Weekend Links 15th September

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Global Macro:

  • Fidelity reckons you need 8 times final income for retirement – better get your Macro Investor subscription quick
  • Roubini – Fiddling at the fire. Pro Syn
  • Soc Gen’s Albert Edwards tees off on market complacency about China – BI
  • Bernanke and Draghi add fuel to gold fire – Forbes
  • But the Wall Street Journal says they cant do it all on their own – here
  • Mark Faber – Fed will destroy the world – Bloomberg
  • But at least Financial Market stress is low – Bloomberg

North America:

  • White House announces Fiscal Cliff spending cuts – CNN
  • New Yorker salutes uncle Ben – here
  • The Dow is being rebuild – MarketBeat but Apple didn’t get in – here
  • Fed getting closer to its roots – WSJ Blog
  • This round of QE is going to be the biggest yet – Reuters. Agreed
  • Ritholtz suggests we don’t forget the economy – The Big Picture
  • As does BI which says it won’t work because of no demand for credit – here
  • Even if you are all powerful its hard to fix the economy – NPR
  • Fed’s Raskin says disappointed with employment – Reuters.
  • Zuckerberg gets it about profit now – Marketwatch

Europe:

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  • Spain urged to clarify aid needs – Reuters

Asia:

  • Chinese Leadership tensions – BI
  • QE3 shouldnt trigger a wall of money into EM – WSJ Blog
  • Australian business hitting out on China ties – The Oz Paul kelly saying luck not enough – here. Nothing like a fall in revenue to get the gaze focussed on the navel.
  • Stokes and Packer say bend the knee – AFR

Local:

  • Go Harvey – A dinosaur fights back, SMH
  • Apparently there is a Sydney Real Estate revival – SMH Lead story on the website!
  • Twiggy’s wealth dropping $8 m a minute – SMH here he’s saving his empire
  • AFR says Twiggy looking at asset sales
  • China “salvation of WA” – SMH
  • Global rally puts pressure on RBA over rates – SMH MY OATH rates to 2.5% in the next 12 months. AFR says the same
  • Tinkler playing with his empire – Oz
  • AFR says Mirvac threatening him with insolvency to get their cash.


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