Weekend Links – August 4

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Global Macro:

  • Business Insider with a story that History And Science Predict A Violent Political Upheaval In 2020
  • Is buy and hold dead – Richard Bernstein via Advisor Perspectives
  • Macro is getting difficult when one of the best is handing money back – FT
  • It’s not all bad news on the macro front JPM’s indicator ticked higher – BI
  • Big Oil is Earth’s Public Enemy No. 1 – Marketwatch
  • Macro Morning will be back on Monday but here is Bloomberg’s wrap for last night.

North America:

  • Wall Street ends at highest level since May – Reuters
  • US Treasury is exiting AIG – FT
  • Knight is going down and looking for a buyer – here in the FT

Europe – Rethinking Draghi:

  • FTAlphaville – [Draghi] The Great Draghi Re-think
  • Bloomberg says, ECB-Politicians’ Anti-Crisis Bargain Starts to Emerge
  • Bloomberg also saying Merkel’s Coalition Members Signal Acceptance of ECB Bond-Buying
  • Business Insider says, Draghi Just Staged A Dramatic Power-Play, And People Think It Could Be A Europe Game Changer
  • Wall Street Journal saying, Draghi’s Short-Termism May Pay Off
  • Spain edges toward a full bailout – Reuters
  • No escaping the weak economic outlook for Europe – Reuters
  • UK Telegraph with a story that a Polish MP demands Spain pays back 16th century debt
  • Big rally in Spanish 10 years – Bloomberg

Asia:

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  • Corn’s big rise is more worrying than the Euro Mess – Bloomberg
  • Foodageddon – Barrons
  • Indian Power failure shows political gridlock – Bloomberg

Local:

  • Glenn Stevens is the ruler of Australia – AFR
  • You just can’t kill the Aussie Dollar at the moment. Is it about to break higher still? Here from ActionForex
  • But Kloppers queries it – AFR
  • CSL having a changing of the guard at the top – The Oz
  • The Oz saying that In Kalgoorlie, it’s gloom for diggers — joy for dealers
  • Agents see signs of property sales growth – SMH
  • Jac Nassar v Marius Kloppers? – SMH

Other/Interesting:

  • James Althucher on Trillion dollar lies
  • Have a look at this picture – quite a cool illlusion
  • The last thing a Collingwood supporter needs as we head toward the finals – Cats on the march. The Oz
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