Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- For More Yield in Junk Bond ETFs, Go Short – Barron’s
- Is the World Slouching Toward a Grave Systemic Crisis? – The Atlantic
- Why is the US dollar falling? – BBC
- August, When All the Traders Take Off and Drama Hits the Markets – Bloomberg
- Some of the world’s largest hedge funds are getting crushed – Business Insider
- Trilemma redux: Evidence from emerging market economies – VOX
- VIX’s Highest Close Since Election Sparks Record Rush to Protect – Bloomberg
- Investing in roads versus schools – VOX
- Bond investors give Tesla a $1.8 billion endorsement – Reuters
- No-Name U.S. Oil Driller Gets Shot at World’s Biggest Reserves – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Why Generation X Might Be Our Last, Best Hope – Vanity Fair
- The left isn’t paying enough attention to these anti-poverty policies – Washington Post
- Silicon Valley Now Has Its Own Populist Pundit – NY Times
- Silicon Valley under attack both from within and without – CNBC
- Here’s why it’s fair—and necessary—to call Trump’s chief strategist a white nationalist champion – Mother Jones
- Interest in U.S. diplomatic corps tumbles in early months of Trump – Politico
- Trump suspects Bannon of leaking, putting job in jeopardy – Axios
- Elizabeth Warren fires back at centrist Democrats – VOX
- Modest rise in U.S. consumer prices may delay Fed rate hike – Reuters
- Latin America slams Trump’s Venezuela ’military options’ threat – Reuters
- Trump Alarms Venezuela With Talk of a ‘Military Option’ – NY Times
- The Mexican Paradox – Project Syndicate
Europe:
- Britain must ask for more time to negotiate Brexit – The Guardian
- People in Britain not bothered about border – The Times
- Brexit pain for holidaymakers as pound set to fall further against euro – The Guardian
- Combative Trump Pulls His Punches for One Man: Putin – NY Times
- This Huge New Study Reveals What The British Public Really Wants From Brexit – BuzzFeed
Asia:
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- Should China Support the U.S. in a War with North Korea? – China File
- How to Resolve the North Korea Crisis – WSJ
- Donald Trump Is Giving North Korea Exactly What It Wants – NY Times
- In China, Facebook Tests the Waters With a Stealth App – NY Times
- Trump’s China trade crackdown coming Monday – Politico
- Chinese paper says China should stay neutral if North Korea attacks first – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Why we’ll be forced to drink imported OJ – Adelaide Now
- Prime Minister attacks South Australia’s renewable energy policy at state Liberal Party’s AGM – ABC
- Forrest: Greens are ‘party for paedophiles’ – News.com
- Who’s behind the Safe School videos? The concerned mums’ political connections – The Age
- SA Liberals plan to quadruple penalties for cannabis possession – Steven Marshall
- SA Liberals’ school drug searches plan is ‘ridiculous’, Peter Malinauskas says – ABC
- Non-toxic tips to keep animals from eating your garden – ABC
- Martin Place homeless brings shame on us all – The SMH
- Dismantling Tent City. Gathering of the Homeless in Sydney, Australia – Global Research
- ‘Fortress Australia’: steel security fence at Parliament House takes shape – Brisbane Times
- We won’t be giving equal time to spurious arguments against marriage equality – The Guardian
- Labor conference backs rent protections – The SMH
- The ABS is prostituting its reputation with same-sex marriage survey – Canberra Times
- It’s absurd. But consumers may be better off quitting the grid – Renew Economy
- Paul Keating: North Korea could collapse if it gives up nuclear weapons – The Age
- Immigration reform the sleeper issue – The AFR
- Phil Lowe: wages growth could hit 4% – The AFR
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Labour’s rural-urban wealth transfer policy – Interest.co.nz
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Our financial assets, other than housing – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- The Trouble With Netflix – Barron’s