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MARKETS/INVESTING Stocks: 6 things to know before the open – CNN/Money 3 Things to Know About Record-Low U.S. Yields – Bloomberg Brexit can’t stop the market from doing what it wants to – MarketWatch The Poisonous Gap Between Paper Wealth and Real Wealth – Hussman Funds Trapped in a privileged bubble, markets can’t feel winds of political change – MarketWatch Major Asset Classes June 2016 Performance Review – Capital Spectator Gold hits 2-year high as Brexit fears shake markets – Reuters Gold Hits Two-Year High as Analysts Tip Further Rises – The Street How high can silver go? – Secular Investor
ECONOMY/WORLD/HOUSING/BANKING The Rage of Those Left Behind – Manhatten Institute How Wall Street is breaking America’s kneecaps – The Week Globalisation and polarisation in the wake of Brexit – voxeu Can post-Brexit London retain its crown as a global hotspot? – Telegraph Brexit has put the UK in an impossible position. This Venn diagram explains why. – Vox Emergency measures needed to pull Venezuela back from total collapse right now – Quartz Iraq war report could get Tony Blair impeached—9 years after he left office – Vice News Teardowns and Shadow-Flipping: Living Inside the Vancouver Housing Bubble – Wolf Street CoreLogic: Home prices keep rising, demand not letting up – Housing Wire Sweden Girds for Negative Rates for Longer Amid Brexit Turmoil – Bloomberg
