MUST READS Banks accused of rigging silver price – BBC The Danger of Too Loose, Too Long – WSJ Is the Fed fueling a giant stock market bubble? – Motley Fool Ultrawealthy pile into private equity, hold line on stocks, cash – CNBC EU Agrees to Russia Sanctions; US Could Arm Ukraine – Fiscal Times Reports: Ukrainian Fighter Jets Were with Malaysian Flight 17 – Washington’s Blog Secret Tunnels Under Israel Reveal Threat From Gaza – Bloomberg Why the super rich are running scared of inequality – Business Spectator California High-Speed Rail—Some Views from the Valley – Atlantic China food crisis spreads to foreign brands – MarketWatch Yes, This Is An Equity Bubble – Hussman Funds Bubbles & Schemes – Prudent Bear No Decency – aucontrarian
MARKETS/INVESTING China profits boost Asia stocks, Europe unenthused – AP Even modest GDP bounce may support market – Reuters Heads or Tails? Either Way, You Might Beat a Stock Picker – NY Times The Case for a Bull or Bear Market in Two Charts – of two minds An Emotional Gut Check For An Aging Bull Market – Forbes How investors should react to a nervous bond market – Telegraph Treasuries Fall Before Fed Policy Makers Meet, Bond Sales – Bloomberg Gold slips on steady dollar ahead of U.S. data, policy meeting – Reuters Gold for bitcoin new fad as e-currency count nears 500-mark – Business Standard Gold Bugs Meet Bitcoin Believers to Supplant the Dollar – Bloomberg A Chinese Gold Standard? – NY Sun
ECONOMY/WORLD/HOUSING/BANKING Get ready for 48 hours of economic fury – MarketWatch The Typical Household, Now Worth a Third Less – NY Times Swedes in Household Debt Binge Seen Provoking Policy Slap – Bloomberg No meeting scheduled between Argentina and court mediator – Reuters China’s industrial profit surges, headwinds lurk – MarketWatch China’s financial risk – Econbrowser No plan to ease property curbs in Beijing – China Daily U.K. homebuyer confidence tumbles over high prices – Telegraph Cities Reacting to Drought, SoCal’s Tough Housing Market – LA Curbed 3 reasons Yellen’s FOMC remains dovish – Sober Look Financial stability and monetary policy – voxeu In praise of… Janet Yellen – Guardian
