Global Macro/Investing/Economics
- SEC warns bitcoin, cryptocurrency investors at risk – Reuters
- Making History By Doing Nothing – Collaborative Fund
- Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund BlockTower Raises $140 Million – Bloomberg
- Commodities Are on Their Longest Winning Streak in History – Bloomberg
- Household inequality and the consumption response to shocks – VOX
- Inequality, Imperialism, and the First World War – -Promarket
Americas
- Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims increase to 250,000 – Calculated Risk
- Trump Disbands Commission on Voter Fraud – NYT
- Congress to Seek U.S. Debt Limit Measure in February, Source Says – Bloomberg
- Meanwhile Astronaut Mark Kelly shut up the Twit in Chief succinctly over Trump’s taking of credit for something he didn’t do:
- Michael Wolff’s unbelievable — sometimes literally — tell-all about the Trump administration – WaPo
- Donald Trump issues legal threat to Steve Bannon after book revelations – The Guardian (this is all very laughable!)
- Toronto Home Prices Fall for Seventh Month as Lending Tightens – Bloomberg (harbinger for Straya?)
Europe/Middle East
- Frankfurt expecting rapid influx of Brexit bankers – Handesblatt
- Norwegian Housing Slump Deepens in Threat to Economic Recovery – Bloomberg
- Deutsche Bank minimum capital requirements increased by ECB – CityAm
- British CEOs Will Earn a Worker’s Yearly Wage By the End of Today – Bloomberg
- Oil hits highest since 2015 as Iran unrest spooks market – Reuters
- Labour Party grassroots support second Brexit vote – survey – Reuters
- Why Saudi Arabia’s crown prince should be worried about Iran’s protests – WaPo
Asia/India/Pakistan etc
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- A security breach in India has left a billion people at risk of identity theft – WaPo
- When a North Korean Missile Accidentally Hit a North Korean City – The Diplomat
- This Is How to Sneak Oil Into North Korea – Bloomberg
- Trump button tweet sparks backlash – The Hill
- China’s Growth May Surprise Again This Year – Bloomberg
- Malaysia Faces Higher Rates, Currency Risks and an Election Battle – Bloomberg
- Pakistan is ditching the dollar for trade with China — 24 hours after Trump denounced the country – CNBC
- Japan’s banks secure access to police agency database to help screen for yakuza and other ‘anti-social forces’: Starting Thursday, the JBA said its members will be able to screen individual loan seekers using the National Police Agency’s database of organized crime members. – JapanTimes
Straya/UnZud
- ‘Poo tracker’: New Zealand website reveals sewage on beaches – A government website nicknamed the “poo tracker” in New Zealand has revealed the extent of sewage pollution on some of the country’s most popular beaches, with 16 spots closed long-term in the Auckland region due to water quality issues. – The Guardian (if only we had a “shit politicians say” tracker here, Canberra would be closed forever)
- Ubers Surge To 100x In Victoria As Entire State Too Scared To Walk Home From Dinner – Betoota Advocate
- No proof in the pudding – Dutton grilled over his restaurant fear claims – The Age
- Tesla is chosen to build another big battery in Australia after the first one proves impressive – Electrek
- It will take decades ‘if ever’ for cost of NBN to be recouped: Telstra – SMH (well done Australia!)
- Modern homes trapping heat ‘like a plastic bag’ – ABC
- Greens to oppose foreign donation bill over ‘unfair’ advantages to major parties – The Guardian
- Australia’s emissions data: lost in Xmas rush Michael West
- How the Liberals could fix the housing affordability crisis and win young voters – SMH
…and more
- Intel was aware of the chip vulnerability when its CEO sold off $24 million in company stock – Business Insider
- The CPU catastrophe will hit hardest in the cloud – The Verge
- Tesla Breaks Another Production Promise With Crucial Model 3 – Bloomberg (ruh roh)
- A blue supermoon lunar eclipse coming for the first time in 150 years – NZ Herald
- Evidence of first ever humans to colonise North America found by scientists: Genetic analysis of ancient Alaskan child suggests the region was settled by people crossing from Asia 25,000 years ago. – Independent