Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- “Risk Appetite” Indicator Hits All Time High As World Stocks Have Longest Ever Streak Without 5% Correction – Zero Hedge
- CEO Of Porn-Focused Cryptocurrency Disappears With Investors’ Money – Zero Hedge
- Blackstone’s new insurance unit targets $100 billion in assets – Reuters
- U.S. Equities Keep Shattering Records – Bloomberg
- New ’insane’ ETF proposal for bitcoin generates worry on Wall Street – CNBC
- Why Everything Is Still Awesome in Global Markets – WSJ
- Retail Investors Are on Their Longest Buying Spree of the Bull Market – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin’s Biggest Competitor: What You Need To Know About Ripple – Seeking Alpha
- A parody cryptocurrency just broke $2 billion for its market cap – CNBC
Americas:
- Federal Regulators Rule Against Trump Administration on Power Plants – WSJ
- What To Do About Inequality – NPR
- U.S. bank gains from tax law start with red ink – Reuters
- The U.S. Cities Left Behind Now Get Their Turn – Bloomberg
- Is Overregulation Really Holding Back the U.S. Economy? – HBR
- Consumer credit growth surges in November by most in 16 years – MarketWatch
- The Price Gap That’s Squeezing the Auto Market – WSJ
- Concerns mount as Venezuela closes in on petro, an oil-backed cryptocurrency – CNBC
Europe:
- Jeremy Corbyn insists UK cannot remain in single market after Brexit – The Guardian
- Rather than demonstrating Theresa May’s strength, the cabinet reshuffle confirmed her weakness – New Statesman
- Brexit and living standards – VOX
- Britain’s giant gene database is a “national embarrassment for the U.S.” – Technology Review
- German companies forced to reveal gender pay gap – FT
- Brexit cynics were wrong about London’s fintech companies – Quartz
- Britain should choose hard Brexit if no financial services deal: Farage – Reuters
Asia:
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- China: Pretender to the Throne – Council on Foreign Relations
- Amid Signs of a Thaw in North Korea, Tensions Bubble Up – WSJ
- Bitcoin drops below $15,000 as South Korea reviews accounts – Reuters
- South Korea inspects six banks over virtual currency services to clients – Reuters
- Hong Kong IPO 1,500 Times Oversubscribed in Retail Frenzy – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- Federal Government Public Servants lose $343m in pay rises – ABC
- APS commission refuses to release records of John Lloyd’s contacts with IPA – Canberra Times
- With apartment living on the rise, how do families and their noisy children fit in? – ABC
- Unmasking Malcolm: The Big 5 Policy Failures of 2017 – New Matilda
- We should make it illegal to pay women less than men. Progress is too slow in Australia – The Guardian
- Australia’s emissions record is terrible. It’s time for this government to stop pretending | Greg Jericho – The Guardian
- Media had part in Turnbull’s negative gearing ‘scare campaign’ – The New Daily
- Victoria’s ‘gang crisis’ and how the election creates a double standard on crime – The Guardian
- Pharmacology professor labels codeine changes a ‘silly solution’ – The Herald
- The universities with the highest employer satisfaction ratings – The SMH
- Sydney train commuters face ‘indefinite delays’, union hits out at staff shortage ‘cover-up’ – ABC
- 2017 sees new car sales hit record high – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? – The Guardian