Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Corporate Bonds Sink Fast in One of Worst Tumbles Since 2000 – Bloomberg
- Michael Gelband to Launch Biggest Hedge Fund Startup Ever – Bloomberg
- New York Stock Exchange to Have First Female Leader in 226-Year History – WSJ
- Value in Short Bonds: ‘We’re Not in Kansas Anymore’ – Pimco
- Biggest Worry About U.S. Yield Climb May Be Lack of Trigger – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Consumer debt is set to reach $4 trillion by the end of 2018 – CNBC
- There Is Only One Trump Scandal – The Atlantic
- ‘Too inconvenient’: Trump goes rogue on phone security – Politico
- The Diplomat Who Quit the Trump Administration – New Yorker
- Stephanie Kelton Has The Biggest Idea In Washington – Huffington Post
- The Fed should not move too quickly to raise rates – FT
- Tax cut sparks record-setting $178 billion buyback boom – CNN
- Why the New Times Trump Tower Report Is Freaking Trump Out – NY Mag
- Banks Are Getting Another Volcker Rule Win – Bloomberg
- Bernie’s army in disarray – Politico
- U.S. and Canadian regulators open probes into cryptocurrency scams – Reuters
- How Trump changed everything for The Onion – Politico
Europe:
- Queen Elizabeth Announces Success Of Monarchy’s Recent Diversity Initiative – The Onion
- What’s the Matter With Europe? – NY Times
- UK ’turns blind eye to dirty Russian money’ – BBC
- Italy’s Biggest Problem: The Euro – Barron’s
- Germany Acts to Tame Facebook – NY Times
- March of Italy’s mini-BoTs may split the euro – FT
Asia:
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- Trump’s Charm and Threats May Not Be Working on China. Here’s Why. – NY Times
- Divisions Within Trump Team Undercut Quick Trade Victory With China – NY Times
- Politico Moves Into Asia, Joining With Jack Ma’s South China Morning Post – WSJ
- China Considers Ending Birth Limits as Soon as This Year – Bloomberg
- In China, Photo of Trade Talks Embodies ‘Young’ Country Passing Aging U.S. – NY Times
- Who’s to blame for the hiccup in North Korea talks? South Koreans say Bolton. – Washington Post
- Alibaba’s newest initiative aims to make Hong Kong a global AI hub – Tech Crunch
- China is winning Trump’s trade war – Washington Post
- US-China trade agreements are ‘face-saving’ and ‘lose-lose,’ says Moody’s chief economist – CNBC
- China is the greatest, growing threat to America – Axios
- China Now Has a Trade Deficit – Conversable Economist
- China relieved U.S. trade war is ’on hold’; U.S. business ambivalent – Reuters
- Don’t Get Distracted by the Trade Deficit With China – WSJ
- Why many rich Chinese don’t live in China – The Economist
- The Trade Deficit with China: Up Sharply for Those Who Care – CEPR
Trans-Tasman:
- The Greens are pushing for Uber and Deliveroo to actually pay their workers minimum wage – Junkee
- Liddell coal plant emitting nitrogen oxide at three times rate of global standard – ABC
- EU to approve free trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand – SBS
- ‘Not good enough’: Pauline Hanson reneges company tax support – The SMH
- The job increase is less inspiring than the government would like you to believe – The Guardian
- Voters prefer Labor’s tax plan, but two-party gap tightens – Guardian Essential poll
- The Finance Minister Just Compared Penny Wong to Pauline Hanson – Buzz Feed
- While Australia watched a wedding, China was making its next move – The SMH
- Hand grenade attack on Melbourne’s Tiba clan signals escalation of gang war, police say – ABC
- No tender process for $444m Great Barrier Reef grant, Senate hearing told – The Guardian
- Assaults on paramedics to be put in same category as murder in Victoria – ABC
- APRA releases quarterly private health insurance statistics for March 2018 – APRA
- ‘Shocking and devastating’: Hundreds of jobs to go as two Victorian hospitals close – ABC
- Internal auditors urged ‘to lift their game’ in raising red flags – ABC
- Royal commission grills banks on small business loans – ABC
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Politics now part of house owning assessments – Interest.co.nz
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Housing market confidence bounces back – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- Electric Scooter Charger Culture Is Out of Control – The Atlantic
- Tesla Model 3 Falls Short of a CR Recommendation – Consumer Reports
- Tesla’s $35,000 Model 3 Could Now Cost You $78,000 – Bloomberg