Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- This 4,000-Year-Old Financial Indicator Says That A Major Crisis Is Looming – Zero Hedge
- After Calling 2016 Stock Market, UBS Technical Analysts Think Stocks Overbought – Value Walk
- Re-assessing the classic risk-return trade off – FT
- Gold’s Best Start Since 1974 Shows Not Just Inflation Hedge – Bloomberg
- What Doesn’t Kill Bull Market in S&P 500 May Make It Stronger – Bloomberg
- Markets betting on near-zero interest rates for another decade – Reuters
- Fear Is Beating Greed in the Bond Market – Bloomberg View
- Iron Ore Drops Back After `Surprising Blip’ That Notched Record – Bloomberg
- The IMF Is Sounding the Alarm. Is Anyone Listening? – WSJ
Americas:
- What The Stunning Bernie Sanders Win In Michigan Means – Five Thirty Eight
- All the lies Donald Trump told in his election night infomercial – Mashable
- Angry White Males Propel Donald Trump—and Bernie Sanders – WSJ
- Colorado’s $1 Billion Pot Industry Saves Towns as It Sows Mayhem – Bloomberg
- Falling Earnings, Recession Warning – Bloomberg View
- Reviving the Working Class Without Building Walls – NY Times
- Fed Likely to Stand Pat on Rates, Keep Options Open for April or June – WSJ
- Wall Street Is in Charge in Argentina (Again) – Bloomberg
Europe:
- Draghi Doesn’t Have What Europe Needs – Bloomberg View
- Britain’s EU membership: Alternative views – VOX
- Norway Wealth Fund Isn’t Joining Global Stock Selloff, CEO Says – Bloomberg
- German bank Berlin Hyp issues first sub-zero non-state bond – FT
Asia:
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- China’s trilemma—and a possible solution – brookings.edu
- Hedge funds back off bets on China devaluation – Reuters
- China flower show fuels iron ore surge – FT
- Inside China’s Historic $338 Billion Tech Startup Experiment – Bloomberg
- China, Fighting Money Exodus, Squeezes Business – WSJ
- Fake trade invoicing in China is back, this time to get money out of the country – Business Insider
Trans-Tasman:
- ‘Bad blood’ behind the collapse of Dick Smith – Canberra Times
- Phone plans hide ’13th’ month – Canberra Times
- Coalition banks on resources boost – Canberra Times
- New deal for 20,000 public servants – Canberra Times
- Banks avoiding negative gearing debate – Canberra Times
- The next disrupter: cabs as couriers – Canberra Times
- We’re a nation of landlords and serfs – The Age
- Melbourne Port sale – what it means to you – The Age
- Painful health fees at heart of reform push – The Australian
- Labor grinds gears on tax – The Australian
- Salt: A rich, multicultural nation – The Australian
- Housing boom rewards Sydney, Melbourne – The AFR… You mean penalises.
- Government goes negative on negative gearing – The AFR
- Just what is the purpose of compulsory super? – The AFR
- Cormann swarms in negative gearing lies – ABC 7.30 Report
- Analysis: The key battlegrounds in this year’s federal election – ABC News
- RBNZ cuts OCR to 2.25% – Interest.co.nz
- Mortgage sizes soar – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Saudi Arabia seeks $6-8 billion bank loan to shore up state coffers – Reuters
- The Politics of Anger – Project Syndicate