a distressingly fragile recovery – The Guardian
- Saudi Arabia Is Winning Its War Against The U.S. Oil Industry – fivethirtyeight.com
- The Oil Industry Got Together and Agreed Things May Never Get Better – Bloomberg
- The global shipping slowdown hints at a recession around the corner – newstatesman.com
- Gold’s Anti-Gravity Machine – Bloomberg
- Major central banks tear up interest rate plans as market turmoil forces them into reverse – Telegraph
Americas:
- What Would Happen if Bernie Sanders Taxed Wall Street? – WSJ
- Warning signs for Hillary Clinton in South Carolina – msnbc.com
- When Hillary Clinton Killed Feminism – NY Times
- Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street Talks Were Highly Paid, Friendly – WSJ
- Disparity in Life Spans of the Rich and the Poor Is Growing – NY Times
- New York Fed Finds Large Increase in Debts Held by Those Over Age 50 – WSJ
- Venezuela’s Collapse Brings ‘Savage Suffering’ – WSJ
- Making the Wealthy, Wall Street, and Large Corporations Pay their Fair Share – berniesanders.com
Europe:
- EU is poised to restrict passport-free travel – ap.org
- The EU is finished if it doesn’t allow Italy to fix its banks – Telegraph, Warner
- Market turmoil could hold back euro zone inflation: ECB’s Coeure – Reuters
- Russia hit 1,888 targets in Syria in a week; US count? Just 16 – stripes.com
- Russia PM warns of ’new cold war’ amid Syria accusations – The Guardian
- Russia’s Medvedev: We Are in ’a New Cold War’ – Bloomberg
- Swedish Bank Move Creates a Global Shudder – NY Times
- Greece juggles refugees and financial black holes – dw.com
- Greece takes a fall for Schengen – FT
- Greek Economy Returns to Recession After Shrinking in Fourth Quarter – Bloomberg
- Schaeuble Says Portugal Debt Woes Trump `Strong’ Deutsche Bank – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Chinese Start to Lose Confidence in Their Currency – NY Times
- China’s instinct is to control, not devalue – georgemagnus.com
- As He Runs Out of Options, BOJ Chief Kuroda Faces New Challenges – WSJ
- BoJ’s Nakaso defends negative rates, says not meant to pinch banks – Reuters
- India outpaces China in 2015 economic growth – BBC
- Nikkei Plunges Again in Worst Week Since Financial Crisis – NY Times
- How long until China reaches the floor of the recommended reserve adequacy range? – bondvigilantes.com
- China’s central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan breaks silence over the yuan – SCMP
Trans-Tasman:
- Tax cuts funded by simpler tax returns could put more money back in the pockets of Australians under a government plan – Canberra Times
- Labor MPs nervous about Shorten – Canberra Times
- ALP moves on negative gearing – Canberra Times
- Labor’s proposed changes to negative gearing bad news for property – Domainfax… Property rent seekers pull out usual lies
- Are the rich really smarter or just craftier than the rest of us? – Canberra Times
- Asian buyers: Reality or a metropolitan myth? – Canberra Times
- Taxing times loom for dodgers – The Australian
- Labor outlines property tax policy – The Australian
- Population of 24 million smaller than Texas but we’re doing well – The Australian
- How to protect your super from the budget – The AFR… Obviously in favour of tax avoidance
- Labor puts negative gearing into play – The AFR
- Removing negative gearing will hurt housing affordability, Stockland’s Mark Steinert says – The AFR… More faulty logic from a rent seeker
- Surviving the dairy downturn as outlook goes from bad to awful – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Would you bet against sex robots? AI ‘could leave half of world unemployed’ – Guardian….Bladerunner, here we come…