Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Ray Dalio–The World Has Gone Mad and the System Is Broken – Linked-in
- ‘Wall Street’s ledger systems don’t keep honest track of who owns what’ – American Banker
- Algorithmic Trading with AI-Based Aggressive Stocks Forecast Consistently Out-performs SP 500 – MarketWatch
- Earth Needs Fewer People to Beat Climate Crisis, Scientists Say: “More than 11,000 experts sign an emergency declaration warning that energy, food and reproduction must change immediately.” – Bloomberg
- Caterpillar lays off 120 workers as trade war hits sales – CBC
- US-China trade war is a ‘lose-lose’ situation for them and the world, warn UN economists – CRWE World
- Dow hits record as stock market rally extends into 5th week – Stamford Advocate
- Ready to Boost Stocks: Investors’ Multitrillion Cash Hoard – WSJ
Americas:
- Trump Wants Small Farmers to Clear Out for the Big Guys – Truth Dig
- Crippling Student Loans Contribute To Chile’s Protests – IBTimes
- Fed repo: Dimon says lending issues could happen “increasingly if we’re not careful” – CNBC
- We should all be concerned about the student debt crisis – CNBC
- Oxford Economics Predicts Trump Win Even if There’s a Recession – Western Journal
- It’s Time To End Big College’s Free Ride – Issue Insights
- U.S. trade deficit drops 4.7% to 5-month low, helped by first oil surplus since 1978 – MarketWatch
Europe:
- US tech companies to lose $40 billion as China’s Huawei takes its business to Europe – RT
- Recession Watch: UK economy to hit DECADE-LOW even with Brexit deal – City AM
- Recession Watch Ireland: AIB signals more job cuts amid ‘challenging’ conditions – RTE
- UK civil engineering suffers worst slump since 2009 amid Brexit gloom – The Guardian
- Banks working on Pan-European payment system – Brussel Times
- Italy to make climate change study compulsory in schools (33 hours per year) – Reuters
Asia:
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- Review of China’s Steel Market for H1 2019 – My Steel
- Samsung to Begin Layoffs in China, Affecting ONE THIRD of Employees! – Pan Daily
- Hong Kong Recession: economy shrank 3.2% from previous quarter – Igorb News
- Growth To Stabilize as Beijing Prepares for a Rockier 2020 – Macropolo
- Indian Officer Burnt to Death in Property Dispute – BBC
- Moon, Abe Back Dialogue to Resolve South Korea-Japan Dispute – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Climate crisis: 11,000 scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’ – The Guardian
- Labor must make NBN its priority – Inoovation Aus
- Ross Garnaut: three policies will set Australia on a path to 100% renewable energy – The Guardian
- How police busted a multi-million-dollar ‘ghost college’ scam – ABC
- Coalition warned outlawing climate boycotts could breach constitution – The Guardian
- NSW drought co-ordinator leaves job after less than a year – The SMH
- Here’s a running list of Australian businesses that have underpaid staff in 2019 – The SMH
- Free trade agreements are often ignored by business. So why has Australia signed a new one? – ABC
- The fight over medevac and the people caught in the middle – The Guardian
- Coalition’s $200m regional jobs and investment program fails to meet audit standards – The Guardian
- Property values in most parts of Auckland below October last year while Dunedin’s up 15% – Interest.co.nz