Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Do Savers Deserve a Risk Free Return? – Pragmatic Capitalism
- Environmental records shattered as climate change ’plays out before us’ – The Guardian
- Bitcoin Crashes After Exchange Admits Security Breach – Zero Hedge
- Bitcoin Drops Nearly 20% as Exchange Hack Amplifies Price Decline – Coin Desk
- Bill Gross Says Record-Low Bond Yields ‘Aren’t Worth the Risk’ – Bloomberg
- Currency Traders Had Divergence Bet Backward, Yen’s Surge Shows – Bloomberg
- 100% Guaranteed: The Anatomy of a Stock Market Scam – Sparkfin
- Bond funds use derivatives to buy time for bargain hunting – Risk
- Rethinking the Role of Government in Society – NY Times
- Growth and Government – NY Times
- Demographics and Growth – Marginal Revolution
- Treasury 30-Year Yield Seen Near Zero in Nomura’s Vicious Circle – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Donald Trump transcript: The Republican nominee in his own words – Washington Post
- Stop Indulging Trump – NY Times
- Few Republicans want to campaign with Trump – Politico
- George W. Bush Delivers Critique of Donald Trump’s Policies – WSJ
- For Trump, a new ‘rigged’ system: The election itself – Washington Post
- Obama Says Republicans Should Withdraw Support for Trump – NY Times
- Anxiety Weighs on U.S. Corporate Earnings – WSJ
- America’s Electronic Voting Machines Are Sitting Ducks – Wired
- LeBron James Donates $41 Million To Send 1,100 Kids To College, Becomes 6th Most Charitable Athlete In World – True Activist
- Why Americans Are So Angry Despite America’s Strong Economy – HBR
- San Francisco Progressives Declare War on Affordable Housing – Bloomberg
- The Canadian Housing Boom Fueled by China’s Billionaires – Bloomberg
- Vancouver just hit foreign homebuyers with a massive tax – CNN
Europe:
- Brexit realism: What economists know about costs and voter motives – VOX
- The UK’s new trade priorities – VOX
- Hungry, scared, and no closer to safety: child refugees failed by Britain – The Guardian
- City calls for continued access to single market after Brexit – FT
- Home ownership in England at lowest level in 30 years as housing crisis grows – The Guardian
- Property ownership at 30-year low as the housing crisis spreads north – The Times
- The American Dream Isn’t Alive In Denmark – The Atlantic
Asia:
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- China, Not Silicon Valley, Is Cutting Edge in Mobile Tech – NY Times
- The Humbling of American Tech Giants in China – Bloomberg
- Baidu, Tencent Retreat From $3 Billion Tie-Up With Chinese Mogul – Bloomberg
- Short Selling Stabilizes the Market Evidence from China by Suhail Rizwan – SSRN
- China’s real estate bubble is going to bring down the entire world – Business Insider
- China regulator shutters 10,000 funds – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Privacy concerns prompt Xenophon call for census to be postponed – SBS
- Census 2016: Malcolm Turnbull says privacy ‘absolute’ in ABS survey – ABC
- Census 2016: Chaos for Australians ahead of August 9 – The SMH
- Sources confirm Federal Cabinet voted 11 to 10 in favour of nominating Rudd – 9News
- Universities Australia says most of its members oppose the government’s plan to allow fee deregulation for “flagship” courses. – SBS
- Western Australian recession plain to see – ABC
- Northern Territory prison’s treatment of intellectually disabled Aboriginal man referred to UN – ABC
- Sydney Cyclist Falls With iPhone In Pocket, iPhone Explodes And Causes Third Degree Burns [Warning: Graphic] – Gizmodo
- ACCC needs to start with itself when addressing broadband bullshit. Then move on to the nbn company – PC World
- Mood upbeat at Diggers & Dealers – Australian Mining
- Turnbull Now 23rd Longest-Serving Prime Minister – Australian Politics
- Treasurer denies interest rate cut to record low 1.5% is a bad sign for economy – The Guardian
- D-Day For Australia’s Real Estate Bubble? – Zero Hedge
- Banks striking ‘balancing act’ with rates – The Australian
- PM calls out bank chiefs – The Australian
- Turnbull warns banks on rate cuts – ABC
- Greens set to keep balance of power – The AFR
- Former ANZ chief ‘ashamed’ of banks – The AFR
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‘Auckland house prices may be plateauing’ – Interest.co.nz
- Wages, jobs softer than forecast – Interest.co.nz
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