MUST READS Global Markets Plunge – Reuters U.S. Stock Futures Rise, Signaling Rebound – Bloomberg Japan leads global sell-off with 4.2 percent dive – AP Markets now fear US economy chilled by more than weather – CNBC European banks have $3 trillion of exposure to emerging markets – Reuters Central banks can only offer sticking plasters, yet their power grows – Telegraph It Took 3 Men 30 Years to Screw Up the Economy—Can One Woman Fix It? – The Nation The branding wizards behind the Stephen Colbert Super Bowl ads – Fortune Sprinklers Run Dry in Santa Cruz Amid California Drought – Bloomberg California’s drought is only going to get worse – Washington Post Sugar tied to fatal heart woes; soda’s a culprit – AP Heroin Use, and Deaths, Rise – WSJ
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MARKETS/INVESTING Look out—Technicians see more selling – CNBC Fear reigns as investors flee stocks – USA Today An overreaction to the ISM manufacturing report? – Sober Look Survivorship Bias: Why Most Investors Should Own Index Funds – Barron’s Gundlach Shows Why Betting Against Treasuries Is a Fool’s Game – Businessweek Treasuries Decline for First Day in Three as Haven Rally Wanes – Bloomberg Gold down as dollar steadies, investors remain sceptical – Reuters Why Gold Never Took Off Against Heavy Global Stimulus Programs – equities.com Government cuts import tariff value of gold and silver – Economic Times The Chinese Government’s Gold Policy, From The Horse’s Mouth – In Gold We Trust The Periodic Table of Commodities Returns 2013 – US Global Investors
ECONOMY/WORLD/HOUSING/BANKING Going on 30, Living With Mom and Dad – Bloomberg The Dark Side of the War on ‘the One Percent’ – WSJ Data shows longest fall in living standards for 50 years – Guardian The $15 trillion shadow over Chinese banks – Telegraph Spain unemployment total spikes as Christmas jobs end – AP Brazil Has Worst Trade Gap Since 1991 on Export Plunge – Bloomberg Australian central bank holds rates at 2.50% – Channel News Asia Zeal for Blackstone home rental bond fades – Financial Times Canada housing market overvalued by 10 per cent: TD – Yahoo! Finance Fed says banks eased lending standards in the last three months – Reuters A Gift to Janet Yellen – NY Sun
