Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Hedge Funds Revive the Junk Bond CDO – WSJ
- Wall Street Analysts Are Now Selling More Data, Less Analysis – WSJ
- Congressional gridlock? Financial markets are fine with it – FT
- S&P 500 and Dow surge in best rally after midterm elections since 1982 – CNBC
- Capitalising crypto – FT Alphaville
- Bitcoin volatility sinks to lowest in nearly two years – Yahoo
Americas:
- Google Plans Large New York City Expansion – WSJ
- In Superstar Cities, the Rich Get Richer, and They Get Amazon – NY Times
- Sizing Up the 2018 Blue Wave – NY Times
- Donald Trump Jr. Expecting to Be Indicted by Mueller Soon – NY Mag
- The Senate is so rigged that Democrats may never control it ever again – Think Progress
- America’s Problem Isn’t Tribalism. It’s Racism. – The Atlantic
- There Was No Midterm Misinformation Crisis Because We’ve Democratized Propaganda – BuzzFeed
- Combative Trump brawls with media and slams his own party – CBS News
- The Inventory of Unsold New Homes Now Highest Since 2011 – WSJ
- Republicans are paying the Trump tax – VOX
- US Christmas sales predicted to surpass $1 trillion for the first time this year – CNBC
- The growing pension black hole is pulling us all in – The Hill
Europe:
- ’Almost everything has changed in banking since the financial crisis’ – The Independent
- France vows to lead Europe in defying US on Iran sanctions – FT
- Russia to boost oil output unless Saudi Arabia deal is struck – FT
- A $240-Billion-a-Day Market Is Leaving London Ahead of Brexit – Bloomberg
- British Watchdog Finds Cambridge Analytica and Brexit Financier Misused Private Data – NY Times
- Wanted: radical economist to boost UK economy. Cash prize: £150k – The Guardian
- Has Norway Been Saving Too Much or Too Little? – PIIE
- In full: The notes of apparent plan to sell Brexit deal – BBC
Asia:
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- Once an Optimist on U.S.-China Relations, Henry Paulson Delivers a Sobering Message – WSJ
- Donald Trump tells Japanese reporter to “say hello to Shinzo, I’m sure he’s happy about tariffs on his cars” – NewsWeek
- North Korea Cancels Nuclear Talks With Pompeo – WSJ
- China’s Xi calls for global cooperation to create ’fairer’ internet – Reuters
- China Economy at Risk of Long-Term ‘Downward Spiral,’ State Researcher Says – Caixin
- Chinese ’gait recognition’ tech IDs people by how they walk – AP
- China’s Xi Jinping hits out at ‘law of the jungle’ trade policies – FT
Trans-Tasman:
- Woolworths quietly pushes back caged egg commitment by five years – The Guardian
- Tony Abbott and conservative MPs campaign to take back control of Liberal party – The Guardian
- Labor dials up its renewable energy target to 50 per cent by 2030 – The Age
- ACCC gives Nine, Fairfax merger the tick – SBS
- Liberal Party funding blitz aims to fill Turnbull donations gap – The SMH
- PM’s bus rolls into central Queensland, home of wafer-thin margins – ABC
- Tesla battery will power unusual community storage project in Western Australia – Arstechnica
- Federal Government set to block Chinese company’s takeover of Australian gas network – ABC
- Australia’s Snowy Hydro Makes ‘Game-Changing’ Leap From Coal to Renewables – Green Tech Media
- Electricity giants have been put on notice by federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor to take action to lower Australian power bills – New Daily
- Taylor confirms race is on to get new coal or gas finalised before federal election – Renew Economy
- Airbnb causes long-term rental shortages in Sydney and Melbourne – Domain
- RBNZ says interest rates still on hold till 2020 – Interest.co.nz