MUST READS The S&P500 tops 2,000. Should you care? – MarketWatch What to Expect Next in Iraq and Syria? – New Yorker Islamic State Captures Syrian Air Force Base – Vice News The Islamic State: Can it govern? – Economist Israel Destroys 2 Gaza High-Rises in Escalation – AP Putin in Minsk for bilateral talks with Ukraine’s Poroshenko – RT News Why U.S. conservatives love Russia’s Vladimir Putin – Washington Post Ukraine moves another step closer to default – Fitch – RT News Why Burger King wants to become a Canadian citizen – Washington Post Why Central Banks Should Give Money Directly to the People – Foreign Affairs Iowa farmers to see record corn crop – Daily Iowan Stick a Fork in Your Newspaper – Bloomberg The Challenge – Reformed Broker
MARKETS/INVESTING Global stocks lower, US economic data awaited – AP Geopolitical pressure could return as S&P reaches for 2,000 – CNBC Surging U.S. Stocks Echo Dot-Com Rally With Cheaper P/E – Bloomberg Don’t lose faith, the Dow uptrend is intact – CNBC This is the chart that stock bulls don’t want you to see – MarketWatch Treasury Two-Year Notes Yield Most Versus Germany’s Since 2007 – Bloomberg Gold up around 1 pct as dollar rally pauses; U.S. data eyed – Reuters Shanghai Silver Warehouse Stocks Fall 24% In One Week – SRSrocco Report Is Asian gold demand really slipping so much? – Mineweb Commodity Index Turns Negative On The Year – Kitco Copper on the Rise – Barron’s
ECONOMY/WORLD/HOUSING/BANKING Mimicking the airlines, hotels get fee-happy – AP What Kind of Job for Part-Time Pat? – macroblog 6 things you should know about the U.S. economy – CBS News Eurozone opens doors to QE as Germany and France stumble – Telegraph German Exports to Russia May Shrink by One Quarter This Year – Ria Novosti BOJ to stay bullish on prices even as it cuts Japan GDP estimate – Reuters Hollande Replaces Cabinet as EU Austerity Rebellion Stirs – Bloomberg German anti-euro party set for gains in eastern votes – Reuters China’s falling real-estate prices trigger protests, clashes – MarketWatch The Mortgage Crisis is About to Flare Up Again – New Republic No, Professor Cochrane, The Fed Is Not Getting It Right – Forbes The Fed Is Not As Powerful As We Think – Slate
