Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Petroleum engineering degrees seen going from boom to bust – CNBC
- This Animation Lets You Watch Global Warming Heat Up Over 166 Years – Slate
- Panama Papers affair widens as database goes online – BBC
- Combining Momentum & Low Volatility for Enhanced Alpha – systematicrelativestrength.com
- 300 economists tell world leaders tax havens ‘serve no useful economic purpose’ – Oxfam
- Goldman: The Search for Yield Is Just Getting Started – Bloomberg
- World hunger is at its lowest point in at least 25 years. Thank democracy. – VOX
Americas:
- Hillary: The Conservative Hope – WSJ
- Hillary Clinton Is A Progressive Democrat, Despite What You May Have Heard – Huffington Post
- Donald Trump Amplifies His Stances on Tax Cuts, U.S.’s Debt – WSJ
- How Donald Trump is running to the left of Hillary Clinton – Washington Post
- Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Bashes Trump In Expletive-Filled Rant – Buzz Feed
- Donald Trump Says The U.S. Will Never Default Because It Prints the Money – WSJ
- For some Republicans, Trump-Clinton matchup is ’nightmare’ – ap.org
- Treasury Dept.’s Never-Ending Fight to Combat Tax Cheats – NY Times
- The economic “disease” eating away at the U.S. – CBS News
- Rousseff impeachment vote annulled, throwing Brazil legislature into chaos – The Guardian
- Brazil crisis: Rousseff impeachment vote ’annulled’ – BBC
- America’s opioid addiction: ’I ended up selling all my valuable stuff to buy pills’ – The Guardian
Europe:
- ‘Tens of thousands of jobs will go’ in the City if UK leaves EU – FT
- ’It’s Like a War Zone’: TV Crew Forced to Flee Migrant Youths – breitbart.com
- Poland Refuses To Accept Any Refugees “As They Pose A Threat To Security”, Will Not Comply With European “Blackmail” – Zero Hedge
- Italy may be the next big migrant route – Washington Post
- Refugees hold key to German economic growth, IMF says – The Guardian
- Shock as Austrian Chancellor Faymann quits – BBC
- Russia marks WWII victory anniversary with military parade – Yahoo
- Greece’s latest financial emergency is both tragic and absurd – The Guardian
- Boris Johnson blames EU ’pretensions’ for Ukraine crisis – Politics Home
Asia:
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- What Not to Call Kim Jong Un and Other Advice From a North Korean Minder – Bloomberg
- A rare look inside North Korea’s Kim Il Sung University – You Tube
- China’s Anonymous Economic Oracle Signals Shift From Debt Binge – Bloomberg
- The Philippines’ likely new president has pledged to execute 100,000 people, and jokes about gang rape – Quartz
- Tough-talking Philippine mayor looks set to be new president – ap.org
- Petrobras Seeks $1 Billion China Loan Faster Than Planned – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Baby-faced Chinese property tycoon’s warning for Australian buyers – Mail Online
- Q&A recap: questions about trickle-down economics open the floodgates – The Guardian
- The Australian dollar is threatening to break below 73 cents as commodity prices tumble – Business Insider
- Malcolm Turnbull’s budget turns younger voters off Coalition, poll shows – The Guardian
- Labor promises to produce mini-budget ‘to avoid AAA credit downgrade’ – The Guardian
- Fairfax tracks down Kelly O’Dwyer’s $6000 toaster – The SMH
- Australians crave change. But this election won’t deliver it. – The Guardian
- ‘Battlefield’: Labor growing increasingly nervous about Batman falling to the Greens – The SMH
- Westpac, ANZ admit to approving mortgages based on false foreign income – The ABC
- SBS poll reveals Labor creeping ahead of Coalition after unpopular budget – SBS News
- Thanks for paying for my house – The Age
- The truth about jobs in Australia — that you won’t read in the newspapers – Independent Australia
- The Chinese student boom: 50,000 new enrolments in 2016 – The AFR
- Credlin warns PM ‘listen to the people’ – Sky News
- Parties should stop “squabbling” over NBN, says Internet Australia – Delimiter
- Citi bans key Asian currencies from buying Aussie real estate – The AFR
- Here’s proof negative gearing will be one of the hottest topics in this election campaign – Business Insider
- Vic taxi drivers threaten violence over Uber – ABC News
- WA pins Budget hopes on China – ABC News
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English hints at new RBNZ LVR controls – Interest.co.nz