Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Millennials are set to inherit record wealth — and the way they manage it will be unprecedented – Business Insider
- Markets’ Wildest Assets Are Becoming a Haven While Korea Tension Mounts – Bloomberg
- $100 Million: Coinbase Raises Biggest-Ever Round for Bitcoin Startup – Coin Desk
- Stock strategists see possible 5% correction before this selloff is over – CNBC
- MSCI says to add six securities to China A index – Reuters
- A 47% VIX Surge Isn’t How Bulls Hoped August Would Start – Bloomberg
- Oaktree Capital’s Howard Marks: Bonds may be first to crack – CNBC
- It’s Hard to Price an ’Extinction Event’ Like a North Korea War – Bloomberg
- U.S. Stocks Are No Longer as Good as Gold – Bloomberg
- RAY DALIO: Risks are rising, and everybody should put 5% to 10% of their assets in gold – Business Insider
- Markets Don’t Work for Everything – Bloomberg
- Bond Bubbles Tend to Slowly Deflate, Not Burst – Bloomberg
- Hedge Funds Seen Gaining Market Influence in Passive Boom – Bloomberg
- VIX’s Highest Close Since Election Sparks Record Rush to Protect – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Fed Taper Plan Brings Risk to Mortgage Debt Unseen in Treasuries – Bloomberg
- WSJ Survey: Most Economists Expect Next Fed Rate Increase in December – WSJ
- U.S. producer prices record biggest drop in 11 months – Reuters
- If Trump wants a nuclear attack against North Korea, his military advisers have few other options – Washington Post
- Behind the Trump-McConnell feud – Politico
- Trump Risks Bringing Back a Dud in 1980s-Era U.S. Trade Weapon – Bloomberg
- The Fed Has 6,200 Tons of Gold in a Manhattan Basement—Or Does It? – WSJ
- The Mexican Paradox – Project Syndicate
- One year after Rio: What’s left behind after the flame goes out – ESPN
- What It Feels Like on Guam, Caught Between Trump and North Korea – New Yorker
- Venezuela inches closer to default – CNN
Europe:
- A Bond Market Mystery: Why Are EU Banks Buying U.K. Debt? – WSJ
- The Macron lovefest is long gone – Capx
- UK trade deficit widens as fall in sterling fails to improve export sales – The Guardian
- May’s Cabinet Is Split Three Ways Over Brexit Transition Plan – Bloomberg
- There’s bad news for 1.2m Brits abroad in Tory David Davis’ new Brexit statement – Mirror Online
- The experts strike back! How economists are being proved right on Brexit – The Guardian
- This Is What European Diplomats Really Think About Donald Trump – BuzzFeed
Asia:
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- China missionaries seek converts along the Belt and Road – FT
- Chinese App Developers File Antitrust Complaint Against Apple – WSJ
- In Indonesia, Chinese Deity Is Covered in Sheet After Muslims Protest – NY Times
- Wantedly, Japan’s social recruiting startup, files for IPO – The Bridge
- In India, SoftBank Tries, Tries Again – NY Times
- China’s top-heavy recovery looks unsustainable – FT
- China sends first ‘unhackable’ message to satellite – FT
- China’s steel prices are rising and that’s worrying Beijing – CNBC
- China Focus: China’s satellite sends unbreakable cipher from space – Xinhuanet
- China’s Yuan Becomes an Improbable High-Yield Haven – Bloomberg
- China warns U.S. over aluminum dispute – CNN
- This Bond Shows China Investors Don’t Put Premium on Accounting – Bloomberg
- In China, Surveillance Feeds Become Reality TV – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- The Postal Plebiscite Is Being Set Up So The ‘No’ Is Binding And The ‘Yes’ Is Not – Huffington Post
- Adani fined for dumping coal-laden stormwater into sea at Abbot Point – The Guardian
- North Korea: Australia would support United States in conflict, Malcolm Turnbull says – ABC
- Penny Wong: Yes this postal ploy hurts, but I plead with you – don’t boycott it – The SMH
- Sky’s no limit in Murdoch empire’s war on ABC – The Guardian
- UN expert accuses Turnbull government of using ‘punitive language’ in welfare debate – The Guardian
- Australia faces potentially disastrous consequences of climate change, inquiry told – The Guardian
- Clearing homeless camps compounds the violation of human rights and entrenches the problem – The Conversation
- ‘Terrible look for Adelaide’: Angry taxi drivers cause airport chaos – InDaily
- Government loan to Adani will create ‘billion-dollar ghost train’, Senate told – The Guardian
- ‘PC gone mad’: Army, air force, navy bans men in bid to boost women – Yahoo
- Private health insurance: tactics to lure young people ineffective, Senate told – The Guardian
- Why South Korea’s property tax bombshell would backfire in Australia – Domain
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In defence of Graeme Wheeler – in his own words – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- The death of the internal combustion engine – The Economist