Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Lloyd Blankfein Prepares to Exit Goldman Sachs as Soon as Year’s End – WSJ
- Blankfein Says Report of His Departure Didn’t Come From Him – Bloomberg
- Bitcoin Is Ridiculous. Blockchain Is Dangerous – Bloomberg
- This Is What Happens When Bitcoin Miners Take Over Your Town – Politico
- Brokers to Investors: Your Cash Ain’t Nothin’ But Trash – WSJ
- Comparing the 25 Most Notable Cryptocurrencies – Visual Capitalist
- Regulatory Scrutiny Sends Bitcoin Into 20% Tailspin This Week – Bloomberg
- The Global Economy’s Wile E. Coyote Moment – Bloomberg
- The World’s Largest Tech ETF Just Reeled in $616 Million in One Day – Bloomberg
- The looming global trade war – The Economist
- Blown Earnings Calls Started the Bull Market. One Day They’ll End It – Bloomberg
- Stocks Still Have Momentum as Aging Bull Market Turns Nine – WSJ
Americas:
- “Trump Is Red-Hot”: A Fuming President Prepares to Go Full MAGA – Vanity Fair
- I covered steel 26 years ago. Trump’s wrong about the problem. – Washington Post
- The Little-Known Trade Adviser Who Wields Enormous Power in Washington – NY Times
- Trump’s steel tariffs might be targeting the wrong countries – MarketPlace
- How trump’s tariff’s could cost up to 40,000 auto jobs – MSNBC
- When Smug Liberals Met Conservative Trolls – NY Times
- Mortgage Rates at a Four-Year High Threaten to Roil Housing – WSJ
- U.S. Added 313,000 Jobs in February; Wage Gains Cool to 2.6% – Bloomberg
- The power sector craves stability. Trump has brought it chaos. – VOX
- Why Congress, not the WTO, is best suited to rein in Trump on tariffs – DW
- The Economy Is Looking Awfully Strong – NY Times
- U.S. Household Net Worth Pushes Further Into Record Territory – WSJ
- Strong employment growth and promising participation, but wage growth continues to fall short – Economic Policy Institute
Europe:
- Economist Paul Johnson: ‘We are nowhere near out of austerity’ – The Guardian
- ECB staff eyes rate rise in mid-2019, but road looks bumpy, sources say – Reuters
- EU to respond to U.S. tariffs within 90 days if not exempt – Reuters
- Italy’s Five Star Considers Offering Jobs to Rivals in Bid for Majority – Bloomberg
- How the ECB planted the seeds of the euro area crisis – VOX
- ECB gives up on bigger bond buys en route to stimulus exit – Reuters
- Draghi Asks Who Needs Friends Like These Amid Trump Threat – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- Dennis Rodman Offers Help as Trump Prepares for Kim Meeting – Bloomberg
- Trump has been playing right into China’s hands – Washington Post
- PBOC governor says Bitcoin not a legitimate method of payment – Reuters
- What Will Trump Give Up for Peace with North Korea? – NY Times
- Tillerson says ’talks,’ but no ’negotiations’ with NKorea – AP
- Bitcoin’s Tokyo Whale Sold $400 Million and He’s Not Done Yet – Bloomberg
- Hong Kong Exchange May Have Reached Its Peak – WSJ
Trans-Tasman:
- Labor v Liberal: who best runs the Australian economy? – The Guardian
- Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs have lower than average child vaccination rates – ABC
- Your Google Home or Fitbit could be used against you in court – ABC
- Intellectual property theft, not metal, is the real trade war in US sights and it’s a much bigger worry – ABC
- Turnbull’s parliamentary circus – The Saturday Paper
- Why the South Australian election is the nation’s most gripping contest – The Guardian
- Australia loves Netflix. But does Netflix love Australia? – Brisbane Times
- Royalties for Regions — a scandalous waste or saviour of the bush? – ABC
- ASIO changes hidden in ‘sloppy’ amendments process – The Saturday Paper
- Binary options: A scammer takes us inside the job and reveals why Australians ‘are definitely good targets’ – ABC
- Trump says ‘working’ with Turnbull on deal to avoid tariffs on Australia – SBS
- 33 million unanswered Centrelink calls ‘not a staffing problem’ – Canberra Times
- Tune out the noise, our growth isn’t as bad as it sounds – Canberra Times
- Builders told not to use flammable cladding on high-rise buildings in Victoria – ABC
- The West Gate Tunnel project survived one political roadblock. But there could be more ahead – ABC