MUST READS Ukraine Reports Russian Invasion on a New Front – NY Times Nato says ‘over 1,000 Russian troops’ in Ukraine – AFP Boomer Wealth Dented by Mortgages Poses U.S. Risk – Bloomberg FBI, Secret Service investigate reports of cyber attacks on U.S. banks – Reuters The economy is getting better. Why are student loan defaults still high? – Vox Another reason to spend money on experiences rather than things – Quartz CBO Warns Anew of Uncontrolled Long-Term Debt Risk – Fiscal Times Snapchat Founders Likely Billionaires With New, Reported Investment – Forbes Lending Club could be one of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech IPOs of 2014 – Mercury News A World Without Fractional Reserve Banks and Central Planning – Dollar Collapse It Begins: “Central Banks Should Hand Consumers Cash Directly” – Zero Hedge The Committee to Blow Up the World! – Bonner & Partners Dethrone ‘King Dollar’ – NY Times
MARKETS/INVESTING Ukraine fears weigh on global stock markets – AP Attending the Exits, Part 3 – Alhambra Investment Partners Retail Investors ‘Are Not Moving Back Into the Market’ – MoneyNews Markets could be heading for ’scary’ 60pc crash, warns analyst – Telegraph Charley Ellis: Active managers take 100% of your gains – MarketWatch Global Sovereign Bond Index Rises Toward Record on ECB Outlook – Bloomberg Gold up for 3rd day on softer dollar, Ukraine tensions – Reuters What the Next Gold Confiscation Will Look Like – International Man The interest rate trap…and what it means to the gold market – USAGold Canadian Silver Maple Sales Stronger Than Last Year – SRSrocco Report Safe-Haven Demand Boosts Gold as Russia-Ukraine Tensions Rising – Kitco
ECONOMY/WORLD/HOUSING/BANKING Seeing the Great Depression – Vox 2008: Worse than the Great Depression? – CNN/Money Why We’re So Down in the Dumps About the Economy – Fiscal Times U.S. economy forecast to grow by only 1.5 percent in 2014 – St. Peter’s Blog This is how much it really costs to live in San Francisco – Quartz German Unemployment Rises as Risks to Economy Build – Businessweek What’s The Matter With France? – NY Times India’s Coal Conundrum – Bloomberg The Housing Echo-Bubble Is Popping – of two minds Home prices just hit a 70-month high. Now for the bad news – MarketWatch Quantitative Easing and Intellectual Coordination Failures – WCEG Paths Diverge For Yellen and Draghi on Inflation Expectations – WSJ
