MUST READS China growth slows to five-year low – BBC China’s Slowing Growth Is OK – For Now – WSJ Ebola crisis turns a corner as U.S. issues new treatment protocols – Reuters When It Comes to Beheadings, ISIS Has Nothing Over Saudi Arabia – Newsweek Oil at $80 a Barrel Muffles Forecasts for U.S. Shale Boom – Bloomberg Triple Whammy Looms for China’s Oil Refiners as Crude Plunges – Businessweek “Anti-Petrodollar” Total CEO Dies In Freak Plane Crash In Moscow – Zero Hedge Goldman: Stock Market is Manipulated, Buybacks Drive Valuations – Naked Capitalism Forex-Rigging Fines Could Hit $41 Billion Globally: Citi – Bloomberg How Markets Need $200 Billion Each Quarter From Central Bankers – Bloomberg Obama makes rare campaign trail appearance, people leave early – Reuters Inheritance and Inequality – Project Syndicate Poor Ron Paul… – Bonner & Partners
MARKETS/INVESTING China relief helps shore up markets – AP Wealth is outpacing income…and that’s a scary sign – CNN/Money Value Investors Hoarding Cash See Few Bargains After Rout – Bloomberg How investors can make the most of a rising dollar – MarketWatch Sovereign Bonds Beating Stocks in October by Most in Two Years – Bloomberg Gold hits one-month high on slowing China growth – Reuters Gold Buying Rebounds in India on Diwali Jewelry Sales – Bloomberg What The Strong Dollar Does With The Price Of Gold – GoldSilverWorlds Gold price: ETF investors, hedge funds catch up to rally – Mining.com How Much Gold Is On Loan Worldwide? – SRSrocco Report
ECONOMY/WORLD/HOUSING/BANKING Cautious optimism on the economy – Washington Post Social Safety Net Lifted 39 Million Out of Poverty in 2013 – Fiscal Times What NCR just Said about the American Retail Quagmire – Wolf Street No, Higher Velocity Will Not Necessarily Mean Higher Inflation – PragCap Does the Egertsson/Mehrotra model of secular stagnation work? – Marginal Revolution Hong Kong leader indicates possible concession as student-govt talks start – Reuters Hong Kong has too many poor people to allow direct elections, leader says – Quartz Oil Slump Rings Alarm Bells for Nigeria as Elections Loom – Bloomberg Is Mortgage Credit Too Tight, Too Loose or Just Right? – CoreLogic How big should central bank balance sheets be? – Money & Banking Why you weren’t invited to the Fed’s ‘ethics’ talk with Wall Street – MarketWatch How The Federal Reserve Is Purposely Attacking Savers – Washington’s Blog The Fed’s New Labor Market Measure – Mises
