Weekend Reading: 17-18 June 2017

Global Macro / Markets / Investing:

• Renewables set to supply third of global power by 2040 – FT
• The bond market doesn’t believe Trump’s election promises – Market Watch
• Markets are losing faith in Donald Trump – The Economist
• Flush With Cash, Top Quant Funds Stumble – WSJ
• Bitcoin Tumbles Most in More Than Two Years After Record Run – Bloomberg
• Solar Power Will Kill Coal Faster Than You Think – Bloomberg
• There’s one company pulling ahead in blockchain tech – Business Insider
• What Ideas Are Trending Among Tech’s Biggest Influencers? – Visual Capitalist
• Junk-Bond Payout at Decade Low as Deutsche Warns on Risk: Chart – Bloomberg
• Glencore Can Snatch Rio’s Coal, but Might Regret It – WSJ

Americas:

• How We Became Bitter Political Enemies – NY Times
• The Invisibles: The cruel Catch-22 of being poor with no ID – Washington Post
• Rage Is All the Rage, and It’s Dangerous – WSJ
• Energy Department Closes Office Working on Climate Change Abroad – NY Times
• Democrats in an urban box – The Hill
• How Upheaval at Uber Is a Wake-Up Call for Silicon Valley – Time
• Hawaii is considering creating a universal basic income – VOX
• Inside Marco Rubio’s campaign to shape Trump’s Cuba crackdown – Politico
• Venezuela politician’s ’disappearance’ stirs Chavez’s home state – Reuters

Europe:

• Jeremy Corbyn: Empty homes owned by rich should be ’requisitioned’ for Grenfell Tower residents – The Telegraph
• Greece calls for debt relief measures ahead of crunch euro zone meeting – Reuters
• Experts warned government against cladding material used on Grenfell – The Guardian
• The Guardian view on Grenfell Tower: Theresa May’s Hurricane Katrina – The Guardian
• With Grenfell Tower, we’ve seen what ‘ripping up red tape’ really looks like – The Guardian
• UK student loan debt soars to more than £100bn – The Guardian
• Tory election research found Boris Johnson was ’deeply divisive’ – The Guardian
• Bank of England Turns Hawkish on Rates – WSJ
• Pay up, make nice if you want “soft Brexit”, EU to tell May – Reuters
• Macron Doctrine Looks Like Same Old France to Angry Italians – Bloomberg
• Tilos, Greece: the first island in the Med to run entirely on wind and solar power – The Guardian
• UK retail sales dive as consumers feel Brexit inflation pinch – The Guardian
• Bank of England edges closer to increasing UK interest rates – The Guardian
• Breaking from the EU is causing corporate anxiety – Bloomberg
• Half of skilled EU workers that Britain will need after Brexit now plan to leave – The Independent
• EU scraps mobile roaming costs – Sky

Asia:

• China’s math entrance exam is AI’s Waterloo – Axios
• China’s meddling in Australia — and what the U.S. should learn from it – Washington Post
• Australia in frenzy over China’s influence – SCMP
• Baidu, With a Move Into Fintech, Gets Wary Credit-Ratings Look – WSJ
• Renminbi strength surprises China bears as PBoC plays clever game – FT
• Hong Kong’s electric car market comes to emergency stop after tax waiver scrapped, but does that really mean air pollution will be worse? – SCMP
• This South Korean tech start-up hires only seniors over 55, to prove a point – Channel News Asia

Trans-Tasman:

• NBN petition at aph.gov.au to “to facilitate the immediate cessation of the FTTN rollout, and complete the rollout in accordance with the original FTTP plan” – APH
• NBN begins FttDP network construction – ZD Net
• Braddon may pay for Turnbull’s botched NBN says federal MP – The Advocate
• REPORT: Tony Abbott told a colleague ‘go f**k yourself’ during a Coalition debate over energy policy – Business Insider
• Stop apologising for obesity – The SMH
• Tony Abbott preselection threat grows – The AFR
• Tony Abbott claims ‘he has no idea’ how footage of PM’s speech mocking Trump got leaked to the media – Betoota Advocate
• Trump Learns Of Turnbull Impersonation, Cuts All Ties With Austria – The Shovel
• UN agency ranks Australia 39 out of 41 countries for quality education – The SMH
• Media reform and the Murdoch mafia’s Channel Ten con – Independent Australia
• Turnbull ministers decline to apologise for comments criticising terror sentencing – The SMH
• ‘A shoebox that feels bigger than it is’: tiny homes for the homeless – The Guardian
• Government establishes new national gun amnesty to rid community of illegal firearms – ABC
• 40 countries are making polluters pay for carbon pollution. Guess who’s not. – VOX
• Flammable aluminium cladding is ‘widely used’ in Canberra – Canberra Times
• ‘Get over yourself’: former New Zealand PM John Key tells ex-Australian leaders to move away from political commentary – The Guardian
• Are governments using the threat of terrorism as a pretext to spy on their citizens? – ABC
• Solar bonus scheme crackdown in Queensland ‘to save $1b’ – ABC
• Coalition brawl over British-style Home Office deepens as December reshuffle looms – The SMH
• Electricity prices set to rise. – News.com.au
• Our politicians show an alarming ignorance of the separation of powers – The Guardian
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Other:

• Why Are Geniuses Destroying Jobs in Uganda? – CG Dev

And last weeks podcast for anyone who hasnt heard it yet.

June 2017 Macrobusiness LVO DLS Pt1 Final

June 2017 Macrobusiness DLS LVO Pt2 Final

June 2017 Macrobusiness DLS LVO Pt3 Final