Weekend Links October 20

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Global Macro:

  • Markets are rigged in favour of HFT – Reuters
  • The Economist on this weeks Economics Nobel Prize
  • Trading Secrets from Jesse Livermore – Traders Journal ht abnormal returns

North America:

  • Firm dollar weak Europe hit US companies – Reuters
  • McDonalds profits fall on strong dollar – BBC the US may not have crashed but it is hardly strong.
  • Demographics in America in 2050 – BI

25th anniversary of the ’87 crash:

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Europe:

  • EU Summit, what exactly was agreed Friday – FT Blog
  • France and Germany divided over EU economic policy – Guardian
  • Merkel says no back dated bailouts – Reuters
  • EU aiming for Euro are bank supervision in 2013 – Bloomberg
  • Divisions deepen over banking union – FT
  • EU to split cost of aid with states – Reuters
  • UK Mugged by EU banking Union – BBC
  • Spain still dragging its feet – Reuters

Asia:

  • China Power Broker agree preferred leadership – Reuters

Local:

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  • Swan’s grip on surplus slips – AFR The Halo has been a noose for ages!
  • China reminds us we should think for ourselves at the UN – AFR
  • Tim Colebatch in the Age writing about Martin Wolf – here
  • Perhaps this is how we make Australian housing more affordable – 5 foot wide home in Poland – BI
  • Lesson from the crash – AFR

Other:

  • My son has Aspergers and here is a link to a clip from the US which highlights the value of early intervention as an Autistic Girl sings with Katy Perry – Mashable
  • The best leaders know how to respond to uncertainty – BI