Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Even God Couldn’t Beat Dollar-Cost Averaging – Of Dollars & Data
- A hole big enough to fit two-thirds of Manhattan has formed under an Antarctic glacier – NBC
- Here Are the Finance Firms Cutting Jobs After Turmoil in Markets – Bloomberg
- Goldman Plans Cuts in Commodities Trading as New CEO Digs In – WSJ
- Greed Is Back as Debt Markets Face an $8.6 Trillion Hangover – Bloomberg
- Trump is straining democracy at home and around the world – Washington Post
- One Year After VIX Blowup, Investors Still Feel Sting of Volatility Bets – WSJ
- Loose money era leaves trail of U.S. corporate debt junkies – Reuters
Americas:
- Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two – NY Times
- Schumer and Sanders: Limit Corporate Stock Buybacks – NY Times
- Elizabeth Warren apologizes for calling herself Native American – Washington Post
- The plan to keep Trump’s taxes hidden – Politico
- Stop Worrying About the Fed’s Balance Sheet – Bloomberg
- Tax Reform Is Covering Its Costs – WSJ
- Solid Majority Still Opposes New Construction on Border Wall – Gallup
- How Much Could Negative Rates Have Helped the Recovery? – FRBSF
- Steel Group Wants Tariffs on Building Products – WSJ
- Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ’pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich – The Guardian
- Venezuelan Money Supply Is Surging at the Fastest Pace on Record – Bloomberg
Europe:
- The Putin I Knew; the Putin I Know – NY Times
- Venezuela’s chaos exposes EU disarray on foreign policy – Politico
- Europeans fear Trump may threaten not just the transatlantic bond, but the state of their union – Washington Post
- British services sector nearly stalls in January on Brexit angst – FT
- EU orders recall of children’s smartwatch over severe privacy concerns – ZD Net
- The Threat of a Eurozone Recession – Project Syndicate
- Britain’s financial heartland unbowed as Brexit risks… – Reuters
- UK economy flat-lines as Brexit nears, firms cut jobs – PMI – Reuters
- How EU Leaders Can Prevent a No-Deal Brexit – Project Syndicate
Asia:
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- No trade deal can dictate our relationship with China – Washington Post
- Myanmar’s Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi could release 2 jailed journalists. She has not – Washington Post
- China’s Slowdown and the World Economy – Council on Foreign Relations
- China’s Online Censorship Stifles Trade, Too – NY Times
- Counting Chinese Stocks as Stocks – Bloomberg
- What Do the Huawei Indictments Mean for the Future of Global Tech? – China File
Trans-Tasman:
- Prime Minister Scott Morrison is pushing back against pressure from Labor to bring federal parliament back for extra weeks to deal with the fallout of the banking royal commission – SBS
- ‘I will simply ignore it’: Scott Morrison rules out snap election if defeated on ‘stupid’ refugee bill – Brisbane Times
- A quick $22 million profit for royal commission insider trading? – New Daily
- ACCC puts blame for slow NBN speed squarely on FTTN – IT News
- The nation’s pre-eminent science agency has cast doubt on the environmental benefits claimed under the Morrison government’s main climate policy – The Age
- Robodebt faces landmark legal challenge over ‘crude’ income calculations – The Guardian
- Wilson and Wilson: The MP, the fund manager, and the franking credits inquiry – The SMH
- Is social housing essential infrastructure? – The Conversation
- The worst findings from the Banking Royal Commission – SBS
- Banking Royal Commission: How Hayne failed remote Australia – The Conversation
- Interest rate cuts as likely as rises as Reserve Bank governor eyes falling house prices – ABC
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RBA to cut interest rates to 1% – Interest.co.nz
Other:
- The Rise of the Robot Reporter – NY Times