Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin’s Tokyo Whale Sold $400 Million and He’s Not Done Yet – Bloomberg
- Massive Block Trades Recorded in ETFs Before Stocks Plunged – Bloomberg
- ‘Blockchain’ is meaningless – The Verge
- Bond Guru Bill Gross Is About to Rattle Another Market: Stamp Collecting – Bloomberg
- Why Isn’t Wall Street Freaking Out About Trump? – Politico
- Private equity loses its lustre – Investment Magazine
- Bitcoin Dives After SEC Says Crypto Platforms Must Be Registered – Bloomberg
- Cryptocurrency is a giant pyramid scheme – Quartz
- IMF’s Lagarde says nobody wins a trade war – Reuters
Americas:
- President Trump’s Exaggerated and Misleading Claims on Trade – NY Times
- What Should Gary Cohn Do Next? These Business Leaders Have Some Ideas – Bloomberg
- Spring Home Sales Could Be the Weakest in Years – WSJ
- How the U.S. Squandered Its Steel Superiority – Bloomberg
- Fed’s Bostic Says Trade Wars Aren’t Easy and Winnable – WSJ
- Cohn’s Exit Leaves Hard-Liners Ascendant in Trump White House – Bloomberg
- Fed Reports a Pickup in Wage Growth – WSJ
- Trump wants to start his trade war tomorrow – Axios
- President Trump’s Exaggerated and Misleading Claims on Trade – NY Times
- U.S. trade deficit races to more than nine-year high – Reuters
- Banks Want a Bigger Piece of Your Student Loan – WSJ
Europe:
- Goldman puts some London staff on notice for German move by June – sources – Reuters
- ECB adopts opinion on the appointment of its future Vice-President – European Union
- Hundreds of European groups barred from dark pools – FT
- EU rejects UK’s plans for post-Brexit trade relationship – FT
- EU Tells Trump to Brace for Retaliation Over Metal Tariffs – Bloomberg
- Italy’s New Far-Right Star Specifically Thanked Facebook For The Election Result – BuzzFeed
- UK house prices rise at slowest pace in nearly five years – Halifax – Reuters
Asia:
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- Ripple Develops Blockchain Payments App With 61 Japanese Banks – Bloomberg
- This Is the Year China’s Economy Passes the Eurozone – Bloomberg
- The U.S. Businesses at Risk From Trade War With China – Bloomberg
- The U.S.-China Rivalry Is, More Than Ever, a Fight Over Tech – NY Times
- Why Washington Is So Obsessed With China’s Huawei – WSJ
- Walmart, Nike Suppliers Put on Notice by China Tariff Threat – Bloomberg
Trans-Tasman:
- New SA hydrogen plant to be ‘world’s largest’ – ABC
- Hobart’s new arrivals being greeted by a planning and housing crisis – ABC
- Sydney Trains slashes station speed limit by half after crash – ABC
- Has Nick Xenophon flown too close to the sun? – ABC
- Traffic chaos proves Melbourne needs the West Gate Tunnel, Government says – ABC
- Cannabis is the only thing easing their chronic pain. Now their father is facing jail – ABC
- Sydney’s top private schools getting millions from taxpayers – The SMH
- Forbes rich list: Gina Rinehart’s children join billionaires’ club – Canberra Times
- Zombie policies back as Turnbull government eyes new-look Senate – Brisbane Times
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Why the RBNZ should publish banks’ stress test results – Interest.co.nz