MUST READS Welcome to the Cool War – Bloomberg Ukraine fears return to ‘full-scale fighting’ – CBC Ukraine Tensions Rise as More Sanctions Weighed – Businessweek Putin stockpiles gold as Russia prepares for economic war – Telegraph Government tells US drivers to get used to cheap gasoline – AP Oil Tankers Stream Toward China as Price Drop Sparks Boom – Bloomberg Spreading deflation across Asia threatens new debt crisis – Telegraph The currency trading scam: How it worked – USA Today Levine on Wall Street: All Sorts of FX Problems – Bloomberg Bundesbank chief warns on perils of state bond buys – Reuters Lew warns of European ‘lost decade’ – CNBC China’s economy shows more signs of weakness – BBC
MARKETS/INVESTING Stocks up as Japan data shows vitality – AP Market’s rise slows as P-E ratio swells – USA Today Nyaradi: Can the Dow hit 21,000? – USA Today 5 red flags raised by stock market’s record run – MarketWatch Treasury Auction Demand at 15-Month Low on Fed Concern – Bloomberg Gold edges above $1,160 per ounce as dollar softens – Reuters “Paper Gold” and Its Effect on the Gold Price – Casey Research Silver Miners Losing $3 For Every Ounce Of Production – SRSrocco Report “Now Is A Good Time” To Buy Gold – Fidelity Investments – GoldCore
ECONOMY/WORLD/HOUSING/BANKING How to fix the broken market for middle-class jobs – Fortune Why Our Economic Dissatisfaction Will Not End Soon – Fox & Hounds What the eurozone needs to get economy going again – AP China Slowdown Deepens as Leaders Said to Mull Cutting Target – Bloomberg The haunting poetry of a Chinese factory worker who committed suicide – FP UK Housing market dip only temporary, says Rics – BBC Foreclosures spike as banks ramp up repossessions – CNBC Southland housing market mellows as sales fall, price growth slows – LA Times Fed’s Dudley: expectations for mid-2015 rate lift-off reasonable – Reuters May Be Time for Fed to Retire ‘Considerable Time’ Phrase – Bloomberg Stock bubble? Don’t blame the Fed’s bond-buying program. -Washington Post
