Links 18 June 2014

Global Macro / Markets:

• Fed set to raise rates faster than investors think – Bloomberg
• Problem with HFT in one chart – ZH
• A climate fix would ruin investors – FT

Americas:

• W.Bush and Obama most destructive presidents in history – Charles Hugh Smith
• Number of Americans renouncing citizenship goes exponential – ZH
• American retirees discover the horror of fee charging super funds – Bloomberg
• US CPI records largest increase in a year – Reuters
• While US housing starts moderate in May – Reuters
• Buffett denies plans to take Coke private – FT

Europe:

• Europes gas reserves cushion Ukraine supply disruptions – Bloomberg
  
• London’s housing bubble surpasses China – ZH

Asia:

• Iraq crisis tests Chinese foreign policy – The Diplomat
• Chinese investors buying up US golf courses – ominous – Red Luxury
• Why Afghanistan wont end up like Iraq – The Diplomat

Local:

• Financial advice is a matter of trust – Adele Ferguson at Fairfax
•  AustPost deliveries could be restricted to 3 a week – Fairfax
• Asylum seeker cruelty continues on denied entry for funeral – Fairfax
• El Nino threat to beef farmers – Fairfax
• But ag exports are still riding high:ABARE – ABC
• Strict changes ahead for foreign aid donations – ABC
• Generational war as Australia returns to a class system – Ian Verrender at ABC

Other:

• New Li-Ion batter could charge in minutes – Gizmag
  
• Choice backs Aussies who download Game of Thrones – ABC
• Cargo bikes make a comeback – no helmets of course – ABC
• Investing could all be about the weather – FT