Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Bitcoin traders openly admit to cashing in on conflict – Coin Rivet
- There has never been a better time to be remarkable – and a worse time to be unremarkable – Prof Galloway
- PC sales experienced annual growth for the first time in years – Engadget
- The next market meltdown is coming, says hedge fund manager – Contrarian Libsyn
- BlackRock CEO Larry Fink promises to address climate change and sustainability in annual letter to CEOs – Black Rock
- Capitalists Without Capital Are Ruling Capitalism – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Bernie Sanders Explains Why Low Unemployment Doesn’t Mean Americans Are Better Off – You Tube
- Half in U.S. Now Consider College Education Very Important – Gallup
- Building market-rate apartments makes nearby housing more affordable – Up John
- Rising energy costs lift US consumer prices 0.2% in December – AP News
- US budget deficit running 11.8% higher this year – AP News
- A GOP-led edge: Red states see less unemployment, more economic growth – The Hill
Europe:
- The UK has seen the lowest GDP growth since 2012 – Economo
- Interesting article on Ukraine’s economy, hot money, and the impact on the investment outlook – Wandering Investor
- Swiss franc nears 3-year high after U.S. adds it to watchlist – Reuters
- Brexit will soon have cost the UK more than all of its payments to the EU over the last 47 years put together – Insider
- Germany and France to push EU to end shredding of male chicks – The Local
- EU to unveil trillion-euro ‘Green Deal’ financial plan – Euractiv
Asia:
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- Phase one trade deal could be less than market hopes: ‘Tariffs have now become a roach motel’ – CNBC
- ‘Smile with your eyes’: How to beat South Korea’s AI hiring bots and land a job – Reuters
- China’s rising yuan means rude awakening for Americans – YouTube
- How world’s fastest-growing economy plunged into stagflation – The Star
- US Removes Currency Manipulator Label On China Ahead Of Trade Deal – NDTV
Trans-Tasman:
- Disinformation on Australian bushfires should not be spread by ministers – The Guardian
- The Australian says it accepts climate science, so why does it give a platform to ‘outright falsehoods’? – The Guardian
- South Australia big batteries earn $1 million over two days – Renew Economy
- Some Coalition MPs say that arson is mostly to blame for the bushfire crisis. Here are the facts – ABC
- The sheer number of animals killed in Australia’s bushfires could collapse entire ecosystems – SBS
- Take politics out of climate policy: NZ MP has urged Australia – The West
- Christopher Pyne formally warned he is banned from lobbying for defence contractor – The Guardian
- Compromised: Genie Energy and the Murdoch media’s climate denial – Michael West
- Science Minister says climate denial a waste of time in wake of fires – The Age
- Can Australia’s PM recover from the fires? – BBC
- Firefighters reject Morrison’s national inquiry – New Daily
- Government refuses to release briefings for trouble-plagued $200m regional grants program – The Guardian
- Australia’s fires ‘will be normal’ under a future warming world of 3C – BBC
- Uber Eats workers keep riding in Australia’s hazardous air with little support – Mashable
- Here’s hoping for a ‘stable and boring’ 2020 – Interest.co.nz