Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Why predicting the future is more than just horseplay – CS Monitor
- The Worry About Indexing is Overblown – The Fat Pitch
- Technically Speaking: Bulls Struggle With Bearish Internals – Real Investment Advice
- Religious ETFs Are About to Hit the Bond Market – Bloomberg
- Understanding Today’s Stagnation – Project Syndicate
Americas:
- The Return to Sprawl Is More About Supply Than Demand – Bloomberg
- America’s declining mobility has millennials feeling stuck – Curbed
- Trump Budget Gambles on Having This Equation Right – Bloomberg
- Trump’s Problematic Math: Budget Plan Adds Growth, but Doesn’t Subtract Cost – NY Times
- How Trump’s budget helps the rich at the expense of the poor – Washington Post
- Trump’s Budget Scam – Politico
- The Unworkable Math of Trump’s Budget – The Atlantic
- China Downgraded to A1 by Moody’s on Worsening Debt Outlook – Bloomberg
- Trump’s budget has a huge math mistake – Axios
- Economists Are Losing Their Minds At Trump’s Plan To Get 3% Economic Growth Again – Breibart
- Donald Trump’s Budget Is Based on a Hilarious Accounting Fraud – Slate
- Uber Plans Millions in Back Pay After Shorting NYC Drivers – Bloomberg
- House GOP Tries to Keep Border-Adjusted Tax Alive – WSJ
- Why I’m Not Reviewing Noma Mexico – NY Times
Europe:
- Manchester bomber was a Brit born Man United fan and Uni dropout – The Sun
- Merkel’s Weak-Euro Complaint Has Two Goals – Bloomberg
- UK Prime Minister May raises threat level to critical – CNBC
- UK threat level raised to highest level – BBC
- The economy is stagnant because people fear for the future – The Guardian
- Britain Raises Terrorism Threat Level, Meaning New Attack May Be Imminent – NY Times
- German Upswing Set to Last as Sentiment Jumps to Record High – Bloomberg
- Two cows explain Irish politics – Farmer’s Journal
Asia:
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- Moody’s downgrades China’s rating to A1 from Aa3 and changes outlook to stable from negative – Moodys
- Moody’s Cuts Its China Rating, Citing Risks From Rising Debt – WSJ
- Hirshhorn to host solo show by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei – Washington Post
- Hedge Fund Plummets 62% After Betting Against the Chinese Economy – Bloomberg
- As Modi and his Hindu base rise, so too does a yoga tycoon – Reuters
- Conspiracy Bill Advances in Japan Despite Surveillance Fears – NY Times
- Chinese student abused for praising ’fresh air of free speech’ in US – The Guardian
Trans-Tasman:
- Chevron Tax Strategy Faces Crackdown in Australia – WSJ
- Labor proposes company director ID numbers to crack down on ‘phoenixing’ – ABC
- Twiggy Forrests’ philanthropy is great. But he could have just paid more tax – The Guardian
- Police waited too long to storm Lindt cafe, coroner finds – The SMH
- Customs may have misused telecommunications access powers – Computer World
- Snowy 2.0 plan approved by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in less than two weeks; cost could skyrocket – ABC
- Adani Carmichael mine’s rehabilitation financial assurance at least $1.5b, Lock the Gate says – ABC
- Please explain: Pauline Hanson misses Senate estimates for a third time – The SMH
- Australians aren’t being paid for their productivity. Get set for an industrial relations war – The Guardian
- Albanese Denies Undermining Shorten, Claims That’s “More Of A Shorten Thing” – SBS Comedy
- Obeid, Macdonald to be stripped of parliamentary pensions – The SMH
- Hundreds of protection visas revoked – News.com.au
- No way back for Tony Abbott, declares mentor John Howard – 9News
- Rush of Australian securitized home loans tempts yield-starved Japanese – Reuters
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Good news and bad news for the housing market – Interest.co.nz
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