Perspective

statista - Is Airbnb Really Cheaper Than A Hotel Room? - Niall McCarthy 1/24

Visual Capitalist: TitleMax - A Decade of Grocery Prices for 30 Common Items - Jeff Desjardins 1/24

Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice

Bloomberg - Dalio Says Bonds Face Biggest Bear Market in Almost 40 Years - Nishant Kumar and Erik Schatzker 1/24

CNNMoney - Here's how much money Americans think you need to be wealthy in 10 major US cities - Kathleen Elkins 1/24

Economist - Why armed intervention is Venezuela is a bad idea - Bello 1/18

NYT - Apple Can't Resist Playing by China's Rules - Chen Guangcheng 1/23

• This is in regard to providing its users' (in China) data to Big Brother.

WSJ - GE Looks Ugly in Its Underwear - Spencer Jakab 1/24

• "GE's new transparency is welcome, but a focus on cash shows the company is probably no bargain even after its swoon."

Markets / Economy

WSJ - Daily Shot: Central Bank Net Asset Purchases 1/25

WSJ - A Shortage of Trucks Is Forcing Companies to Cut Shipments or Pay Up - Jennifer Smith 1/25

Cryptocurrency

CNBC - Ratings firm issues first grades on cryptocurrencies, sparking outrage online and a cyberattack - Evelyn Cheng 1/24

WSJ - Hedge Funds Grow Wary of Cryptocurrency Mania - Gregor Stuart Hunter and Laurence Fletcher 1/24

Tech

FT - Germany threatens curbs on Facebook's data use - Guy Chazan 1/24

• "Antitrust investigation puts social network's business model under scrutiny."

Environment / Science

Economist - How China cut its air pollution 1/25

• "The biggest polluters are state-owned, so government efforts to reduce concentrations of the smallest polluting particles have been effective."

Health / Medicine

Economist - Obesity: not just a rich-world problem 1/24

• YouTube video

Shipping

WSJ - A Brief History of Shipping - Costas Paris, Thomas Di Fonzo, and Liliana Llamas 1/24

• Video

Britain

FT - 'Sixty per cent of older buy-to-let loans will become loss making' - James Pickford 1/24

• "Tax relief changes will have a huge impact on landlords' mortgages, report finds."

China

Economist - China is getting tougher on Taiwan - Banyan 1/18

South America

WSJ - Daily Shot: Buenos Aires Stock Exchange Merval Index 1/24

• Reforms in Argentina have been working.