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Hong Kong Update Through Graphics
FT - How Hong Kong's economy is reeling from the protests - in 7 charts - Valentina Romei 11/26/19 Well, 4 charts in this case.
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You Could Buy a Condo, a Home, or a lot of things for $1M, or You Could Buy a Parking Space
Bloomberg - A Parking Space in Hong Kong Just Sold for Almost $1 Million - Shawna Kwan 10/23/19 If anyone needed further evidence of Hong Kong’s sky-high real estate prices they found it this week with news that a car parking spot sold for almost $1 million. The
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July 19, 2018
If you were only to read one thing… Bloomberg - Panic Roils China's Peer-to-Peer Lenders - Jun Luo, Alfred Liu, and Crystal Tse 7/16 * "China’s savers are rushing to pull money from peer-to-peer lending platforms, accelerating a contraction of the $195 billion industry
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June 15, 2018
Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Economist - In investing, as in poker, following rules works best - Buttonwood 5/31 Markets / Economy Economist - Central banks holdings of domestic government debt 5/31 WSJ - ECB to End Bond-Buying Program in December as Crisis-Era Policies Wind Down - Tom Fairless and Brian Blackstone
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May 11, 2018
Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Bloomberg - Middle-Class Doldrums Don't Add Up to a Crisis - Noah Smith 5/9 * "The U.S. economy is back to normal again. Unemployment is low. Business investment is up. Wages are slowly rising. The traumatic memories of the Great Recession and
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April 5, 2018
Perspective The Verge - South Korean millennials are reeling from the Bitcoin bust - Rachel Premack 4/3 * "From the outside, the Korean economy appears to be flourishing: the country is home to major industry leaders such as Samsung, Hyundai, and Kia. It’s the 11th-largest economy in the world,
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March 28, 2018
Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Bloomberg Gadfly - Users Built Facebook's Empire, and They Can Crumble It - Nir Kaissar 3/26 FT - It is Venezuela's crisis that is driving the oil price higher - Nick Butler 3/25 * "While the Maduro-military alliance holds, output is likely
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February 8, 2018
Perspective FT - Super Bowl thriller watched by smallest audience since 2009 - Shannon Bond 2/5 * "In spite of the upset which saw the Eagles beat the Patriots 41 to 33 in a hard-fought battle in Minneapolis that came down to the final seconds of play, the broadcast drew
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August 21, 2017
If you were to read only one thing… WSJ - China Tightens Rules on Cash Leaving Country as Growth Slows - Liyan Qi 8/18 * "China formalized existing measures to curb outbound investment, underscoring persistent capital-outflow pressure faced by Beijing." * "The government must restrict overseas investment in sectors
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July 3, 2017
Have a great Independence Day! Perspective WP - The U.S. fertility rate just hit a historic low. Why some demographers are freaking out - Ariana Eunjung Cha 6/30 * "According to provisional 2016 population data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, the number of births
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June 30, 2017
Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice Economist - Buttonwood: Fund managers rarely outperform the market for long 6/24 Markets / Economy Economist - Investors in aircraft should get set for turbulence 6/22 * "Airliners could be the world's next big asset bubble." WSJ - Central Banks Give Sleepy Markets a
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June 16, 2017
Perspective MarketingDaily - Despite Retail Slump, Consumers Feel Generous At Checkout - Sarah Mahoney 6/14 * "With retailers closing thousands of stores and malls growing emptier, it’s easy to think Americans would be less inclined to pony up for good causes at the register. But the latest Charity Checkout Champions