Australian Beach Pattern, Charles Meere, 1940, Art Gallery of NSW
Markets, Macro & Investing
- Bitcoin bubble inflates again after pre-Christmas rout – Guardian
- China bourses behind Asia’s lead in global IPO boom – Nikkei Asian Review
- Copper Rallies to Three-Year High as China Plant Halts Output – Bloomberg
- Commodities Are ‘Screaming to Be Bought’ – Bloomberg
- The Next Big Trade for Bond Investors Is Betting on U.S. Homeowners – Bloomberg
- India challenges China as world’s biggest LPG importer – Reuters
- Chinese steelmaking raw materials dive as steel prices sag further – Reuters
- Big U.S. money managers signal a shift in tides – Globe and Mail
- Can electric cars and an expanding global economy power the next commodity supercycle? – Financial Post
Americas
- America’s trade wars are heating up, as more U.S. companies sue for relief – Washington Post
- Economics and American National Security – Project-Syndicate, Feldstein
- U.S. home prices surge, outpacing wage growth – LA Times
- Unions Are Gaining a Foothold at Digital Media Companies – NY Times
- The uninsured are overusing emergency rooms — and other health-care myths – Washington Post
- Tough times in the heartland as some farmers hit by losses weigh exiting the business – CNBC
Asia
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- China opens antitrust probe into gas suppliers as shortage drives up prices amid cold snap – SCMP
- China Beige Book Sees Signs of Shift to Slower Growth Already – Bloomberg
- Huawei’s China smartphone sales chief detained on corruption charges – SCMP
- China’s New Lenders Collect Invasive Data and Offer Billions. Beijing Is Worried. – NY Times
- Cash is dead as small businesses opt for e-payment in China’s digitalisation drive – SCMP
- China’s latest plans to dominate robot, smart car and railway industries by 2020 – SCMP
- Foreign investors hold more JGBs than do Japanese banks – Nikkei Asian Review
- China sets new rules on overseas investment for its biggest deal makers – SCMP
- China hits back at German diplomat’s claims it is avoiding talks on cybersecurity, VPNs – SCMP
- China’s new consumption-driven economy isn’t what it seems – Nikkei Asian Review
Europe
- Britons borrow an average £452 each on credit cards at Christmas – Guardian
- Russia warns US against ‘meddling’ in presidential election – Deutsche Welle
- Betting tax kept low after bookies’ jobs loss warnings – Irish Independent
- Four in 10 Irish people concerned by rising rents and house prices – Irish Times
- Europe’s Runaway Train Towards Full Digitization Of Money & Labor – Zero Hedge
- Power Prices Go Negative in Germany, a Positive for Energy Users – NY Times
Terra Incognita
- Labor open to forcing employers to convert casuals to permanent staff after six months – Fairfax
- Tesla’s enormous battery in Australia, just weeks old, is already responding to outages in ‘record’ time – Washington Post
- Why is petrol so expensive? Global oil deals and the Reserve Bank’s dilemma – ABC
- ‘Unsustainable pressure’: Justice system sagging under toll road fine burden – Fairfax
- Bad data collection means we don’t know how much the middle class is being squeezed by the wealthy – The Conversation
- The truth behind another Boxing Day sales ‘record’ – Fairfax
- New Indian tariff to hit Australian farmers – Fairfax
…and furthermore…
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- How Big Tech Is Going After Your Health Care – NY Times
- Back to front: why switching queues will get you nowhere faster – Guardian
- Bitcoin is a bubble, but the technology behind it could transform the world – Guardian
- Bitcoin’s boom is a boon for extremist groups – Washington Post
- This could be bitcoin’s moment of truth – Bloomberg, El-Erian
- World’s Wealthiest Became $1 Trillion Richer in 2017 – Bloomberg
- People Can Handle the Truth About the Environment – Bloomberg
- If Your Kids Are Glued to Their iPads, It’s Probably a Good Idea to Unglue Them – Slate
- “Wealth Effect” = Widening Wealth Inequality – Zero Hedge
- Latest Entrants Into Electric Car Race: Makers of Post-It Notes, Paint – WSJ
- Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein and all: have we reached ‘peak asshole’? – Guardian…not even close…