Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- For Stan Druckenmiller This Is “The Endgame” – His Full ’Apocalyptic’ Presentation – Zero Hedge
- Oil Shocker: Saudi Arabia Fires Powerful Oil Minister al-Naimi In Dramatic Power Reshuffle – Zero Hedge
- De-Dollarization Accelerates As Russia Nears Launch Of Ruble-Priced Oil Trading Platform – Zero Hedge
- How Active Traders Time the Market – Ivanhoff Capital
- World corporate debt far exceeds pre-Lehman financial bubble, warns IIF – IB Times
- Are these the world’s worst cities? – FT
- The case for free trade – VOX
- The coming debt bust – The Economist
- The Worst Bear Market That Nobody Ever Talks About – The Irrelevant Investor
- Mario Draghi: Addressing the causes of low interest rates – BIS
Americas:
- Republican Party Unravels Over Donald Trump’s Takeover – NY Times
- Few stand in Trump’s way as he piles up the Four-Pinocchio whoppers – Washington Post
- Trump Slams Hillary Clinton as ’Nasty, Mean Enabler’ of Husband’s Affairs – NBC News
- Trump spurs some conservative leaders to step back from the GOP – Washington Post
- Former GOP senator: Trump is a sociopath – The Hill
- Obama tackles race in university address – Yahoo
- Home Builders Say They Are Squeezed by Rising Compliance Costs – WSJ
- Canada wildfire growing as weather heats up, escape convoy underway – Reuters
Europe:
- Greece Back on the Radar as Hedge Funds Eye Turnaround – Fin Alternatives
- Helmut Schmidt obituary – The Guardian
- Italian police, demonstrators clash in protest against Austrian fence – Reuters
- 1,700 years ago, the mismanagement of a migrant crisis cost Rome its empire – Quartz
- Brexiteers put their trust in paranoia and mendacity – The Guardian
- Russia’s ’Obama’ ice cream deepens chilly relations with US – NY Post
- Older people’s capacity to work: New UK evidence – VOX
- The day we discovered our parents were Russian spies – The Guardian
- German Vice Chancellor urges debt relief for Greece – Reuters
- Is Greek public debt unsustainable? – Bruegel
Asia:
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- The Cost of the Cultural Revolution, Fifty Years Later – New Yorker
- The New York Times vs. The Chinese Authorities – Greatfire.org
- China Foreign Reserves Increase in April on Yuan Sentiment – Bloomberg
- Aung San Suu Kyi Asks U.S. Not to Refer to ‘Rohingya’ – NY Times
- Japan electric car fact of the day – Marginal Revolution
Trans-Tasman:
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Scott Morrison clashes with Insiders host – Canberra Times
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Turnbull’s trust pitch as campaign begins – Canberra Times
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End pollie pensions, 90,000 demand – Canberra Times
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Copyright findings leave authors concerned – Canberra Times
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A classic Rich v Poor campaign – Canberra Times
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Abbott’s subs blunder a disaster – Canberra Times
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Super rich were first to bail in GFC – Canberra Times
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Big four finally feel the slowdown – Canberra Times
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Jobs and growth may come one day too far away – Canberra Times
- Crackdown leads to apartment fears – Domain
- Renters were invisible in Federal Budget – Domain
- Population growth has become Victoria’s biggest issue – The Age
- Managing population growth is Victoria’s biggest challenge – Herald Sun
- Scott Morrison defends decision not to reveal cost of ten year tax plan – The Australian
- Labor, coalition ‘neck-and-neck’ – The Australian
- Paul Keating is no fan of the Turnbull government’s retrospective changes to superannuation – The Australian
- Housing and taxation problems solved in game of faux compassion – The Australian
- A new stage in China’s Aussie property rush – The AFR
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