Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Why It May Be Time to Focus Away From High-Momentum Names – Bloomberg
- Making the Case for Bitcoin $400,000 – Bloomberg
- Focus on Fundamentals Rather than “Expert” Forecasts – Value Idea
- One Potential Winner from Tax Overhaul: Corporate Bonds – WSJ
- There’s an $814 Million Mystery Near the Heart of the Biggest Bitcoin Exchange – Bloomberg
- My $200,000 bitcoin odyssey – Engadget
- The Globalization of Our Discontent by Joseph E. Stiglitz – Project Syndicate
- How AI Will Invade Every Corner of Wall Street – Bloomberg
Americans:
- California Republicans Push to Preserve Income-Tax Deduction – WSJ
- Trump Plans Waiver on Moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem – Bloomberg
- Two New Polls Show Majorities Opposed to GOP Tax Plan – WSJ
- One Nation, Divided, Under Trump: Findings from the 2017 American Values Survey – PM
- Trump White House Weighing Plans for Private Spies to Counter “Deep State” Enemies – The Intercept
- Among the Tax Bill’s Biggest Losers: Blue State Taxpayers Who Earn More Than $200,000 – NY Times
- Some of the GOP Tax Plan’s Biggest Losers: Democratic Voters – Bloomberg
- Two new polls show unpopularity of GOP tax plan – Axios
- Student Loan Debt Is Now As Big as the U.S. Junk Market – Bloomberg
- Americans’ Nest Eggs Have Never Been Bigger – Bloomberg
- Maduro’s cryptocurrency to fare no better than Venezuela itself: analysts – Reuters
Europe:
- Tory MP cries at universal credit impact speech from Frank Field – The Guardian
- Tillerson, Visiting Europe, Gets Cold Shoulder – NY Times
- Greek 10-year bond yield falls below 5% for first time since 2009 – FT
- Boris Johnson and Michael Gove lead Cabinet revolt against Theresa May over fears she is forcing a soft Brexit – The Telegraph
- In rejecting this EU deal, the DUP has sold Northern Ireland down the river – The Guardian
- Apple wins EU trademark case against Xiaomi – Reuters
Asia:
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- The Underclass That Threatens Xi’s ‘China Dream’ – WSJ
- World’s Biggest Starbucks to Open in Shanghai – Bloomberg
- Tokyo Financial Exchange Planning Bitcoin Futures Launch – Coin Desk
- China says 2018 growth target to reflect new changes in economy – Reuters
- China says its ‘open’ internet accounts for a third of economy – Channel News Asia
Trans-Tasman:
- CEOs now earn 78 times more than Australian workers – ABC News
- Adani: Indian miner referred to consumer watchdog over ‘misleading’ employment claims – ABC News
- The $880k contract that obliges Andrew Robb to do, well, nothing – The SMH
- NBN’s critical HFC mistake revealed: prioritising activations over repairs – The SMH
- Ten Gigabit Adelaide fibre network promises CBD businesses internet speeds up to 100 times the NBN – ABC
- Border Force tells Nauru refugees to separate from family if they want to settle in US – The Guardian
- Politicians should be subject to ‘cooling off’ period before becoming lobbyists, report warns – ABC
- Turnbull’s department head says Tony Abbott damaged public service – The Guardian
- Cashless welfare card future in doubt as ALP opposes trials in Goldfields, Bundaberg – ABC
- The secret world of Australia’s solar and energy contract prices – ABC News
- Ross Gittins: Government’s social security cuts seem all toughness and no love – The SMH
- Australia’s largest solar plant to be built in 2018 – The SMH
- Amazon’s track record may signal a change in Australian industrial relations
- Chinese money will not fund ‘dirty’ Adani mine, says embassy – The SMH
- Victoria Police employees ‘fear retribution’ for exposing corruption, IBAC survey finds – ABC
- The hidden costs of a partner visa in Australia. It is now $7000 – SBS
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20% of NZ’s drinking water sub-standard – Interest.co.nz
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Dairy debt leaves little headroom – Interest.co.nz
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