Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- What the Smartest People in Finance Think You Should Read – Bloomberg
- Goldman puts its muscle into tech push – FT
- OPEC Says Crude Production Rose to 3-Year High in November – Bloomberg
- Zombies appear in U.S. oilfields as crude plumbs new lows – Reuters
- Billions of Barrels of Oil Vanish in a Puff of Accounting Smoke – Bloomberg
- The World’s Smartest Bad Investors – Bloomberg View
Americas:
- Donald Trump Solidifies His Lead, but Leaves Many Nervous – NY Times
- Fed Nominees Fade Into Partisan Oblivion as Election Year Looms – Bloomberg
- Economists Are Convinced Fed Will Raise Rates in December – WSJ
- How to Break the Wall Street to Washington Merry-Go-Round – Foreign Policy
- 5 takeaways about the American middle class – Pew Research
- Here’s How Much the U.S. Middle Class Has Changed in 45 Years – Bloomberg
- The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class – NPR
- America’s Middle Class Meltdown: core shrinks to half of US homes – FT
- Democrats Are Trying to Topple a Pillar of Obamacare – Bloomberg View
- $2 million mortgage: No down payment, no joke! – CNBC
- San Francisco Federal Credit Union unveils zero-down jumbo mortgages – HousingWire
Europe:
- ECB Chief Economist Blames Market Exaggeration for Disappointment – handelsblatt.com
- Frontex accepts Greece’s request for Rapid Border Intervention Teams – European Union
- Eurozone Bailout Fund Paper Examines Greek Debt-Relief Measures – WSJ
- Swiss see ’terrorist threat’ in Geneva, hunt for suspects – Reuters
- Russia will not leave IMF after debt rule change, minister says – Reuters
Asia:
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- Head of China’s largest private-sector conglomerate has repeatedly shot down claims that he was being investigated for graft – Caixin
- Chinese Billionaire Guo Guangchang Unreachable, Caixin Reports – Bloomberg
- More closures seen among Chinese peer-to-peer lenders as new rules loom – Reuters
- Let’s Just Hope Shipping Isn’t Telling the Real Story of China – Bloomberg
- Who’s investigating fake Chinese goods? Fake investigators – ap.org
Local:
- There’s something about Lucy Turnbull (and it’s not Malcolm) – The AFR
- Morrison throws away Abbott’s tax reform playbook – The AFR
- Basel 4 to free up capital for regional banks – The AFR
- Basel 4 plan to help smaller banks – Canberra Times
- The one hot commodity this summer: electricity – The AFR
- Jobs growth is nothing like the figure touted – Canberra Times
- Truth of Australia’s foreign aid cuts – Canberra Times
- Battle for 40,000 public servants – Canberra Times
- Here’s why your grocery bill is rising – Canberra Times
- Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill dream sets sail – Canberra Times
- Tax brawl might force a result on land tax – Canberra Times
- Jobs surge eases GFC pain – The Australian
- Van Onselen, Cassidy exemplify Left’s loathing for Tony Abbott – The Australian
- Victorian Government fails to pass port privatisation bill – ABC News
Other:
- Don’t stress about your debt. Go ahead and go broke in your 20s – Washington Post
- The Big Short is The Wolf of Wall Street with a conscience – The Verge
- Commuting and local jobs – VOX