Global Macro / Markets:
- Ten insane things people on Wall Street believe. – The reformed broker
- Shanghai exchange ready for options rollout – FT
- Losses Jump at Amazon, as Investments Pile Up – NYT
Americas:
- New Home Sales increased slightly to 467,000 Annual Rate in September – CalculatedRisk
- Weekly initial unemployment claims are sitting at expansion lows. – CalculatedRisk
- Fed’s $4 Trillion Holdings Keep Boosting Growth Beyond End of QE – Bloomberg
- Thirty-one banks prepare for Fed tests – FT
Europe:
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- Europe’s economic and political future will be determined in the next few days – Reuters
- ECB Set to Fail 25 Banks in Review, Draft Document Shows – Bloomberg , View
- For some European banks, Monday can’t come soon enough – Alphaville
- Europe’s Energy Supplies Are Anything But Secure -American Interest
- Wake Up, Europe – George Soros
- ECB Tries for Third Time Lucky in European Stress Tests – Bloomberg
- France, Italy Take Austerity Fight to Brussels – WSJ
- Why Madrid’s poor fear Goldman Sachs and Blackstone – Reuters
- It is time for the ECB to purchase EIB bonds – Yanis Varoufakis
- Mario Draghi’s German problem – Reuters
- EU tells Britain to pay extra €2.1bn – FT
- Germany gets €780m EU rebate for poor growth – thelocal.de
- Putin accuses United States of damaging world order – Reuters
- Two minutes Hate – Emanuel Goldestein in Eastern Ukraine – NEO
Asia:
- China’s Rising Wages and the ‘Made in USA’ Revival – Business Week
- No new offers on table for talks, and no end in sight to protests – SCMP
- Yellow alert issued for Beijing as smog forecast to blanket capital until weekend – SCMP
- Japan’s economy floundering, BOJ to widely miss inflation goal: poll – Reuters
- South Korea economy grows 0.9% – AFP
- North Korea Enlists the Help of Cuba and China in Shielding Kim Jong Un From ICC – FP
- Chinese home prices fall for fifth month in September, year’s gains lost – Reuters
- China, Asian nations sign on for $57bn global bank – TheOz
Local:
- Malcolm Turnbull’s star rises as Tony Abbott revels in ministers’ jockeying – SMH
- Call on CommBank Royal Commission disappointing and shallow – Adele Ferguson
- ‘No let up’ in Qantas cost cutting – Business Day
- ATO uses PayPal data to catch cheats – AFR
- Analyst pulls no punches on ‘laughable’ Medibank float – AFR
- Australians confess to stashing $1b in assets offshore – BusinessDay
Other:
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- Security tight in Canada as police probe Parliament gunman’s ties – Reuters
- Free shipping isn’t free. – WSJ, Fortune
- Isis sells smuggled oil to Turkey and Iraqi Kurds, says US Treasury – FT
- The Laborers Who Keep Dick Pics and Beheadings Out of Your Facebook Feed – Wired
- EU strikes compromise to set new climate target – Reuters
- Whatever happened to the pintupi nine ? – TheOz