Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Crypto hedge fund known for eye-popping early returns lost nearly 50% last month – CNBC
- Why Bitcoin Behaves Like the Flu – Bloomberg
- Global Debt Hits Record $237 Trillion, Up $21TN In 2017 – Zero Hedge
- Global Debt Jumped to Record $237 Trillion Last Year – Bloomberg
- Why Bitcoin Will Never Be the Dominant Form of Money – Pragmatic Capitalism
- Bitcoin, the Biggest Bubble in History, Is Popping – Bloomberg
- The Libertarian Who Accidentally Helped Make the Case for Regulation – Wired
- Global Financial Stability Report April 2018 – IMF
- Everyone loses in an all-out trade war, but some of the poorest countries lose the most – Washington Post
Americas:
- Trump Sought to Fire Mueller in December – NY Times
- Housing Was Undersupplied during the Great Housing Bubble – Mercatus Centre
- Why America’s return to $1 trillion deficits is a big problem for you – Washington Post
- Amazon spent nearly $23 billion on R&D last year – Recode
- The world’s hottest shopping city is becoming a ghost town – NY Post
- The Libertarian Who Accidentally Helped Make the Case for Regulation – Washington Monthly
- Food Stamps Shouldn’t Pay for Junk – WSJ
- Rising Home Prices Push Borrowers Deeper Into Debt – WSJ
- Bias against conservatives works like any other prejudice – Washington Post
- How Trump Misunderstands Trade – NY Times
- How China’s proposed tariffs could affect U.S. workers and industries – Brookings
- This Missing Ingredient May Foil Hopes for Faster U.S. Growth – Bloomberg
- Venezuela Is in Default, but Goldman Sachs Just Got Paid – WSJ
Europe:
- European Commission raids Murdoch’s Fox offices in London – The Telegraph
- Capital in Russia – Le Monde
- Russia Axes Bond Auction as Sanctions – Bloomberg
- Deripaska Goes From Famous Russian Billionaire to Global Outcast in Just Three Days – Bloomberg
- Britons Back Holding a Vote on May’s Brexit Deal – Bloomberg
Asia:
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- They Documented a Massacre. Their Prize Is a Prison Cell in Myanmar. – NY Times
- Xi’s Warmed-Up Trade Leftovers Aren’t So Unpalatable – Bloomberg
- Xi Jinping speech offers no big concessions to Donald Trump – FT
- U.S.-China Talks Broke Down Over Trump’s Demands on High-Tech Industries – Bloomberg
- Jack Ma’s Ant Financial to Raise $9 Billion, Become World’s Biggest Unicorn – WSJ
- For Chinese Steel, the Road to the U.S. Goes Through Vietnam – WSJ
- Xi Warns Against Returning to a ‘Cold War Mentality’ – Bloomberg
- ‘No Direct Confrontation’: Investors Voice Relief at Xi’s Speech – Bloomberg
- South Korean broker redefines fat-fingered trading – Breaking Views
Trans-Tasman:
- Peter Dutton confirms high-level talks about migration cuts – ABC
- Peter Dutton contradicts Turnbull on immigration – The Guardian
- NSW farmers experience driest period in a decade – ABC
- ‘It’s opened my eyes’: Medical students get taste of bush life to combat remote GP shortage – ABC
- Extreme downsizing: Could you live on a block the size of an AFL goal square? – ABC
- Brisbane house prices up nearly 300pc, price of land to blame – ABC
- Labor’s Plan To Fix The NBN Multi Technology Mix Mess – Gizmodo
- Australia takes from the poor to give to the rich – Canberra Times
- Frydenberg to warn Abbott allies against ‘extreme ideologies’ on energy – The Guardian
- Was your university degree worth the debt? High-paying jobs aren’t a sure thing, experts say – ABC
- Are the Liberal Party’s internal divisions influencing Australia’s energy policy? – ABC
- Bleak image of Sydney’s world-famous Circular Quay reveals a ghost town – Daily Mail
- Stunning four-fold increase in big rooftop arrays as business stampedes to solar – Renew Economy
- Malcolm Turnbull didn’t walk away from his beliefs – because he never had any – The Guardian
- ‘Great concern’: Malcolm Turnbull draws a line in the sand on military bases near Australia – The SMH
- Fish populations in Great Barrier Reef collapse after devastating coral bleaching events – Independent
- The revival of the first home buyer – Interest.co.nz
- Hospitality sector warns MPs of ‘significant concerns’ in new employment rules – Interest.co.nz