World Bank warning re global debt

World Bank warning re global debt

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-20/world-bank-issues-global-debt-warning/11819542?section=business

Advisers and investors in the dark on LITs and LICs

Advisers and investors in the dark on LITs and LICs

https://www.morningstar.com.au/funds/article/investors-in-the-dark-on-lits-and-lics/198356?utm_source=morningstar&utm_medium=email&utm_term=click_thru&utm_content=test1&utm_campaign=morning_note&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MII%20-%20Free%20Morning%20Note%202019-12-20&utm_content=MII%20-%20Free%20Morning%20Note%202019-12-20+CID_0ef3b2ebbceb0c4f02ecc26bce20abbf&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Investors%20in%20the%20dark%20on%20LITs%20and%20LICs

Sydney Light Rail - Slow Travel Times

Sydney Light Rail - Slow Travel Times

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/travel-times-on-sydney-s-new-light-rail-line-so-slow-20191215-p53k3h.html

New Zealand Volcano Eruption Tragedy

New Zealand Volcano Eruption Tragedy

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-13/new-zealand-volcano-bodies-recovered-from-white-island/11795704

Digital Code of Conduct

Digital Code of Conduct

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-12/federal-government-digital-regulation-facebook-google/11791998?section=business

Vegan McDonalds

Vegan McDonalds

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50726619

Investment Goals vs Benchmarks

Investment Goals vs Benchmarks

https://www.morningstar.com.au/learn/article/why-investment-goals-are-more-useful-than-ben/198089

A decade of low interest rates?

A decade of low interest rates?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-09/prepare-for-a-decade-of-ultra-low-interest-rates/11778430?section=business

Australian school system stagnating

Australian school system stagnating

https://www.smh.com.au/education/while-individual-schools-might-shine-pisa-results-show-our-education-system-is-stagnating-20191205-p53h71.html

Sydney Light Rail to open

Sydney Light Rail to open

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-05/sydney-light-rail-open-date-announced-by-nsw-government/11768150

Trump Impeachment Case

Trump Impeachment Case

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-04/donald-trump-impeachment-case-revealed-by-democrats/11764040

Sydney air quality

Sydney air quality

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-03/sydney-air-quality-smoke-haze-worse-this-bushfire-season/11755546

Sydney and Melbourne house prices increase

Sydney and Melbourne house prices increase

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-02/sydney-melbourne-home-price-surge-accelerated-in-november/11755344?section=business

How Shopping Malls are finding new tenants

How Shopping Malls are finding new tenants

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/27/investing/malls-dead-anchor-stores/index.html

Private Prison

Private Prison

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-28/sydney-prison-contract-awarded-to-controversial-company-mtc/11742766

Super Funds on track to own the majority of equities

Super Funds on track to own the majority of equities

https://www.investordaily.com.au/superannuation/46114-super-funds-on-track-to-own-60-of-aussie-equities

Westpac CEO Quits

Westpac CEO Quits

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-26/westpac-ceo-brian-hartzer-quits-money-laundering-scandal/11737864

Solar Breakthrough

Solar Breakthrough

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/19/business/heliogen-solar-energy-bill-gates/index.html

Pension System Pushed to the Brink

Pension System Pushed to the Brink

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/21/investing/pensions-crisis-negative-rates/index.html

"Negative Carbon Tax" being considered for Electric Vehicles

"Negative Carbon Tax" being considered for Electric Vehicles

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/road-user-charges-for-electric-vehicles-on-the-radar-as-fuel-excise-revenue-falls-20191120-p53cdj.html

Westpac to Face Anti Money Laundering Breaches

Westpac to Face Anti Money Laundering Breaches

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-20/westpac-to-face-fines-anti-money-laundering-terrorism-breaches/11720474

Hornsdale Power Reserve Project

Hornsdale Power Reserve Project

https://www.gihub.org/resources/showcase-projects/hornsdale-power-reserve-project-australia/

World's biggest wind farm operator comes to Australia

World's biggest wind farm operator comes to Australia

https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/world-s-biggest-wind-farm-operator-makes-first-tilt-at-australia-20191114-p53aki.html

ETFs and Systemic Risk

ETFs and Systemic Risk

https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2019/11/12/etfs-the-systemic-risk-compass/

Rail over Air

Rail over Air

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-50368894

NSW Bush Fires

NSW Bush Fires

https://www.smh.com.au/national/this-is-not-normal-what-s-different-about-the-nsw-mega-fires-20191110-p5395e.html

Bloomberg for US President?

Bloomberg for US President?

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/billionaire-independent-michael-bloomberg-preparing-to-challenge-trump-20191108-p538nn.html

Unknown Unknowns

Unknown Unknowns

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/unknown-unknowns-the-problem-of-hypocognition/

Why Aussie funds don't tell you what stocks they own

Why Aussie funds don't tell you what stocks they own

https://www.morningstar.com.au/funds/article/fund-spy-why-aussie-funds-dont-tell-you-what/197021?utm_source=morningstar&utm_medium=email&utm_term=click_thru&utm_content=test1&utm_campaign=morning_note&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MII%20-%20Free%20Morning%20Note%202019-11-06&utm_content=MII%20-%20Free%20Morning%20Note%202019-11-06+CID_e4570e688fb1a3f9429feeab8f3b59de&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=Fund%20spy%20Why%20Aussie%20funds%20dont%20tell%20you%20what%20stocks%20they%20own

13 Economists on Australia

13 Economists on Australia

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/economists-australian-economy-save-government-fiscal-rba-2019-11

Aramco IPO

Aramco IPO

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-04/saudi-arabian-oil-company-aramco-to-go-partially-public/11667858?section=business

Superfund Investment Menus

Superfund Investment Menus

https://www.ricewarner.com/are-super-funds-investment-menus-appropriately-designed-for-their-members/?utm_source=Email+Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42575-56578-Insight_Are+super+funds%E2%80%99+investment+menus+appropriately+designed+for+their+members%3F_1.11.19

Yield Curve Uninverts

Yield Curve Uninverts

https://www.ai-cio.com/news/yield-curve-un-inverts-time-celebrate/

Real-world scenarios in Maths

Real-world scenarios in Maths

https://theconversation.com/dont-just-solve-for-x-letting-kids-explore-real-world-scenarios-will-keep-them-in-maths-class-124876

Driverless cars could increase congestion?

Driverless cars could increase congestion?

https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/self-driving-cars-could-actually-increase-traffic-congestion-instead-of-reducing-it/news-story/f24f8e504fcc074f4bfffa4144743a3e

Offshore Wind could power the world

Offshore Wind could power the world

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/10/25/business/offshore-wind-energy/index.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/25/business/worlds-largest-wind-farm/index.html

Sydney Public Transport

Sydney Public Transport

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-24/sydney-will-never-have-world-class-public-transport-says-expert/11632664

Monty Python at 50

Monty Python at 50

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/04/monty-python-at-50-a-half-century-of-silly-walks-edible-props-and-dead-parrots

The fight for your money on your phone won't go unregulated

The fight for your money on your phone won't go unregulated

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-18/the-fight-for-your-money-on-your-phone-regulation/11618238

The Value of "Off The Plan" Apartments

The Value of "Off The Plan" Apartments

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-21/majority-of-off-the-plan-apartments-worth-less-than-bought-for/11613256

RBA Governor says negative rates "unlikely"

RBA Governor says negative rates "unlikely"

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-18/rba-governor-says-negative-rates-are-unlikely/11614818?section=business

IMF Prediction on global growth

IMF Prediction on global growth

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-16/imf-predicting-synchronised-slowdown-in-global-growth/11605662?section=business

Boring Investors raking in returns

Boring Investors raking in returns

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1hlbg831vvfvc/The-Boring-Investors-That-Are-Raking-in-Returns

Congestion Charge

Congestion Charge

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-13/should-australia-have-a-congestion-charge/11597022

Profit greed has destroyed the planet

Profit greed has destroyed the planet

https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/profit-greed-has-destroyed-the-planet-pharma-billionaire-says-20191011-p52zo3.html

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded on Lithium-Ion-Batteries

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded on Lithium-Ion-Batteries

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/09/nobel-prize-in-chemistry-awarded-for-work-on-lithium-ion-batteries

Consumers not buying

Consumers not buying

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-09/consumers-not-buying-it-as-confidence-crashes/11585332?section=business

Using the Future Fund for Superannuation

Using the Future Fund for Superannuation

https://www.ricewarner.com/using-the-future-fund-for-superannuation/?utm_source=Email+Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42575-56436-Insight_Using+the+Future+Fund+for+Superannuation%3F_3.10.19

Sydney Petrol Prices hit 11 year high

Sydney Petrol Prices hit 11 year high

https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/sydney-petrol-prices-set-to-reach-11-year-high-20191002-p52wxd.html

Savers 'collateral damage'

Savers 'collateral damage'

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-03/global-slowdown-means-rba-is-likely-to-use-unconventional-policy/11568068?section=business

Australia’s low-cost age pension

Australia’s low-cost age pension

https://www.investmentmagazine.com.au/2019/10/knox-australias-low-cost-age-pension/

Retirement Income Review

Retirement Income Review

https://www.investmentmagazine.com.au/2019/09/retirement-income-review-what-does-the-industry-really-think/

Trump Impeachment

Trump Impeachment

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/24/politics/impeachment-nancy-pelosi-house-democrats/index.html

Company directors have found a 'creative' way to profit from insider trading

Company directors have found a 'creative' way to profit from insider trading

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/company-directors-insider-trading-anu-2019-9

China's Tesla losing $6mill a day

China's Tesla losing $6mill a day

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/losing-6m-a-day-china-s-tesla-is-battling-to-survive-20190923-p52twa.html

Bill Gates and Wealth Taxes

Bill Gates and Wealth Taxes

https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/why-bill-gates-is-right-to-support-a-wealth-tax-for-the-super-rich-20190919-p52ssc.html

US Fed custs Rates & Repo Rates Spike

US Fed custs Rates & Repo Rates Spike

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-19/us-federal-reserve-cuts-interest-rate-second-time-this-year/11526284?section=business

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/18/business/ny-fed-overnight-lending-rescue/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/business/fed-repo-rates.html

Property Investors to lose money in collapse of Property Developer

Property Investors to lose money in collapse of Property Developer

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-17/property-developer-collapse-sees-investors-facing-huge-losses/11492920

OIl Price jumps 12%

OIl Price jumps 12%

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-16/oil-prices-expected-to-jump-more-than-10pc-on-saudi-attack/11515350?section=business

OxyContin maker Purdue files for bankruptcy

OxyContin maker Purdue files for bankruptcy

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/oxycontin-maker-purdue-pharma-files-for-bankruptcy-20190917-p52rzi.html

European Central Bank cuts rates further

European Central Bank cuts rates further

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-13/european-central-bank-ecb-cut-rates-negative-record-low/11508704?section=business

Member Outcomes is Shaping Super

Member Outcomes is Shaping Super

https://www.ricewarner.com/member-outcomes-is-shaping-superannuation/?utm_source=Email+Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42575-56342-Insight_Member+Outcomes+is+shaping+superannuation_12.9.19

VW Electric Cars

VW Electric Cars

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/09/cars/vw-id-electric-car-frankfurt-germany/index.html

Big Four a Protected Species

Big Four a Protected Species

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/protected-species-former-bank-executive-rob-ferguson-gives-big-four-a-serve-20190905-p52oe3.html

Can Super Funds continue to meet their investment targets?

Can Super Funds continue to meet their investment targets?

https://www.ricewarner.com/can-super-funds-continue-to-meet-their-investment-targets/

ACCC and Loyalty Schemes

ACCC and Loyalty Schemes

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/05/accc-warns-businesses-are-using-loyalty-schemes-to-gather-and-resell-customers-data

Australia's Economy has slowed

Australia's Economy has slowed

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-04/gdp-q2-2019/11474470?section=business

Healthcare Real Estate Investment Surges

Healthcare Real Estate Investment Surges

https://www.theinvestor.jll/news/us/alternatives/healthcare-real-estate-investment-surges/

How much will the Trade War cost you?

How much will the Trade War cost you?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/business/economy/trade-war-costs.html

How low will GDP go?

How low will GDP go?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-01/gdp-to-take-another-step-down-but-how-low-will-it-go/11462508?section=business

Inquiry into whether Crown Resorts is fit to hold a licence

Inquiry into whether Crown Resorts is fit to hold a licence

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/29/james-packers-sale-of-crown-resorts-shares-on-hold-amid-inquiry-into-casino-group

Ex Google engineer charged

Ex Google engineer charged

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-28/ex-google-engineer-accused-of-giving-stolen-secrets-to-uber/11455518?section=business

What is the purpose of our retirement system?

What is the purpose of our retirement system?

https://www.investmentmagazine.com.au/2019/08/what-is-the-purpose-of-our-retirement-income-system/

Low Interest Rates here to stay predict economists

Low Interest Rates here to stay predict economists

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-27/interest-rates-predicted-to-stay-low-economists/11450918?section=business

Pay no attention to inverted yield curve ?

Pay no attention to inverted yield curve ?

https://www.ai-cio.com/news/pay-no-attention-inverted-yield-curve-economists-say/

Reviewing Retirement

Reviewing Retirement

https://www.ricewarner.com/reviewing-retirement/

Visiting a park boosts your happiness

Visiting a park boosts your happiness

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/21/visiting-park-boosts-your-happiness-like-christmas-morning-new-research-shows/

Private Health Cover

Private Health Cover

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-21/private-health-insurance-cover-falls-to-lowest-level-decade/11433074?section=business

Paying More than $10,000 in Cash ?

Paying More than $10,000 in Cash ?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-20/transacting-$10,000-or-more-in-cash-could-make-you-a-criminal/11429230

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-26/cash-ban-so-you-pay-the-bank-to-hold-your-money-what-imf-wants/11443646?section=business

Generational Wealth

Generational Wealth

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/for-the-first-time-in-a-long-time-were-setting-up-a-generation-to-be-worse-off-than-the-one-before-it-2019-8

Inverted Bond Yields - DIfferent this time ?

Inverted Bond Yields  - DIfferent this time ?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-16/inverted-bond-yields-maybe-it-is-different-this-time/11419146?section=business

Chernobyl 2.0 ?

Chernobyl 2.0 ?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-14/russian-rocket-engine-nuclear-accident-explosion-radiation/11412056

BIg Pharma and the Opiod Crisis

BIg Pharma and the Opiod Crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/24/opioids-crisis-big-pharma-drugs-carnage

Schools

Schools

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-13/rich-school-poor-school-australias-great-education-divide/11383384

Negative Interest Rates

Negative Interest Rates

https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/negative-interest-rates-getting-paid-to-borrow-money-isn-t-so-bad-20190809-p52fg0.html

Crown Allegations - Part 2

Crown Allegations - Part 2

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-08/inquiry-into-james-packer-crown-share-sale/11397766?section=business

Construction Recession Deepens

Construction Recession Deepens

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-07/construction-recession-deepens-sharpest-decline-in-activity/11392052?section=business

Nuclear Power for Australia

Nuclear Power for Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-07/small-modular-reactors-nuclear-explained/11386856

Shares suffer worst fall this year

Shares suffer worst fall this year

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-06/dow-suffers-worst-fall-of-year-as-us-china-trade-war-flares/11386148?section=business

Australia's High Speed Rail Dream

Australia's High Speed Rail Dream

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/05/too-good-to-be-true-australias-high-speed-rail-dream-leaves-a-bitter-taste

A Blood Test for Alzheimer’s?

A Blood Test for Alzheimer’s?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/01/health/alzheimers-blood-test.html

US Fed Cuts Rates

US Fed Cuts Rates

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-01/us-interest-rates-cut-for-first-time-in-decade-federal-reserve/11372722?section=business

Crown Allegations

Crown Allegations

https://theconversation.com/the-crown-allegations-show-the-repeated-failures-of-our-gambling-regulators-121173

Ray Dalio-US Economy must change

Ray Dalio-US Economy must change

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/29/bridgewaters-ray-dalio-us-economy-must-be-fixed.html

Four Flashpoints

Four Flashpoints

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-29/four-flashpoints-that-may-unsettle-booming-stock-markets/11354772?section=business

1) Govt & Digital Regulation, 2) Benefits of Walking

1) Govt & Digital Regulation, 2) Benefits of Walking

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-26/government-threaten-google-facebook-with-digital-regulation/11348858?section=business

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jul/28/its-a-superpower-how-walking-makes-us-healthier-happier-and-brainier

Commsec Pocket

Commsec Pocket

https://www.investordaily.com.au/technology/45367-micro-investing-app-launched-by-cba

Mark Horton refues to share podium

MarkHorton refuses to share podium

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-21/mack-horton-refuses-to-share-podium-with-sun-yang-after-final/11329842

Manufacturing in Retreat

Manufacturing in Retreat

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-21/manufacturing-retreats-threatening-to-take-global-economy-down/11325860?section=business

APRA

APRA

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-17/review-urges-overhaul-of-apra-after-banking-royal-commission/11315510?section=business

Private Health Care

Private Health Cae

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-16/report-warns-australian-private-healthcare-struggling-to-cope/11311746?section=business

AMP Life Sale

AMP Life Sale

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-15/amp-$3.3b-life-insurance-sale-unlikely-to-go-ahead/11309108?section=business

Tech vs Finance

Tech vs Finance

https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/a-changing-of-the-business-guard-as-tech-displaces-finance-20190711-p526b7.html

Age Pension

Age Pension

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-10/pressure-to-overhaul-age-pension-as-baby-boomers-leave-workforce/11295722?section=business

SG Levy

SG Levy

https://www.ricewarner.com/increasing-the-sg-costs-much-less-than-you-think/?utm_source=Email+Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42575-56034-Insight_Increasing+the+SG+costs+much+less+than+you+think_10.7.19

Netflix

Netflix

https://www.smh.com.au/national/queensland/the-meeting-that-drove-netflix-s-founders-to-bankrupt-blockbuster-20190708-p5255f.html

The Art and Science of Remembering

The Art and Science of Remembering

https://elemental.medium.com/the-art-and-science-of-remembering-df393a17685b

Infrastructure Revolution

Infrastructure Revolution

https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/australia-s-unique-opportunity-for-an-infrastructure-revolution-20190703-p523n2.html

Interest Rates 1%

Interest Rate 1%

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-02/interest-rates-at-1pc-may-be-new-for-australia-but-not-overseas/11271268

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-03/what-the-rate-cuts-mean-for-you/11273500

Warragamba Dam

Warragamba Dam

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jul/02/so-much-that-will-be-lost-concerns-grow-over-plan-to-raise-warragamba-dam-wall

1) Chronic Disease, 2) Sydney Transport

1) Chronic Disease, 2) Sydney Transport

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-01/fifty-percent-of-australians-have-chronic-disease-health/11227298

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-set-for-profound-shift-in-spending-on-mass-transit-20190627-p5220p.html

Weekend Reading 29-30 Jun 2019 - 1) Afterpay, 2) Bitcoin, 3) Working with your hands, 4) The Humble Pencil

Weekend Reading 29-30 Jun 2019 - 1) Afterpay, 2) Bitcoin, 3) Working with your hands, 4) The Humble Pencil

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/afterpay-shares-tank-amid-new-visa-threat-20190628-p522dg.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-28/wall-street-conflicting-report-us-china-trade-war-truce-deal/11259818?section=business

https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/prescriptions-life/201906/working-your-hands-does-wonders-your-brain?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48383050

Industry Super on climate change

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-26/industry-super-funds-consider-the-nuclear-option/11248202?section=business

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/26/super-funds-and-investors-with-34tn-urge-leaders-to-speed-up-climate-action

Can parks help cities fight crime ?

Can parks help cities fight crime ?

https://theconversation.com/can-parks-help-cities-fight-crime-118322

Infrastructure Boom

Infrastructure Boom

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-24/infrastructure-boom-offsets-apartment-bust-for-construction/11240372?section=business

The Economy and Investors

The Economy and Investors

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-24/ian-verrender-analysis-awful-economy-great-news-for-investors/11239398?section=business

Weekend Reading 22-23 Jun 2019

Weekend Reading 22-23 Jun 2019 - 1) a) Mobile Phones, b) Social Media, 2) Donald Trump and Iran, 3) Slack IPO, 4) Want a House Like This ?  5) Jue Fed Meeting

https://time.com/5611036/teenagers-skull-horns/

https://www.fastcompany.com/90356260/social-media-can-hurt-you-these-6-tips-from-a-psychologist-could-help

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-21/donald-trump-buys-time-after-iran-drone-shot/11233634

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/20/technology/slack-stock-ipo-price-trading.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/20/business/economy/starter-homes-investors.html

https://russellinvestments.com/us/blog/june-fed-meeting-everything-but-a-rate-cut

US Fed

US Fed

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/19/economy/federal-reserve-rate-decision/index.html

How the internet may be changing your brain

How the internet may be changing your brain

https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/how-the-internet-may-be-changing-your-brain/11183216

What is quantitative easing?

What is quantitative easing?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-18/reserve-bank-must-consider-quantitative-easing,-economists-say/11218476?section=business

1) Housing Can't be both affordable and a good investment , 2) Mascot Towers

1) Housing Can't be both affordable and a good investment , 2) Mascot Towers

https://www.citylab.com/perspective/2018/11/housing-cant-both-be-a-good-investment-and-be-affordable/574813/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-16/mascot-towers-owners-to-pay-for-repairs/11214328?section=business

Weekend Reading 15-16 June 2019 - 1) Bob Hawke, 2) Barangaroo Casino Apartments, 3) Bondi to Manly Walk, 4) Freeway 405, 5) Oil Tanker Attack, 6) Living Standards in Retirements

Weekend Reading 15-16 June 2019 - 1) Bob Hawke, 2) Barangaroo Casino Apartments, 3) Bondi to Manly Walk, 4) Freeway 405, 5) Oil Tanker Attack, 6) Living Standards in Retirements

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-14/bob-hawke-nation-remembers-former-pm-memorial-service-in-sydney/11208988

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-14/bob-hawke-1979-boyer-lecture-recommended-abolishing-the-states/11203734

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-14/crown-wants-more-apartments-in-barangaroo-tower/11208984

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2019/jun/14/bondi-to-manly-sydneys-spectacular-harbour-walk

https://mashable.com/feature/green-new-deal-los-angeles-405-freeway/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-14/wall-street-rises-after-gulf-tanker-attacks-boost-oil-price/11208572?section=business

https://www.ricewarner.com/maintaining-living-standards-in-retirement/

The $22 Trillion Question

The $22 Trillion Question

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1ftggjv89yq5n/The-22-Trillion-Question

Boeing had no orders in May 2019

Boeing had no orders in May 2019

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/11/business/boeing-orders/index.html

World closer to tax overhaul

World closer to tax overhaul

ttps://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/07/business/tax-international-oecd-digital/index.html

Weekend Reading 8-10 Jun 2019 - 1) AFP Raid on ABC, 2) Graincorp drought insurance, 3) Melbourne Metro tunnel cost blowout, 4) Al Gore on Climate Change, 5) Pelosi wants Trump in prison, 6) Trump's pollution rules, 7) Afterpay in hot water, 8) Family Offices Torn

Weekend Reading 8-10 Jun 2019 - 1) AFP Raid on ABC, 2) Graincorp drought insurance, 3) Melbourne Metro tunnel cost blowout, 4) Al Gore on Climate Change, 5) Pelosi wants Trump in prison, 6) Trump's pollution rules, 7) Afterpay in hot water, 8) Family Offices Torn

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-07/ita-buttrose-says-afp-raid-on-abc-was-designed-to-intimidate/11189200

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/graincorp-buys-itself-a-decade-s-worth-of-drought-insurance-20190607-p51vfp.html

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/metro-tunnel-builders-battle-claimed-2bn-blowout-20190606-p51v92.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/07/change-is-coming-al-gore-says-economics-will-break-fossil-fuel-dinosaurs

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/06/politics/nancy-pelosi-trump-in-prison-house-democrats/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/climate/trump-auto-emissions-rollback-letter.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/afterpay-in-hot-water-with-australias-terrorism-financing-watchdog-just-one-day-after-trumpeting-its-us-retail-success-2019-6

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1fqwd7f3d75tk/Family-Offices-Are-Torn-Secrecy-or-Deals

UBER's path of destruction

UBER's path of destruction

https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/ubers-path-of-destruction/

China and US Debt

China and US Debt

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/31/business/china-dumping-treasuries-debt-trade-war/index.html

What's the difference between credit and debt?

What's the difference between credit and debt?

https://theconversation.com/whats-the-difference-between-credit-and-debt-how-afterpay-and-other-bnpl-providers-skirt-consumer-laws-113464

Weekend Reading - 1-2 Jun 2019 - 1) Rates could fall as low as 0.5%pa, 2) Australian Super Inflows, 3) Best Powerpoint Tips, 4) Two types of airport people, 5) 10,000 Steps a Day

Weekend Reading - 1-2 Jun 2019 - 1) Rates could fall as low as 0.5%pa, 2) Australian Super Inflows, 3) Best Powerpoint Tips, 4) Two types of airport people, 5) 10,000 Steps a Day


https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/rates-could-fall-as-low-as-0-5-percent-amid-warnings-of-gfc-like-slowdown-20190529-p51sdd.html

https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/australiansuper-s-ian-silk-staggered-at-16b-inflows-20190531-p51tb1.html

https://www.fastcompany.com/90355066/i-create-presentations-at-microsoft-heres-how-i-avoid-death-by-powerpoint?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/psychological-reason-people-are-late-airport/590500/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/29/727943418/do-you-really-need-10-000-steps-per-day?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

The Trade War's Biggest Losers

The Trade War's Biggest Losers

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-05-29/u-s-china-trade-war-biggest-losers-are-smaller-countries?srnd=premium-asia

Compulsory Super vs Housing

Compulsory Super vs Housing

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-28/millennials-voluntary-superannuation-housing-property-market/11156580?section=business

Investment Banks sued for currency rigging

Investment Banks sued for currency rigging

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-27/ubs-citibank-jpmorgan-barclays-rbs-currency-rigging-case/11152318?section=business

What Trump's trade war means for Australia

What Trump's trade war means for Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-27/what-donald-trumps-trade-tirade-means-for-australia/11151450?section=business

Weekend Reading - May 25-26 2019. 1) Labor's election loss effect on Health Insurers, 2) Scandal Inside ANZ, 3) Oil price falls, 4) Impeaching Trump, 5) Facebook to launch GlobalCoin

Weekend Reading - May 25-26 2019.    1) Labor's election loss effect on Health Insurers, 2) Scandal Inside ANZ, 3) Oil price falls, 4) Impeaching Trump, 5) Facebook to launch GlobalCoin

https://www.morningstar.com.au/stocks/article/labors-election-loss-a-welcome-reprieve-for-h/190208

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-24/the-slaughter-house-anz-banks-plans-to-thwart-investigation/9516708

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/23/investing/oil-prices-plunge-trade-war/index.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/opinion/trump-pelosi-impeachment.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48383460

Interest Rate Cuts - who benefits?

Interest Rate Cuts - who benefits?

https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/interest-rate-cuts-are-great-for-borrowers-but-not-for-the-banks-20190522-p51q2i.html

Speculation over the RBA launching QE

Speculation over the RBA launching QE

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/rba-interest-rates-cut-qe-2019-5

APRA scraps lending rule

APRA scraps lending rule

https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/apra-moves-to-scrap-7-percent-mortgage-rate-floor-20190521-p51pht.html

Australian Election Result

Australian Election Result

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-20/election-coalition-get-77-seats-wentworth-boothby-bass-chisholm/11128652

https://www.smh.com.au/federal-election-2019/how-the-coalition-pulled-off-a-miracle-as-labor-s-momentum-fell-apart-and-why-no-one-noticed-20190519-p51ox6.html

https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/05/18/a-conservative-government-is-returned-to-power-in-australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-20/share-market-surges-on-election-results-scott-morrison-win/11129440?section=business

Weekend Reading - 18-19 May 2019, 1) Australian , 2) Bob Hawke, 3) Trump and Iran

Weekend Reading - 18-19 May 2019

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/16/australia/australia-election-morrison-shorten-intl/index.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-16/bob-hawke-obituary-labor-party-23rd-prime-minister/11095968

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-bob-hawke-the-larrikin-leader-loved-by-australians-across-the-political-divide-2019-5

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/former-australian-prime-minister-bob-hawke-dead-at-89-obituary-2019-5

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/world/middleeast/iran-war-donald-trump.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Survival = Risk Management

Survival = Risk Management

Today's article is a good example of how risk management can be applied to optimise outcomes.

https://i3-invest.com/2019/05/survival-risk-management/

Curbing Capitalist Greed

Curbing Capitalist Greed

https://johnmenadue.com/john-menadue-the-communist-threat-curbed-capitalist-greed-but-no-longer/

The brutal truth on housing

The brutal truth on housing

https://theconversation.com/the-brutal-truth-on-housing-someone-has-to-lose-in-order-for-first-homebuyers-to-win-117010

Why is the Human Brain so Efficient?

Why is the Human Brain so Efficient?

http://nautil.us/issue/59/connections/why-is-the-human-brain-so-efficient

Weekend Reading 11-12 May 2019 - 1) TPG Vodafone, 2) Labor's plan to tax multinationals, 3) HSR Again, 4) Asset Allocation

Weekend Reading 11-12 May 2019 - 1) TPG Vodafone, 2) Labor's plan to tax multinationals, 3) HSR Again, 4) Asset Allocation

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-10/the-accc-tpg-vodafone-decision-could-lessen-competition/11096192?section=business

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-09/how-labor-plans-to-tax-multinationals/11085522?section=business

https://www.smh.com.au/federal-election-2019/labor-to-spend-1b-on-bullet-train-route-from-melbourne-to-brisbane-via-sydney-20190509-p51lqw.html

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1fbgknkk22jlp/As-the-World-Fractures-Asset-Allocators-Are-Doing-Nothing-Are-They-Insane

Vodafone to fight ACCC

Vodafone to fight ACCC

https://www.morningstar.com.au/stocks/article/vodafone-to-fight-accc-on-tpg-merger/189039?

Could Labor fuel a property revolution?

Could Labor fuel a property revolution?

http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article/could-labor-fuel-a-property-revolution

Likelihood of RBA Cutting Rates

Likelihood of RBA Cutting Rates

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/07/it-is-likely-the-rba-will-cut-interest-rates-this-is-not-a-good-sign

Muhammad Ali's story

Muhammad Ali's story

https://www.salon.com/2019/05/05/telling-muhammad-alis-story-in-full-what-really-struck-me-the-most-was-how-much-humility-he-had/

Weekend Reading - 4-5 May 2019 - 1) Defensive Stocks, 2) Barr Lied to Congress, 3) Transport Infrastructure in Australia, 4) Industry Funds Advice, 5) Unlisted Infrastructure

Weekend Reading - 4-5 May 2019 - 1) Defensive Stocks, 2) Barr Lied to Congress, 3) Transport Infrastructure in Australia, 4) Industry Funds Advice, 5) Unlisted Infrastructure

https://www.morningstar.com.au/credit/article/how-defensive-stocks-ride-out-rate-volatility/188820?

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/02/politics/nancy-pelosi-barr-crime/index.html

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/australia-transport-infrastructure-pipeline-deloitte-2019-5

https://www.moneymanagement.com.au/news/financial-planning/do-industry-funds-now-have-advice-advantage

https://russellinvestments.com/us/blog/unlisted-infrastructure

The Art and Science of doing nothing

The Art and Science of doing nothing

https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/brain-wise/201905/the-art-and-science-doing-nothing

Extraordinary Black Hole System

Extraordinary Black Hole System

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/30/world/spinning-black-hole-jets-scn/index.html

Future Fund delivers 10pc over the decade

Future Fund delivers 10pc over the decade

https://www.morningstar.com.au/funds/article/future-fund-delivers-10pc-over-the-decade/188743

RBA should use helicopters to drop money on Australian households

RBA should use helicopters to drop money on Australian households

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-26/should-the-rba-deploy-helicopters-for-a-money-drop-on-australia/11048102

Weekend Reading - 27-28 Apr 19 - 1) Renewable Energy, 2) Microsoft, 3) China's Belt and Road, 4) US Debt Limit

Weekend Reading - 27-28 Apr 19 - 1) Renewable Energy, 2) Microsoft, 3) China's Belt and Road, 4) US Debt Limit

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-26/renewable-energy-investment-maybe-heading-from-boom-to-bust/11041964

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-25/microsoft-market-value-soars-to-1-trillion-us-dollars/11046038?section=business

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/business/china-belt-and-road-infrastructure.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-administration-pushes-for-quick-action-to-raise-debt-limit/2019/04/25/47b16a48-6775-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.html

The Antitrust Case against Facebook

The Antitrust Case against Facebook

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/the-antitrust-case-against-facebook-you-need-to-know-about

What it takes to put your phone away

What it takes to put your phone away

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/29/what-it-takes-to-put-your-phone-away

Weekend Reading - Apr 19-22 Apr - 1) Robo Advice, 2) Sri Lanka bombings, 3) Earliest Big Bang Molecules, 4) Inherent Complexity of Investment

Weekend Reading - Apr 19-22 Apr - 1) Robo Advice, 2) Sri Lanka bombings, 3) Earliest Big Bang Molecules, 4) Inherent Complexity of Investment

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-18/would-you-trust-robo-advice/11001998

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-21/sri-lanka-church-hotel-bombed-explosions-colombo/11034476

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/17/world/earliest-molecule-in-the-universe-scn/index.html

https://i3-invest.com/2019/04/the-inherent-complexity-of-investment-problems/

Notre Dame Fire

Notre Dame Fire

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-16/notre-dame-cathedral-paris-engulfed-by-fire-roof-collapses/11018158

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-16/notre-dame-medieval-design-innovation-saved-gothic-cathedral/11020228

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-18/notre-dame-walk-through/11024512

Build to rent

Build to rent

https://thenewdaily.com.au/money/property/2019/04/15/build-to-rent-housing-affordability/

Two articles today - 1) Julian Assange and Free Speech, 2) Psychology behind Unethical Behaviour

Two articles today - 1) Julian Assange and Free Speech, 2) Psychology behind Unethical Behaviour

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/julian-assange-arrested-journalists-defend/586936/

https://hbr.org/2019/04/the-psychology-behind-unethical-behavior?ab=hero-main-text

Weekend Reading 13-14 April 2019 - 1) Julian Assange, 2) Uber, 3) Japan's Economy. 4) RBA - State of the Economy

Weekend Reading 13-14 April 2019 - 1) Julian Assange, 2) Uber, 3) Japan's Economy. 4) RBA - State of the Economy

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-12/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-remanded-in-custody/10995458

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-12/uber-may-never-make-a-profit-ipo-documents-reveal/10996390?section=business

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-11/japan-s-economy-is-an-example-for-other-developed-nations

https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2019/sp-dg-2019-04-10.html

Tax the Rich more says OECD

Tax the Rich more says OECD

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-11/tax-the-rich-more-help-the-middle-class-says-oecd/10990644?section=business

Why we see what's not there

Why we see what's not there

http://nautil.us/issue/70/variables/a-magician-explains-why-we-see-whats-not-there

Investors Bailed out of stocks in 2018 - got double slammed

Investors Bailed out of stocks in 2018 - got double slammed

https://www.ai-cio.com/news/investors-bailed-stock-2018-got-double-slammed/

https://www.dalbar.com/Portals/dalbar/Cache/News/PressReleases/QAIBPressRelease_2019.pdf

What the World can learn from the Australian Economic Miracle

What the World can learn from the Australian Economic Miracle

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/06/upshot/australia-lessons-economic-miracle.html

Weekend Reading 6-7 April 2019 - 1) Rising Mortgage Stress, 2) Super Fund Merger, 3) Airlines Crash Report, 4) Mueller Report

Weekend Reading 6-7 April 2019 - 1) Rising Mortgage Stress, 2) Super Fund Merger, 3) Airlines Crash Report, 4) Mueller Report

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-05/researchers-warn-of-rising-mortgage-stress/10972682?section=business

https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/super-fund-merger-would-create-110bn-investment-giant-20190404-p51au5.html

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/04/world/ethiopian-airlines-crash-preliminary-report-intl/index.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-04/mueller-team-has-had-enough-of-william-barr-s-letters

New York Times Investigation into Murdoch and his family

New York Times Investigation into Murdoch and his family

(a long read today)

Part 1
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/03/magazine/rupert-murdoch-fox-news-trump.html

Part 2
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/03/magazine/james-murdoch-lachlan-succession.html

Part 3
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/03/magazine/new-fox-corporation-disney-deal.html

6 Takeawys
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/03/magazine/murdoch-family-investigation.html

Budget 2019 - Interactive Visual Summary

Budget 2019 - Interactive Visual Summary

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-03/federal-budget-2019-sliced-and-diced-interactive/10959808?section=business#spending/breakdown/2020/other-purposes

30 Big W Stores to Close

30 Big W Stores to Close

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-01/woolworths-to-shut-30-of-big-its-w-stores-over-next-three-years/10958700?section=business

A Clever Strategy for Treating Cancer

A Clever Strategy for Treating Cancer

https://www.wired.com/story/cancer-treatment-darwin-evolution/

Weekend Reading 30-31 March - 1) Inverted Yield Curve, 2) New York Sues, 3) Hedge Funds are Impotent as Activists, 4) What's Up and Down with Households

Weekend Reading 30-31 March - 1) Inverted Yield Curve, 2) New York Sues, 3) Hedge Funds are Impotent as Activists, 4) What's Up and Down with Households

https://www.ai-cio.com/news/inverted-yield-curve-puzzle-higher-short-term-yields/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/health/new-york-lawsuit-opioids-sacklers-distributors.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1dqy0m9f453rz/Hedge-Funds-Are-Impotent-as-Activists

https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2019/sp-ag-2019-03-26.html

Why investors shouldn't panic over the yield curve inversion

Why investors shouldn't panic over the yield curve inversion

https://www.morningstar.com.au/credit/article/why-investors-shouldnt-panic-over-the-yield-c/182829

Addiction to Short-termism

Addiction to Short-termism

https://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/giving-up-a-serious-addiction-to-short-termism-is-hard-to-kick-20190326-p517rv.html

Cradle to Grave Provisions in Funds

Cradle to Grave Provisions in Funds

https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsiedle/2019/03/25/draconian-cradle-to-grave-provisions-in-private-equity-real-estate-funds-common/#55d1f3244661

Why Greek, Italian & Cypriot banks can go to the wall, but German ones can't

Why Greek, Italian & Cypriot banks can go to the wall, but German ones can't

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/03/why-greek-italians-and-cypriot-banks-can-go-the-wall-but-german-ones-cant/

Weekend Posts 23-24 March 2018 - 1) Morrison & Waleed Aly, 2) Rate Cuts and Housing, 3) 14 years of returns, 4) Property Debt and Financial Stability

Weekend Posts 23-24 March 2018 - 1) Morrison & Waleed Aly, 2) Rate Cuts and Housing, 3) 14 years of returns, 4) Property Debt and Financial Stability

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-21/scott-morrison-attacks-waleed-aly-editorial/10927226

https://www.investordaily.com.au/markets/44645-rate-cuts-won-t-stimulate-housing-says-oliver

https://www.schroders.com/en/uk/private-investor/insights/markets/14-years-of-returns-historys-lesson-for-investors/

https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2019/sp-ag-2019-03-20.html

Top Super Fund buys stocks as others run for exit

Top Super Fund buys stocks as others run for exit

https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/why-australia-s-top-super-fund-buys-stocks-as-others-run-for-the-exit-20190321-p5161w.html

CBA's wealth management business

CBA's wealth management business

https://www.investordaily.com.au/markets/44627-cba-could-retain-wealth-business-morningstar

1) Manulife and 2) McKinsey

1) Manulife and 2) McKinsey

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1dlh6mw14m3w2/Manulife-Prevails-in-Trojan-Horse-Case

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1dldlnb6wvx7f/The-Man-Who-Would-Take-Down-McKinsey

Free public transport

Free public transport

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-18/free-public-transport-do-promises-stack-up/10893288

Weekend Posts 16-17 Mar 2019 - 1) Model of Australian Housing Market, 2) Paying Bribes for College, 3) The Illiquidity Premium, 4) Greece Economy

Weekend Posts 16-17 Mar 2019 - 1) Model of Australian Housing Market, 2) Paying Bribes for College, 3) The Illiquidity Premium, 4) Greece Economy

https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2019/2019-01.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/business/dealbook/college-admissions-bribes.html

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1djrftdxwhc3v/Is-the-Illiquidity-Premium-a-Myth

https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2019/03/11/na031119-greece-economy-improves-key-reforms-still-needed

How does Yale do it?

How does Yale do it?

https://www.ai-cio.com/news/how-does-yale-do-it-by-being-different/

Backflip on Mortgage Brokers

Backflip on Mortgage Brokers

https://www.morningstar.com.au/Stocks/article/coalition-backflip-on-mortgage-broker-changes/182152

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-12/government-backs-away-from-mortgage-commission-ban/10894228?section=business

Choose Wisdom over Greed - and Win

Choose Wisdom over Greed  - and Win

https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergeorgescu/2019/02/20/choose-wisdom-over-greed-and-win/#32e05ecc6791

Central Bankers

Central Bankers

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-11/global-economy-blew-up-interest-rates-reserve-bank/10887958?section=business

Weekend Posts 9-10 Mar 2019 - 1) GDP Slowdown?, 2) Share Buybacks, 3) 10 Yrs since GFC - Research, 4) Houses and the Economy

Weekend Posts 9-10 Mar 2019 - 1) GDP Slowdown?, 2) Share Buybacks, 3) 10 Yrs since GFC - Research, 4) Houses and the Economy

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-07/gdp-slowdown-a-cause-for-concern-westpac-bill-evans/10878764?section=business

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1dfj9g9mfnqxb/Share-Buybacks-May-Be-Bad-Just-Not-for-the-Reasons-You-Think

https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2019/sp-so-2019-03-07.html

https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2019/sp-gov-2019-03-06.html

Australia GDP Q4 2018

Australia GDP Q4 2018

https://westpaciq.westpac.com.au/Article/37444

Cold War 2.0

Cold War 2.0

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-06/us-and-china-locked-in-cold-war-2.0-historian-says/10873254

Coca-Cola Shares

Coca-Cola Shares

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/04/investing/coca-cola-coke-stock-pepsi/index.html

Households' Living Standards are Falling

Households' Living Standards are Falling

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-03/households-living-standards-drop-on-gdp-per-capita-recession/10858812?section=business

Weekend Posts 2-3 Mar 2019 - 1) Dividends, 2) Ray Dalio on Economy, 3) Ken Griffin, 4) Weekend Sleep

Weekend Posts 2-3 Mar 2019 - 1) Dividends, 2) Ray Dalio on Economy, 3) Ken Griffin, 4) Weekend Sleep

https://www.ampcapital.com/au/en/insights-hub/articles/2019/february/why-i-still-love-dividends-and-you-should-love-them-too

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1dbh4nfjrmfp7/Ray-Dalio-Slashes-Recession-Forecast

https://www.ai-cio.com/news/ken-griffin-mightiest-companies-will-go-spoils/

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/28/health/weekend-sleep-weight-gain-study/?utm_medium=sundayedition.20190303.421.2&utm_source=email&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=10-for-today---4.0-styling

2 Views on the Economy

2 views on the economy

Australia
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-28/interest-rates-set-to-be-slashed-as-jobless-rate-rises/10854500?section=business

World
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-world-economy-may-have-already-hit-rock-bottom-says-goldman-sachs-20190228-p510qs.html

The Economy's biggest worry

The Economy's biggest worry

https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/house-price-falls-are-not-the-economy-s-biggest-worry-20190227-p510gk.html

Sydney Transport

Sydney Transport

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-26/nsw-election-sydney-transport-analysis/10846688

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-26/sydney-has-most-toll-roads-in-the-world/10845944?section=business

Some Wisdom from Warren Buffet

Some Wisdom from Warren Buffet

https://qz.com/work/1558036/warren-buffett-explains-danger-of-bureaucracy-quarterly-targets/

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/25/warren-buffett-loves-this-riddle-from-abraham-lincoln--heres-why.html

Weekend Posts 23-24 Feb 2019 - 1) Coal, 2) Opal Tower

Weekend Posts 23-24 Feb 2019 - 1) Coal, 2) Opal Tower

https://www.morningstar.com.au/stocks/article/china-port-bans-australian-coal-imports/181717

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-22/opal-tower-report-finds-beams-burst-low-strength-concrete-used/10835498

ASIC CEO faces questions re Goldman Sachs and 1MDB

ASIC CEO faces questions re Goldman Sachs and 1MDB

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/20/asic-boss-james-shipton-faces-questions-over-former-goldman-sachs-role-and-1mdb-scandal

Two views on China

Two Views on China

https://moneyweek.com/498014/china-will-get-old-before-it-gets-rich/

https://moneyweek.com/498015/china-asias-next-success-story/

"We need to deliver"

"We need to deliver"

https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/we-need-to-deliver-everything-goes-wrong-for-australian-billionaire-s-successor-20190218-p50yh6.html

High Speed Rail

High Speed Rail

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2014/08/why-cant-the-united-states-build-a-high-speed-rail-system/375980/

Weekend Posts 16-17 Feb 2019 - 1) Airbus, 2) Amazon, 3) Global Pension Study

Weekend Posts 16-17 Feb 2019 - 1) Airbus, 2) Amazon, 3) Global Pension Study

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47231504

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47245877

https://www.thinkingaheadinstitute.org/en/Library/Public/Research-and-Ideas/2019/02/Global-Pension-Asset-Survey-2019

The Pain Premium

The Pain Premium

https://i3-invest.com/2019/02/the-pain-premium/

4 articles today

4 articles today
1) Franking Credits
2) Globalisation is changing
3) Volatility
4) Smart Beta - Broken?

https://www.michaelwest.com.au/the-kitchen-table-a-franking-credits-revelation/

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/5-hidden-ways-globalization-changing/

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/5-lessons-about-volatility-to-learn-from-the-history-of-markets/

https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2019/02/11/smart-beta-broken-by-design/

Defined Contributions vs Defined Benefits Pension Plans

Defined Contributions vs Defined Benefits Pension Plans

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1d1qk92gh7392/Weakly-Designed-Untidily-Executed-And-Bigger-Than-Ever

OECD Push for minimum corporate tax rate

OECD Push for minimum corporate tax rate

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-11/oecd-push-for-a-global-minimum-corporate-tax-rate/10794406?section=business

Weekend Posts-9 & 10 Feb 2019 - 1) Construction Decline, 2) Microsoft, 3) Facebook Germany, 4) Cash Rate

Weekend Posts-9& 10 Feb 2019 - 1) Construction Decline, 2) Microsoft, 3) Facebook Germany, 4) Cash Rate

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-07/construction-decline-accelerates-amid-falling-prices-and-job-lo/10788782?section=business

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/microsoft-is-now-the-grown-up-in-an-industry-full-of-problem-children-20190207-p50w8k.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/technology/germany-facebook-data.html

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/rba-cash-rate-market-pricing-2019-2