Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Strategist says markets have nothing to do with fundamentals anymore – CNBC (quelle shocke!)
- US Official Gold Reserves Auditor Caught Lying – ZH
- Dow Jones Gains 10,000th Point Under Trump – Macrotrends
Americas:
- Canadians bought nearly 100 tonnes of pot in first year of legalization: Health Canada (sorry, man)
- Assessing whether 2020 will bring a Canadian property tumble – CBC
- Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly taking advice on political decisions, including how the company handles political ads, from Trump adviser and Facebook board member Peter Thiel – BI
- A grave day in history: Trump faces impeachment – CNN (but also faces a corrupt Senate)
- Demonstrators take to the streets in New York to rally for Trump impeachment – Reuters
- Half of US military now disapprove of Trump, poll shows – Independent
Europe:
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- France bans dozens of glyphosate weedkillers: withdrawing the marketing license for 36 products and 4 new glyphosate-based products had also been rejected – France24
- Pound euro exchange rate plummets on returning fears of a no-deal Brexit – Express
- Greece expects 100,000 more migrants in 2020. Asylum-seekers are continuing to arrive on the shores of the Greek islands such as Lesbos and Samos, – DW
- UK election : by education level GRAPH – no wonder the conservatives prefer the poorly educated….
Asia:
- Russia seizes five Japanese fishing boats off Hokkaido | The Japan Times
- China top university FuDan changes it’s constitution, deletes “academic freedom” and “independent thinking”.
- A Surveillance Net Blankets China’s Cities, Giving Police Vast Powers – NYT
- Bernie Sanders speaks out on Chinese Uyghur Muslim concentration camps – Youtube
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Beijing calls for Chinese journalists to ‘arm their minds’ with Xi Jinping Thought – CNN (kind of like Domain really?)
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- Scott Morrison’s holiday is not the problem, his lack of leadership on the bushfires is – The Guardian
- Australia’s fossil fuel industry should pay climate disaster levy, thinktank says – The Guardian
- Preliminary BOM results show yesterday was Australia’s hottest day on record – ABC (well, so far – this could well be the coolest for awhile)
- Tasmanian Liberals received $75K in donations from private hospital operator Healthscope – ABC
- Climate change has cut Australian farm profits by 22% a year over past 20 years, report says – The Guardian
- Mortgage rate cuts haven’t produced the expected rise in house sales – interest.co.nz
- One of New Zealand’s wealthiest businessmen, Sir Ron Brierley, arrested at Sydney airport & charged with possession of child pornography – 7news