Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- The Clock Is Ticking Faster at Tesla – WSJ
- A Terrible Tuesday for Tesla’s Stock, But Watch the Bonds – Bloomberg
- Tesla Never Should Have Issued Bonds. Now They’re Crashing. – Barron’s
- Tesla Cut by Moody’s on Production Issues, Liquidity Concerns – Bloomberg
- Warehouses Are Now Worth More Than Offices, Thanks to Amazon – Bloomberg
- Amazon sheds $53 billion in market value after report on Trump threat – Reuters
- Crypto’s Billionaire Trading King Has Suddenly Run Into Problems – Bloomberg
- FANG stocks’ bite has U.S. fund managers looking for alternatives – Reuters
- An Opaque $3.5 Billion Business Gives Wall Street a Hangover – Bloomberg
- Kyle Bass’s Bet Against The Yuan Led To 19% Loss Last Year – Zero Hedge
- Robo-Adviser Startups Are Now Going After Wealthy Clientele – Bloomberg
- Tech Stocks Fear Premium Just Jumped to a 13-Year High – Bloomberg
- Large Scale Econometric Models: Do they Have a Future? – Roger Farmer’s Economic Window
- The 50 Most Important Life-Saving Breakthroughs in History – Visual Capitalist
- Libor’s Rise Accelerates, Squeezing Short-Term Borrowers – WSJ
- Bitcoin’s a Pretty Good Guide to Animal Spirits in Stocks – Bloomberg
- The Lesson From Stock Corrections Past? 200 Days of Pain – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Trump’s China tariffs may not begin until June: U.S. officials – Reuters
- New York Fed chief selection process draws fire from politicians – Reuters
- Many Americans Still Lack Retirement Savings – St Louis Fed
- An exodus of U.S. tech workers to Canada escalates – Axios
- U.S. Weighs Use of Emergency Law to Curb Chinese Takeovers – Bloomberg
- The debt crisis is on our doorstep – Washington Post
- Trump privately presses for U.S. military to pay for border wall – Chicago Tribune
- Trump wants to ‘go after’ Amazon over taxes, but Congress and the Supreme Court could settle the issue for him – CNBC
- Wall Street bonuses soar 17% to an average of $184,200 – CNN
Europe:
- European Union bans binary options, strictly regulates CFDs – Times of Israel
- Greece & The Euro – The Guardian
- 5,000 UK finance jobs may be moved by Brexit, half earlier forecast – Reuters
- Germany Courts Workers With Sausages and Cheap Housing – Bloomberg
- ’Victory for Kremlin’ as Germany approves gas pipeline – EU Observer
- Europe risks being left behind as a tech power – Technology Review
- Poland buys $4.75-billion Patriot missile system from US – DW
- Julian Assange has internet cut at Ecuadorian embassy in London – BBC
Asia:
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- Chinese President accepts invitation to visit North Korea: KCNA – NK Pro
- Trump Secures Trade Deal With South Korea Ahead of Nuclear Talks – NY Times
- How clean indoor air is becoming China’s latest luxury must-have – The Guardian
- China says North Korea’s Kim pledged commitment to denuclearization – Reuters
- Kim Jong-un paid ‘unofficial’ visit to Beijing, Chinese state media confirms – The Guardian
- Anbang’s Wu Accused of $10.4 Billion Fraud as Trial Begins – Bloomberg
- China Is Building a Rain-Making System Three Times as Big as Spain – Interesting Engineering
- Satellite images reveal show of force by Chinese navy in South China Sea – Yahoo
- Mitsubishi Materials group firm covered up data falsification even after internal probe found misconduct – Japan Times
- Number of foreign residents in Japan hits new record high – NHK
- Why Trump Could Be the Final Nail in Abe’s Coffin – The Diplomat
Trans-Tasman:
- Majority of Australians support phasing out coal power by 2030, survey finds – The Guardian
- Corporate tax robbery is everything that is wrong with our governance – Michael West
- Tasmanian forest agreement delivers $1.3bn losses in ‘giant fraud’ on taxpayers – The Guardian
- Tim Storer insists he won’t horse-trade, but flags boost to Newstart as top goal – The Guardian
- Racism claims could stifle debate about Chinese interference, academics warn – ABC
- Would a stronger prime minister pull Peter Dutton into line? – Inside Story
- Matt Canavan castigates fossil fuel opponents for using ‘highly objectionable’ term ‘just transition’ – The Guardian
- Uber launches new carpool feature in Australia, promising to halve fares – New Daily
- Daylight saving can boost the economy but Australia needs to make it uniform – The Conversation
- The Turnbull government is mulling more cuts to overseas aid – The SMH
- World-first 5G hotspots come to Australia… with 4G speeds – CNet
- Younger Australians locked of housing market is ‘intergenerational theft’ – Domain
- Coalition makes company tax cuts an election issue, infrastructure to feature in budget – ABC
- Govt pushes harder on property speculation – Interest.co.nz
- Growth in new home construction is stalling – Interest.co.nz
- Construction workload rises but is more concentrated – Interest.co.nz