Markets Macro & Investing
- What lies in store for FX in 2016 – Euromoney
- Albert Edwards reckons we’re in for a 75% fall in US stocks – BI (according to The Kouk, he’s a clown. Economics is such a respectful profession, dont you say?)
- While others say the pivot point is here, with no recession coming – Bloomberg
- Everything central banks are doing in one map – BI
- Stock futures rise on China trade surprise – Reuters
Asia/Middle East
- Beijing builds “monster” ship to patrol South China Sea – The Diplomat
- Malaysian property bubble near bursting point – Nikkei Asian Review
- Iran on track to keep its nuclear deadline, but skeptics abound – LA Times
- Japanese long term bonds rise amid worries over oil prices – Nikkei Review
Europe
- Oil price slide may need another budget, says Medvedev – BBC
- Inflation returns to Greece unexpectedly – Bloomberg
- GE to cut 6500 European jobs – Zero Hedge
Americas
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- Clinton reprises Obama attack on Bernie Sanders – Bloomberg (I sense desperation in the Clinton Camp)
- The 3 minute version of the State of the Union address – Bloomberg Video
- Hope and change are gone as Obama got nothing left to lose – Guardian
- Brazil retail sales unexpectedly boom in late 2015 – Bloomberg
- White Supremacists “unrequited love” for Donald Trump – Quartz (ah, one bunch of pricks deserve another!)
- As a Muslim attends a Trump rally to find out what his supporters really think – The Guardian (This is a good read, no they are not caricatures)
Terra Incognita
- How the Chinese market chaos will affect Australian real estate – AFR
- Xenophons iron ore enquiry will just waste time – AFR
- Santos, Origin merger does make sense though – AFR (consolidation will be name of the game as bear market in energy unfolds)
Other
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