Perspective

Visual Capitalist - Visualizing the 4,000 Year History of Global Power - Nick Routley 12/2

The Verge - The Winklevoss twins are now Bitcoin billionaires - Thuy Ong 12/4

WSJ - Daily Shot: Global Market Cap as % of GDP 12/5

Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice

FT - The Republicans' faith-based tax plan - Rana Foroohar 12/3

Bloomberg Gadfly - 98,750,067,000,000 Reasons to Be Worried About 2018 - Mark Gilbert and Marcus Ashworth 12/4

Markets / Economy

Axios - The U.S. companies with the most cash parked overseas - Bob Herman 12/4

WSJ - Daily Shot: S&P 500 Relative Monthly Performance 12/5

• "The S&P 500 has not had a down month this year."

Finance

FT - Bitcoin: an investment mania for the fake news era 12/1

Bloomberg - BlackRock and Vanguard Are Less Than a Decade Away From Managing $20 Trillion - Rachel Evans, Sabrina Willmer, Nick Baker, and Brandon Kochkodin 12/4

FT - Private equity investors are paying through the nose for midsize companies - Matthew C Klein 12/4

China

FT - China banking regulator targets 'invisible shareholders' - Gabriel Wildau 12/1

WSJ - How China's Migrant Crisis Could Hit Alibaba - Jacky Wong 12/5

South America

FT - Maduro's purge - Gideon Long 12/1

• "New appointment at state oil company is designed to keep the military sweet."