Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Investor Makes Mammoth VIX Bet That Could Pay Out $265 Million – WSJ
- The biggest financial bloggers reveal their positions on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies – MarketWatch
- The Death of Equity Research Hasn’t Been Greatly Exaggerated – Integrity Research
- An important benefit to global investors is back after 20 years – Schwab
- Traders Fear Hard Landing in Emerging Markets – Bloomberg
- IMF Sees World Relying Less on U.S. and U.K. for Global Growth – Bloomberg
- Federal Reserve now faces prospect of global monetary policy tightening – Reuters
- Two of the biggest dark-web markets have been shut down – The Economist
- Is Productivity Growth Becoming Irrelevant? – Project Syndicate
- One of the world’s biggest markets is saying “no” to self-driving cars – Axios
- The World Is Leaning Less on Its Biggest Economy to Sustain the Recovery – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Trump ponders Rudy Giuliani for attorney general – Axios
- The Trump White House’s War Within – Politico
- Trump Has Averaged 50% or Higher Job Approval in 17 States – Gallup
- McCain to return for tight Obamacare vote – Politico
- Republicans in the dark on big Obamacare vote – Politico
- Mortgage Interest Tax Break Has ‘No Effect’ on Homeownership, Study Finds – WSJ
- U.S. Foresaw Better Return in Seizing Fannie and Freddie Profits – NY Times
- Democrats take aim at big companies in economic blueprint – Reuters
- The Battle for Venezuela, Through a Lens, Helmet and Gas Mask – NY Times
Europe:
- Poland’s President Vetoes 2 Proposed Laws Limiting Courts’ Independence – NY Times
- An exit from Brexit would prove a messy affair – FT
- Greece to Return to Bond Market After Three-Year Hiatus – Bloomberg
- Markets Risk Shock If No Brexit Deal Is Struck – WSJ
- Norway Takes Lead in Race to Build Autonomous Cargo Ships – WSJ
- Brexit economy: sterling fall hits public finances and fails to boost trade – The Guardian
- Alexis Tsipras: ’The worst is clearly behind us’ – The Guardian
- Polish president to veto law on courts – BBC
Asia:
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- China Prepares for a Crisis Along North Korea Border – WSJ
- In China, Herd of ‘Gray Rhinos’ Threatens Economy – NY Times
- U.S. toughens stance on foreign deals in blow to China’s buying spree – Reuters
- Xi Deals Blow to China Inc.’s Global Spending Spree – WSJ
- Big Data, Big Concerns – China Media Project – HKU
- Uganda’s Chinese-built high speed railway will cost even more than Kenya’s did – Quartz
- Chinese jets intercept U.S. surveillance plane: U.S. officials – Reuters
- Welcome to Xi’s Net: Where Politics, Porn and Pooh Are Forbidden – Bloomberg
- China’s state media warns of further warship deployment to Western waters – ABC
Trans-Tasman:
- Sydney University banks on quantum leaps as Microsoft inks major tie-up – The SMH
- New modelling shows extreme El Niño events in Australia will be more frequent even if warming limited to 1.5C – The Guardian
- Australians are getting poorer – but it has nothing to do with immigrants – The Guardian
- ATO to run government first home scheme – Financial Observer
- Australian housing market at risk of crash according to UBS research – CNBC
- Sydney to Wollongong F6 Extension toll to cost commuters $100 per week – The SMH
- Postal plebiscite on same-sex marriage would be ‘corrosive’, ‘acrimonious’: Liberal senator Dean Smith – The SMH
- ‘I will tax you to death’: Duterte mining crackdown could hit Australian companies – The SMH
- Victoria government accepts assisted dying advice – The SMH
- More than 1.5 million households to be eligible for rent assistance by 2031: AHURI – Domain
- Australia warns UK not to toughen visa regime – FT
- Making sense of a hectic few days in Australian politics – The Monthly
- How helping animals can help us better understand human trauma and rehabilitation – ABC
- Australian company invents new technology, helps clinch massive offshore Windfarm Project in the Netherlands – Renew Economy
- Scott Morrison claims inequality in Australia is not getting worse, but better – The Guardian
- No evidence of personal debt stress – Interest.co.nz