Weekend 09/16 & 09/17
Deutsche Bank CEO gets brutally honest about what automation is going to do to banking jobs – cnbc
BIS Finds Global Debt May Be Underreported By $14 Trillion – Zerohedge
S&P On The Verge Of History – Zerohedge
Friday 09/15
Portugal returns to investment grade after 5-1/2 years – cnbc
BofA: $2 Trillion YTD In Central Bank Liquidity Is Why Stocks Are At Record Highs – Zerohedge
New York Fed, Atlanta Fed, & Goldman Slash Q3 GDP Forecasts – Zerohedge
Money Is Still Flowing Through China’s Economy – Bloomberg
August Industrial Production Crashes Most Since May 2009 – Harvey Scapegoated – Zerohedge
Retail Sales Tumble In August – Worst Since Jan 2016 As Online Sales Slump – Zerohedge
Euro zone wage growth surges, making ECB taper more likely – Reuters
Bitcoin Sinks as China Is Said to Order Exchange Halt This Month – Bloomberg
Euro: Slow down, you move too fast – SocGen – fxstreet
China’s First Dollar Bond Since 2004 Set to Shake Up Market – Bloomberg
BOE’s Vlieghe Says Rate Increase May Be Needed in Coming Months – Bloomberg
Meanwhile, in Lithium Markets…
ECB to announce in October plans to reduce quantitative easing; buy bonds through June 2018 – Reuters poll – Reuters
China Sees $19 Trillion in State Assets Defusing Debt Bomb – Bloomberg
Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day – Bloomberg
North Korea fires another missile, less than 2 weeks after nuclear bomb test – businessinsider
Thursday 09/14
Oil Rises to Five-Week High Near $50 on Stronger Demand Outlook – Bloomberg
This Is the Crazy Tax Math Trump Must Master, Fast – Bloomberg
August Consumer Prices Surge As Shelter Costs Spike Most Since 2005 – Zerohedge
Bank of England May Hike Rates Within Months – Bloomberg
The S&P 500 is about to do something it hasn’t since 1959 – cnbc
Bitcoin Tumbles as Chinese – Bloomberg
Risk Asset Classes Heading Into Volatility Danger Zone: SocGen – Bloomberg
These Japanese hotels are run almost entirely by robots — and they want to expand to 100 more locations – businessinsider
Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day – Bloomberg
China’s Economy Cools Again – Bloomberg
China’s Factory Output Data May Be Stronger Than It Looks – Bloomberg
Australia Employment Surges in August, Led By Full-Time Roles – Bloomberg
FORMER CITI CEO: 30% of banking jobs will be wiped out in 5 years – businessinsider
Wednesday 09/13
3x Oversubscribed: Staggering Demand For 100-Year Austrian Bond With Record Duration – Zerohedge
Getting High On Your Own Bitcoin Supply – Bloomberg
Pandit Says 30% of Bank Jobs May Disappear in Next Five Years – Bloomberg
Gold Drops, USD Pops As Mulvaney/Ryan Signals Tax Plan Coming September 25th – Zerohedge
Global Banks, Insurers Win Most Profit Upgrades Since ’09: Chart – Bloomberg
Here’s Nomura’s top currency trades to round out the year – businessinsider
U.K. jobless rate, real wage growth declines – Marketwatch
US banks see 15%-20% slide in Q3 trading – Reuters
Mario Draghi Is Very Proud of the Euro-Area Labor Market: Chart – Bloomberg
Shares in Apple suppliers across Asia promptly crashed after the launch of the latest iPhone – businessinsider
Why robots should pay taxes – Marketwatch
China Bans Brokerage CEOs From Time Off, Trips Amid Congress – Bloomberg
Chinese tech giants are driving a rally in emerging markets stocks – businessinsider
Bitcoin ‘mining’: A new way for North Korea to generate funds for the regime – cnbc
Bitcoin price falls below $4,000 on worries about China crackdown – cnbc
Governments want to control cryptocurrencies – but there’s a danger to too many rules – cnbc
Bitcoin is back below $US4,000 after the JP Morgan CEO called it a fraud – businessinsider
Tuesday 09/12
World stock markets hit record highs ahead of UK inflation data – business live – guardian
Here’s how Apple’s new iPhone 8 and iPhone X compare to the top Android smartphones – businessinsider
ECB: Decision on QE expected in October – HSBC – fxstreet
Apple issues another $5 billion in debt after iPhone event – Marketwatch
Apple Unveils Its Latest iPhone and Smartwatch Models – Bloomberg
Austria Makes History With First 100-Year Bond Sale Into Public Euro Markets – Zerohedge
These chip stocks could get a boost from Apple’s special event – cnbc
Bitcoin investors could lose all their money, FCA warns – guardian
Balance of Power: Want to Give Sanctions the Slip? Buy Bitcoin – Bloomberg
The U.S. is now over $20 trillion in debt — here’s how it got there – Marketwatch
OPEC Reports First Oil Production Drop In 4 Months As Deal Compliance Slides – Zerohedge
Global Car Stocks Underperform – Bloomberg
To Gauge If Global Growth Is Running Out of Gas, Watch Sweden – Bloomberg
Three Of Italy’s Top Four Political Parties Seek A New Parallel Currency – Zerohedge
China is considering major investments in European finance as part of its global spending push – cnbc
U.K. Inflation Accelerates More Than Forecast to Reach 2.9% – Bloomberg
Voice Brokers Beware: New MiFID Rules May Cost You Your Job – Bloomberg
Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day – Bloomberg
Asia shares hit ten-year high on Irma, North Korea relief – Reuters
Monday 09/11
Markets rise as risk appetite returns – business live – guardian
Catalan Separatists Struggle for Momentum – Bloomberg
Hedge Funds Used to Love Shorting China. Now, Not So Much – Bloomberg
The Dollar’s Weakness Is a Good-News Story About Global Growth – Bloomberg
Daimler Hints That Electric-Vehicle Sales Would Collapse Without Subsidies – Zerohedge
ETF Buyers Snap Up Lithium as China Fuels Electric-Car Race – Bloomberg
23 haunting photos from the September 11 attacks that Americans will never forget – businessinsider
Catastrophe Bonds Suffer Biggest Crash In History – Zerohedge
ECB’s Coeure says policy will remain more accommodative for longer – forexlive
Goldman Sees Hurricanes Curbing U.S. Growth, Only for a Quarter – Bloomberg
Key Events In The Coming Week: BOE, SNB, Inflation And Retail Sales – Zerohedge
Risk appetite props up dollar after worst week in two months – Reuters
5 Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day – Bloomberg
China Sends One of the West’s Most Critical Materials Soaring – Bloomberg
Irma Relief Forms a Dollar Rally – bk
China Shows Capital Controls Might Be a Good Idea After All – Bloomberg
China’s Factory Prices Give Global Inflation Unexpected Lift – Bloomberg
China Fossil Fuel Deadline Shifts Focus to Electric Car Race – Bloomberg
China’s Electric Car Push Lures Global Auto Giants, Despite Risks – nyt
Italy’s dual currency schemes may be long road to euro exit – Reuters