Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Are National Currencies Headed To The Blockchain? – Forbes
- Wall Street Fear Gauge VIX Sinks to Decade Low – WSJ
- Wall Street’s ’fear gauge’ plunges to 10-year low as even Trump can’t rattle this bull – CNBC
- The decline of Arctic sea ice – The Economist
- Factor Investing in Multi-Asset Portfolios – Think New Found
- Bitcoin skyrockets to fresh record high on a spike in demand from Japan – CNBC
- Lessons from the Anti-Globalists – Project Syndicate
- Robots are going to take a lot of jobs – Business Insider
Americas:
- Congress Allocates $120 Million for Trump Family’s Security Costs – NY Times
- Trump Administration Unwinds Some School Lunch Standards – WSJ
- Trump’s 100th-day speech may have been the most hate-filled in modern history – Washington Post
- No money for Trump’s wall, plus 6 other GOP issues missing from $1T spending bill – McClatchy
- Trump questions why U.S. Civil War had to happen – Reuters
- Chicago nearing 200 homicides this year – Chicago Tribune
- Visualizing America’s Middle Class Squeeze – Metrocosm
- Canadian Lender Draws on Emergency Line as Deposits Flow Out – WSJ
- Canada-Wide ‘Contagion’ Possible As Home Capital Crisis Deepens – Huffington Post
Europe:
- Bank of Mum and Dad is ninth-biggest lender with £6.5bn loans – FT
- Brexit and the slide into nationalism – FT
- After dinner, the knives come out over Brexit – FT
- 4 reasons May could be crazy enough to drive us over a cliff – InFacts
- That thing about EUR derivative clearing and the ECB – Medium
- Paris chaos as riots erupt on streets against election candidate Marine Le Pen – Mirror Online
- Oliver Stone interviews Vladimir Putin for four-hour series to air on Showtime – CNN Money
- Greece: any better times or more pitfalls ahead? – LSE
Asia:
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- China is recruiting 20,000 people to write its own Wikipedia – Vice
- China’s $11 Trillion Economy and Markets Are in a Tug of War – Bloomberg
- Japan’s new luxury sleeper train is the ultimate travel experience – SCMP
- China Looks to Export Auto Overcapacity on Slow-Growth World – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Top Hedge Fund Turns to Australia Cannabis Firm for Next Bet – Bloomberg
- Trump’s Volatility in Asia Distresses a Longtime U.S. Ally: Australia – NY Times
- The end of the Australian dream – NY Times
- Centrelink cashless welfare card trial costing taxpayers $10,000 per participant – ABC
- Caltex audits to date reveal 80 per cent of franchisee petrol stations underpaid staff – The SMH
- Chinese Students Considering Other Countries After University Fees Hike – Crossing the Wall
- Voters have extremely low expectations of budget, Guardian Essential poll shows – The Guardian
- Budget 2017: Student and community media barred from budget lock-up – ABC
- Malcolm Turnbull announces schools funding boost – ABC News
- School ‘funding war must end’ – The Australian
- So,Turnbull gives a Gonski after all – Canberra Times
- Kick Ass Torrents sites blocked in Australia after request from music giants – Business Insider
- Victoria’s budget tackles family violence with unprecedented $1.9bn – The Guardian
- Turnbull government faces a bruising Senate budget fight – The New Daily
- Federal push for north Queensland coal station at odds with state – ABC
- Sydney Airport declines offer to run second airport at Badgerys Creek – ABC
- The most (and least) popular university courses since 1989 – The SMH
- Students To Repay Uni Fees With Money That Wasn’t Going Towards A House Anyway – SBS Comedy
- Foreign investors to face ‘ghost house tax’ – Sky News
- Land titles registry to be sold – The Australian