Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Why Warren Buffett Is Big on Big Banks – Barron’s
- No Refuge for Investors as 2018 Rout Sends Stocks, Bonds, Oil Lower – WSJ
- The World Needs to Quit Coal. Why Is It So Hard? – NY Times
- Bitcoin extends losses, slides under $3500 to lowest since September 2017 – CNBC
- What Bear Markets Look Like – AVC
- Visualizing the Bear Market in FAANG Stocks – Visual Capitalist
- The FAANG Stocks: A Case-by-Case Analysis – Barron’s
Americas:
- Trump demands action to reduce deficit, pushes new deficit spending – Washington Post
- Wall Street’s Case for President Bloomberg – Vanity Fair
- Borrowers Are Tapping Their Homes for Cash, Even as Rates Rise – WSJ
- Migrants Enveloped In Tear Gas After Heading Toward US – CBS
- Across South, Democrats Who Speak Boldly Risk Alienating Rural White Voters – NY Times
- A $9 trillion corporate debt bomb is ’bubbling’ in the US economy – CNBC
- New York State’s Lawsuit Against Trump Foundation Can Proceed, Judge Rules – NY Times
Europe:
- Russia seizes Ukrainian ships near annexed Crimea after firing on them – Reuters
- Outflows from UK-focused equity funds since Brexit vote hit $1tn – FT
- Greece’s Varoufakis to run in European election – in Germany – Reuters
- Russia ’fires on and seizes Ukraine ships’ – BBC
- UK’s Brexit deal agreed by EU leaders – BBC
- U.K., EU Approve Hard-Fought Brexit Divorce Deal. Now the Harder Work Begins. – WSJ
- Brexit and the DUP: Triumph or disaster? – RTE
Asia:
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- Chinese scientists are creating CRISPR babies – Tech Review
- China’s Tactic to Catch a Fugitive Official: Hold His Two American Children – NY Times
- How China’s Rulers Control Society: Opportunity, Nationalism, Fear – NY Times
- China economic growth seen slowing to 6.3 percent next year: economists – Reuters
- China is buying good press across the world, one paid journalist at a time – The Print
- Taiwan’s President Quits as Party Chief After Stinging Losses in Local Races – NY Times
- China’s Warning to Market Economists: Toe the Party’s Line – Bloomberg
- For American pundits, China isn’t a country. It’s a fantasyland. – Washington Post
Trans-Tasman:
- It’s looking increasingly likely the ACT will legalise cannabis use – Canberra Times
- Labor and crossbench to test Morrison’s minority government with federal Icac vote – The Guardian
- Labor, Liberal, and National parties failed to declare large corporate donations, electoral commission finds – The Guardian
- Out of touch with reality: How the Liberals lost so badly – The Age
- Scott Morrison Blames Labor For Victorian Election Landslide – The Shovel
- Victorian election a wake-up call for federal Liberals and some aren’t staying silent – ABC
- Forget the wacky theories, the Liberal Party lost because it trashed its own brand – The Age
- Coalition signals potential policy shift on corruption watchdog – ABC
- New energy trading platforms are being created to let more Australians sell their excess solar power – The SMH
- O’Brien likely to take Liberal leadership with Guy to quit – The Age
- Feuding Liberals show zero interest in learning lesson of Andrews win – The Age
- Victorian election landslide puts six more federal seats in Labor’s sights – The Guardian
- Dozens of former judges urge Scott Morrison to set up anti-corruption watchdog – The Guardian
- Four ways our cities can cut transport emissions in a hurry: avoid, shift, share and improve – The Conversation
- Outgunned: Federal corruption agencies not up to the task – The Age
- Gladys Berejiklian says Scott Morrison not needed in NSW election campaign – The Guardian
- Budget to get back into surplus by next financial year, Deloitte Access Economics forecasts – ABC
- No new taxes under National, says Bridges – Interest.co.nz
- Loosening the ‘now-permanent’ LVRs – Interest.co.nz
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