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# April 11, 2017
- URL: https://www.thejanusobserver.com/april-11-2017/
- Published: 2017-04-12T12:00:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T20:27:10.000Z
- Author: Jonathan Janus
- Tags: Uncategorized, Australia, China, Markets, Philippines, Real Estate, Student Loans, #Migrated-1792957904788, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-25 19:52

Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice

[FT - When it comes to investing, human stupidity beats AI - Miles Johnson 4/10](https://www.ft.com/content/244d8d60-1df9-11e7-b7d3-163f5a7f229c?segmentId=6a1a31f2-ec14-36da-2cf9-65bc949587d6&ref=thejanusobserver.com)

- "Since their inception, financial markets have been driven by greed and fear. No matter how advanced technology becomes, human nature isn't changing. Or as billionaire Carl Icahn has put it: 'Some people get rich studying artificial intelligence. Me, I make money studying natural stupidity.'"

Markets / Economy

WSJ - Daily Shot: BMI / Federal Reserve - US Credit Growth Drying Up 4/11

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_daily-shot_bmi-federal-reserve-us-credit-growth-drying-up_4-11-17-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj%5Fdaily-shot%5Fbmi-federal-reserve-us-credit-growth-drying-up%5F4-11-17.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com)

[WSJ - Slowdown in Borrowing Defies Easy Explanation - Aaron Back 4/11](https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-everyone-is-so-confident-why-arent-they-borrowing-1491901381?ref=thejanusobserver.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_us-total-loans-and-leases-chg-from-year-earlier_4-11-17-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj%5Fus-total-loans-and-leases-chg-from-year-earlier%5F4-11-17.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com)

Real Estate

WSJ - Daily Shot: John Burns RE Consulting - US Single-Family Residential Permit Projections 4/11

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_daily-shot_john-burns-re-consulting-us-single-family-residential-permit-projections_4-11-17-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj%5Fdaily-shot%5Fjohn-burns-re-consulting-us-single-family-residential-permit-projections%5F4-11-17.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com)

WSJ - Daily Shot: John Burns RE Consulting - Growth Rate of US Resident Population Aged 20-64 4/11

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_daily-shot_john-burns-re-consulting-growth-rate-of-us-resident-population-aged-20-64_4-11-17-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj%5Fdaily-shot%5Fjohn-burns-re-consulting-growth-rate-of-us-resident-population-aged-20-64%5F4-11-17.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com)

WSJ - Daily Shot: John Burns RE Consulting - Multifamily Construction Activity 4/11

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_daily-shot_john-burns-re-consulting-multifamily-construction-activity_4-11-17-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj%5Fdaily-shot%5Fjohn-burns-re-consulting-multifamily-construction-activity%5F4-11-17.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com)

Asia - excluding China and Japan

[FT - Former Philippine police officer reveals more of death squad role - Michael Peel and Grace Ramos 4/10](https://www.ft.com/content/760295f0-1a7b-11e7-bcac-6d03d067f81f?segmentId=6a1a31f2-ec14-36da-2cf9-65bc949587d6&ref=thejanusobserver.com)

Australia 

WSJ - Daily Shot: Moody's - Australian House Price Increases 4/11

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_daily-shot_moodys-australian-house-price-increases_4-11-17-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj%5Fdaily-shot%5Fmoodys-australian-house-price-increases%5F4-11-17.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com)

China

[FT - Huishan Dairy defaults on loan as financial woes deepen - Jennifer Hughes, Tom Hancock, and Sherry Fei Ju 4/10](https://www.ft.com/content/18f6707c-1e52-11e7-b7d3-163f5a7f229c?desktop=true&segmentId=7c8f09b9-9b61-4fbb-9430-9208a9e233c8&ref=thejanusobserver.com#myft:notification:daily-email:content:headline:html)

- "China Huishan Dairy has defaulted on a $200m loan and had assets frozen in China in relation to another $79m debt, in a sign of the troubled dairy operator's worsening problems."
- "Paul Gillis, an accounting expert at Peking University, said the company's sudden share collapse 'raises the question of why short-sellers are able to find these things, but auditors never seem to find them.'"

[FT - Hong Kong's Li & Fung faces dilemma of 'innovate or die' - Ben Bland 4/10](https://www.ft.com/content/a8ffc290-1b69-11e7-bcac-6d03d067f81f?desktop=true&segmentId=7c8f09b9-9b61-4fbb-9430-9208a9e233c8&ref=thejanusobserver.com#myft:notification:daily-email:content:headline:html)

Other Links

[Economist - United bumps more passengers than any other large American airline - Data Team 4/11](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/04/daily-chart-6?cid1=cust/ddnew/n/n/n/20170411n/owned/n/n/nwl/n/n/na/Daily%5FDispatch/email&etear=dailydispatch&ref=thejanusobserver.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/economist_us-airline-boarding-denials_4-11-17-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/economist%5Fus-airline-boarding-denials%5F4-11-17.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com)

[Bloomberg - DeVos Undoes Obama Student Loan Protections - Shahien Nasiripour 4/11](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-11/devos-undoes-obama-student-loan-protections?ref=thejanusobserver.com)