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Global Macro / Markets / Investing: Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Prices in Europe as Iran Ramps Up Exports – WSJ The End of Closed-End Fund IPOs?

Global Macro / Markets / Investing: Long-lasting effects of a socialist education – VOX How important are policy barriers to trade?

Global Macro / Markets / Investing: What is the Worst Case Scenario for Bonds?

Global Macro / Markets / Investing: Saudi, Iran set to clash over OPEC oil output targets – Reuters Tax hikes on the wealthy: Good or bad for growth?

Global Macro / Markets / Investing: The next 100 years in the Middle East are likely to be worse than the last 100 years – MarketWatch The price of bitcoin just surged to a 20-month high – Quartz Does Easing Monetary Policy Increase Financial Instability?

Global Macro / Markets / Investing: Emotions Are Part Of Trading – Accept It And Profit From It – Share Planner Quantitative Easing and Financial Stability – SSRN The Economic Lessons of Star Trek’s Money-Free Society – Wired Fueling Oil’s Push to $50: Fear Is Back – WSJ How Low Can VIX Go?

Global Macro / Markets / Investing: Most Western economies sweeten the cost of borrowing.

Global Macro / Markets / Investing: Helicopter money: The illusion of a free lunch – VOX Banks Must Defend Libor Lawsuits After Judges Warn of Impact – Bloomberg Are Rising Stock Prices Related to Income Inequality?

Global Macro / Markets / Investing: The leverage ratio myth – VOX ‘Low-for-long’ interest rates and net interest margins of banks – VOX The Commodity That No One Knows About But Everybody Wants to Buy – Bloomberg How Should Alternative Investments Be Benchmarked?

Global Macro / Markets / Investing: Banker implicated in one of history’s biggest frauds says boss beat him with a tiny baseball bat – Boing Boing We’ve never had it so good … nor felt so fearful – The Guardian What Was the Greatest Era for Innovation?

Global Macro / Markets / Investing: Goldman Calls Dollar Bottom Saying Traders Misprice Fed Resolve – Bloomberg Burbank Sees U.S.