Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Welcome to the fourth phase of the bull market – Dr Ed’s Blog
- How the sector composition of the S&P 500 has changed over time – Quartz
- Asian stock markets are setting up to move higher – Peter L Brandt
- Activist hedge funds have risen to the top of the pack – Wall Street Journal
- Why volatility (and uncertainty) is good for an economy – Tim Harford
North America:
- Blackrock is still America’s largest money manager – Institutional Investor
- Job openings at 7-year high – Real Time Economics
- BLS: Jobs Openings increase to 4.6 million in May – Calculated Risk
- Investors Are Buying Troubled Golf Courses and Giving Them Makeovers – New York Times
- The Incredibly High, Totally Justified Salaries of Silicon Valley Interns – Slate
- Is your state “tight” or “loose”? – Mother Jones
- Texas has added one million jobs since 2007 vs. only 24,900 jobs in California – aei-ideas.org
Europe:
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- Moscow accuses United States of ’kidnapping’ Russian hacker – Reuters
- In Bulgaria, Corruption and Mistrust Turn Promise Into Pain – New York Times
- France hits out at dollar dominance in international transactions – Financial Times
- ECB under pressure to tackle ‘crazy’ euro – Financial Times
Asia:
- China Rethinks the Death Penalty – New York Times
- Now Macau activists plan democracy poll in new headache for China – Reuters
- BOJ has ’extensive’ tools to end QQE: Deputy Governor Nakaso – Reuters
Local:
- From FTAs to genuine trade reform – The AFR
- Japan deal comes at right time – The AFR
- CBA faces new Senate Inquiry – The AFR
- Abbott urges minor parties to pass $34 billion of policies – The AFR
- Lifting tax on non-resident deposits creates greater competition – The AFR
- Uni calls to raise entry bar for teachers – The Australian
- NDIS likely to be delayed – The Australian
- Green energy warns over RET – The Australian
- Push to move public service north – Canberra Times
- Moving bureaucrats north would leave departments “struggling to find staff” – Canberra Times
- Gruen transfer leaves another hole in Treasury – Canberra Times
- Why Australia risks becoming a fossil fuel – The Age
- Few positives to be found in negative gearing – The Drum
- The Aussie billionaire nobody knows – The Age
- Charting the politics of fear – Business Spectator
- An awkward time to mention migration – Business Spectator
Other:
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- Checking in on smartphone market penetration – Asymco
- Luck matters: why it is good to be born 20 years before an economic boom – Bloomberg View
- Trust-based working time spurs innovation – VOX
- Does Facebook break up marriages? – MarketWatch
- A huge debate about the labor market is driven by a nonsense acronym – VOX