Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- GAM, Schroders and BlackRock hedge funds among worst performers in 2018 – FT
- Wall Street Struggles With the Bad Kind of Volatility – WSJ
- ‘Bad bets’ see Bill Gross’s Janus Henderson fund fall below $1bn – FT
- Are Market Moves Happening Faster? – A Wealth of Commonsense
Americas:
- It’s Already Collusion – Politico
- Here are 18 reasons Trump could be a Russian asset – Washington Post
- Debt? What debt? At $22 trillion, here’s the argument the national debt doesn’t matter – CNN
- Trump Confronts the Prospect of a ‘Nonstop Political War’ for Survival – NY Times
- Nobody Is Moving Our Cheese: American Surplus Reaches Record High – NPR
- The GOP must stamp out the seeds of hatred before it’s too late – Washington Post
- Americans blame Trump and GOP much more than Democrats for shutdown, Post-ABC poll finds – Washington Post
- OPEC Weighs a First-Ever Influence Campaign in the U.S. – WSJ
- The Clinton-Obama era ends as US Democrats seek a radical new voice – FT
- Golf-Home Owners Find Themselves in a Hole – WSJ
- ‘In the White House waiting’: Inside Trump’s defiance on the longest shutdown ever – Washington Post
- Americans see themselves in debt forever, even as they continue to borrow – NBC News
Europe:
- EU preparing to delay Brexit until at least July – The Guardian
- Commons plot to seize control from Theresa May ahead of Brexit vote – The Times
- Hypocrite? Chancellor’s firm pays paltry tax bill – This Is Money
- EU may need rules to stop doctors emigrating: German minister – Reuters
- Labour plans radical crackdown on ‘failed’ corporate regulators – The Guardian
- Brexit and the U.S. Shutdown: Two Governments in Paralysis – NY Times
Asia:
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- Washington’s China hawks fear Trump will yield in trade war – FT
- Trade and Labor Market Dynamics: General Equilibrium Analysis of the China Trade Shock – Yale
- We can’t keep ignoring human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims – Independent
- Xi Jinping is leading China toward economic stagnation – Economic Times
- New Pentagon Boss Doubles Down on the Hard Line Against China – National Review
- In China, they’re closing churches, jailing pastors – and even rewriting scripture – The Guardian
- Hong Kong printers now censoring “sensitive” material – Hong Kong FP
Trans-Tasman:
- $1.3m one-day property profit for father of council employee – The SMH
- ‘It’s a regulatory no-man’s land’: Nicotine found in ‘nicotine-free’ e-cigarette liquids – ABC
- Cathy McGowan announces retirement from politics at next federal election – ABC
- Australia could hit 100% renewables sooner than most people think – The Guardian
- Do not reverse onus of proof for black economy crimes, say experts – ABC
- Australian recruits have dwindled to virtually zero’: Scientology struggles in NSW – The SMH
- WA Libs’ evangelicals likened to ‘a cancer’ by Fed MP – The West
- Keep it PG: A political wish list for 2019 – Canberra Times
- Vendors selling units in Opal Tower left in limbo as buyers offer as little as $1 – RealEstate.com.au
- Fed Agriculture Minister warns of disaster – The Age
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Kiwi dollar reverses Xmas losses with vengeance – Interest.co.nz
- Kiwibank raises a key term deposit rate – Interest.co.nz
- Kiwis more optimistic about 2019 than Aussies – Interest.co.nz