June 22, 2018

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Perspective

WSJ - Growth in Retiring Baby Boomers Strains U.S. Entitlement Programs - Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg 6/21

Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice

FT - The world's progress brings new challenges - Martin Wolf 5/29

  • "Preserving peaceful relations in an era of rapid shifts in relative power is tough."

Project Syndicate - Are We in a Corporate Debt Bubble? - Susan Lund 6/19

WSJ - Japan's Yen: A Currency for All Seasons? - Richard Barley 6/21

WSJ - Why Home Prices Have Nowhere to Go But Up - Justin Lahart 6/20

  • "Low supply is keeping sales down despite higher rates and builders are in no rush to boost production."

Markets / Economy

WSJ - Behemoths Have Dominated the Market Before, but Tech Is Different - James Mackintosh 6/14

Real Estate

FT - Blackstone remains global king of property funds - Chris Flood 6/2

WSJ - Daily Shot: Black Knight - US Foreclosure Starts 6/21

Finance

FT - The mystery trader who roiled Wall Street - Miles Johnson and Robert Smith 6/3

  • "Former Blackstone executive used complex credit derivatives to become a feared hedge fund manager but left behind a trail of recriminations."

Education

NYT - The Numbers That Explain Why Teachers Are in Revolt - Robert Gebeloff 6/4

NYT - Top Colleges Are Cheaper Than You Think (Unless You're Rich) - David Leonhardt 6/5

India

FT - Payments crunch pushes Indian power producers to brink of default - Simon Mundy and Kiran Stacey 6/20

  • "Possibility of writedowns hangs over banks still struggling from bad-loan crisis."