Wednesday 8th May

Dow 15000: What It Means, What It Doesn’t Mean
'But what about the market timers who made out big? Somewhere, we’re sure, there’s somebody who sold in October 2007, and bought in March 2009, and made a fortune. They’re out there. Probably riding a unicorn. Through a field of athelas and elanor flowers. Protected by the Sun God.'
{http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2013/05/07/dow-15000-what-it-means-what-it-doesnt-mean/}

Seven Myths about Keynesian Economics
{http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2013/05/07/Seven-Myths-about-Keynesian-Economics.aspx#page1}

Keynes’s Biggest Mistake
{http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/keyness-biggest-mistake/?ref=business}

A Complex Calculus: China’s North Korea Dilemma
{http://thediplomat.com/2013/04/30/a-complex-calculus-chinas-north-korea-dilemma/}

China trade growth accelerates beating forecasts
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22445227}

Malta PM Joseph Muscat dismisses bailout fears
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22405349}

Business Insider goes native, clickbait
{http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/business_insider_goes_native.php}

Tuesday 7th of May

The Oil and Gold Booms Are Over
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-05/the-oil-and-gold-booms-are-over.html}

France Declares Austerity Over as Germany Offers Wiggle Room
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-05/france-declares-austerity-over-after-germany-offers-wiggle-room.html}

So Jerry Seinfeld Called Us To Talk About Coffee
{http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/26/179049781/so-jerry-seinfeld-called-us-to-talk-about-coffeehttp://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/26/179049781/so-jerry-seinfeld-called-us-to-talk-about-coffee}

50 Best Websites 2013
{http://techland.time.com/2013/05/06/50-best-websites-2013/slide/all/}

Friday the 5th

The boat that FLIES: Exhilarating images of the world's fastest yacht racing at speeds to up to 60mph
{http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2317001/Hydroptere-Super-yacht-clock-60-miles-hour.html}

Combatting the Crisis: ECB Cuts Interest Rates to Record Low
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/ecb-cuts-interest-rates-to-record-low-a-897763.html}

Fri 18°C:)

Thursday 2nd May

Indonesia Growth Seen Near Two-Year Low on Commodities: Economy
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-02/indonesia-growth-seen-near-two-year-low-on-commodities-economy.html}

China Stock Index Falls After Holiday on Manufacturing Slowdown
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-02/china-stock-futures-fall-on-slowing-manufacturing-profit-growth.html}

You Should Be Worried If The ECB Just Cuts Rates Today (12:45)
{http://www.businessinsider.com/ecb-rate-cut-vs-something-more-aggressive-2013-5?utm_source=feedly}

Here’s what Apple Computer’s insanely great bond offering has to do with the Federal Reserve
{http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/01/heres-what-apple-computers-insanely-great-bond-offering-has-to-do-with-the-federal-reserve/}

China: Subprime for the masses
{http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/05/01/china-subprime-for-the-masses/#axzz2S7IEABqN}

Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever
{http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/everything-is-rigged-the-biggest-financial-scandal-yet-20130425?print=true}

1st May

Warren Buffett's Analogy About About Boobs And Porn Shop Operators Is Just Brilliant

{http://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-private-equity-porn-shop-2013-4}

The Consequences of Crowding

{http://rpseawright.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/the-consequences-of-crowding/}

Business is Booming in Texas: Discuss
Interesting war of words between Texas governor Rick Perry and SacBee’s cartoonist Jack Ohman. Perry is demanding the cartonist be fired for his insensitivity to the deaths at the fertilizer plant.
Ohman responded: “When you have a politician traveling across the country selling a state with low regulatory capacity, that politician also has to be accountable for what happens when that lack of regulation proves to be fatal.”



FUCHSIA DUNLOP: LONDON’S CHINATOWN

{http://lky.ph/post/49261745544/fuchsia-dunlop-londons-chinatown}

Germany will think twice before saving France next time
{http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100024341/germany-will-think-twice-before-saving-france-next-time/}

Tuesday 30th April

Is Singapore the Next One To Go? 'This area of the world is hot and I think that Singapore is now trying to play catch up.'
{http://allstarcharts.com/is-singapore-the-next-one-to-go/}

What If We Never Run Out of Oil?
{http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/05/what-if-we-never-run-out-of-oil/309294/?single_page=true}

Chinese leaders more worried about financial risks than slower growth
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/04/26/1476762/chinese-leaders-more-worried-about-financial-risks-than-slower-growth/}

Don't mention the war
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2013/04/currencies}

Outrageous fast foods you can't eat in America
{http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/outrageous-fast-foods-you-can-t-eat-in-america-224842296.html}

Monday, 29th April

China's Perverse advantage
{http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21576680-new-book-lays-out-scale-chinas-industrial-subsidies-perverse-advantage}

Influential economist says Wall Street's full of 'crooks'
{http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/wall_st_criminal_behavior_Rg3GqOXPwjJqrYFWV0tyEJ}

Greenhouse gases in new danger zone
{http://www.theage.com.au/national/greenhouse-gases-in-new-danger-zone-20130428-2imjm.html}

Why Inflation is not falling
{http://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/why-inflation-is-not-falling.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+MainlyMacro+(mainly+macro)}

50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small civilization with modern comforts.
http://opensourceecology.org.nyud.net/gvcs.php

Friday 26th

ALBERT EDWARDS: Stocks Will Crash, Hyperinflation Will Come, And Gold Will Go Above $10,000
{http://www.businessinsider.com/albert-edwards-confidence-in-policymakers-will-collapse-hyperinflation-will-come-and-gold-will-go-above-10000-2013-4?utm_source=feedly}

Albert Edwards: 10 Year Bond Yield Headinbg Below 1%
{http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/04/albert-edwards-10-year-bond-yield-headinbg-below-1/}

Southeast Asia's 2015 unity dream collides with reality
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/25/us-asean-unity-idUSBRE93O1DK20130425?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=992637}

Another Twist in the China-Japan Island Dispute
{http://thediplomat.com/the-naval-diplomat/2013/04/25/another-twist-in-the-china-japan-island-dispute/}

World Thinkers 2013
{http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/world-thinkers-2013/}


QE is 'now a painkiller not an antibiotic'
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/10012838/QE-is-now-a-painkiller-not-an-antibiotic.html}

'Why Gold and Bitcoin Make Lousy Money'
{http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2013/04/why-gold-and-bitcoin-make-lousy-money.html}

Apple, Sometimes this game is easy
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/04/24/sometimes-this-game-is-easy/}

FIRE TIMOTHY COOK
{http://ibankcoin.com/flyblog/2013/04/23/fire-timothy-cook/}

Teardrop Camper Trailer
http://blog.makezine.com/projects/teardrop-camper-trailer/

Direst hatchet

http://blog.makezine.com/2012/12/12/diresta-hatchet/

24th April, Wednesday

And Goldman closes its gold short recommendation
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/04/23/1471702/and-goldman-closes-its-gold-short-recommendation/}

Stalling Economy Slams China's Stocks
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323551004578440751959677248.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co}

Who Is Defending Austerity Now?
{http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/who-is-defending-austerity-now/275200/}

I Survived the Flash Crash of ’13
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/04/23/i-survived-the-flash-crash-of-13/}

Robert Gordon: The death of innovation, the end of growth
{http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_gordon_the_death_of_innovation_the_end_of_growth.html?utm_campaign=&utm_content=addthis-custom&awesm=on.ted.com_cWv2&utm_medium=on.ted.com-twitter&source=twitter&utm_source=t.co#.UXasJ5cLz6J.twitter}

Reasons for recent rally in natural gas
{http://soberlook.com/2013/04/reasons-for-recent-natural-gas-rally.html}

Love at First Kite
{http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/love-at-first-kite/}

April 23, 2013

**More from the Web**
China’s disappointing new growth figures are not the end of the world
{http://www.economist.com/news/china/21576426-chinas-disappointing-new-growth-figures-are-not-end-world-climbing-stretching-and?fsrc=scn/tw_ec/climbing_stretching_and_stumbling}

Osborne's daft 'Help to Buy' scheme is unravelling
{http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/iainmartin1/100213209/osbornes-daft-help-to-buy-scheme-is-unravelling/}

Focus on commodity prices, not on the sideshow of GDP figures
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/rogerbootle/10008981/Focus-on-commodity-prices-not-on-the-sideshow-of-GDP-figures.html}

Chart look ate euro markets
{http://ibankcoin.com/chessnwine/2013/04/22/theyre-not-just-here-to-amuse-you/}

Monday

Why does America lose its head over 'terror' but ignore its daily gun deaths?
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/21/boston-marathon-bombs-us-gun-law}

Jeremy Grantham on population growth, China and climate sceptics
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/apr/15/jeremy-grantham-population-china-climate}

A Point of View: Science, magic, and madness
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22105898}

April 19, 2013

Total production by the top five oil majors has fallen by a quarter since 2004
{http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9946}

What's causing sharp declines in crude oil prices? Visit ND lately?
{http://soberlook.com/2013/04/more-explanations-for-red-ink-in-crude.html}

The Texas fertilizer plant explosion is horrific. But how common is this?
{http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/18/the-texas-fertilizer-plant-explosion-is-horrific-but-how-common-is-this/}

Markets Insight: Wake up to the #Twitter effect on markets
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0aacf78c-a801-11e2-b031-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2QojUkyhH}

Jim Chanos Uses Gruesome Cartoon To Illustrate How China Is Generating Growth
{http://www.businessinsider.com/jim-chanos-china-chicken-cartoon-2013-4}

Thursday April 18

Rising concern over local debt sparks debate in China
{http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/rising-concern-over-local-debt-sparks-debate-in-china/article4627643.ece}

Failed Emissions Trading Reform: 'The End of a European Climate Policy'
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/european-parliament-rejects-reform-of-carbon-emissions-trade-a-894842.html}

Stormy Days for China’s Solar Industry
{http://thediplomat.com/pacific-money/2013/04/18/stormy-days-for-chinas-solar-industry/}

Reinhart, Rogoff, and How the Macroeconomic Sausage Is Made
{http://blogs.hbr.org/fox/2013/04/reinhart-rogoff-and-how-the-ma.html}

Reduced form macro
{http://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/reduced-form-macro.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+MainlyMacro+(mainly+macro)}

17th March

China’s Pettis moment, reactions to Chinese macro data
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/04/16/1461572/chinas-pettis-moment/}

Soros likens China trusts to subprime
{http://www.financeasia.com/News/339518,soros-likens-china-trusts-to-subprime.aspx}

A Yen for Yield Could Rock U.S. REITs
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324010704578419041839826094.html}

The Bitcoin Bubble and a Bad Hypothesis
{http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/the-bitcoin-bubble-bad-hypothesis-8353?page=show}

Australia Must Wean Itself From China
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-15/australia-must-wean-itself-from-china.html}

The Kouk: Gold is a Novelty, Useless & Bubble to Burst
{http://www.bullionbaron.com/2013/04/the-kouk-gold-is-novelty-useless-bubble.html}

Paulson Gold Bet Loses Almost $1 Billion: Chart of Day
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-15/paulson-gold-bet-loses-almost-1-billion-chart-of-day.html}

Tuesday April 16

Krugman on Europe, in Brief
{http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/europe-in-brief/}

What Are Gold’s Fundamentals ? It has none.
{http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/04/what-are-golds-fundamentals/}

The riddle of Europe’s single currency with many values
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/67f9afde-a2c5-11e2-bd45-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2QSt1r4MP}

Monday 15th April

China economic growth lower than forecast
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22148991}

Gold rolls over after breaking key level
{http://emergingmoney.com/analysis/gold-rolls-over-after-breaking-key-level/}

God is Making Gold Crash to Test Your Faith
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/04/13/god-is-making-gold-crash-to-test-your-faith/}

Biofuels: 'Irrational' and 'worse than fossil fuels'
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22127123}

Oil/Gas This Crash is Still in Session
{http://allstarcharts.com/this-crash-is-still-in-session/}


How does Bitcoin work?
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/04/economist-explains-how-does-bitcoin-work}

11th April, Thursday

Russell Brand on Margaret Thatcher: 'I always felt sorry for her children'
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/09/russell-brand-margaret-thatcher}

Japanese Rush to Sell Gold as Price in Yen Jumps
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323820304578412283865306950.html?mod=wsj_share_tweet}

Who’s the eurozone’s poorest, really?
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/04/10/1454022/whos-the-eurozones-poorest-really/}

Remember Cyprus?

Why Cyprus must leave the euro-Felix Salmon
{http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/04/10/why-cyprus-must-leave-the-euro/}

Bitcoin.. sorry i find this interesting..

Bitcoin is not a real currency, just some 21st-century cowrie shells
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/apr/10/bitcoin-not-real-currency-cowrie}

and the Krugman background read, BABY-SITTING THE ECONOMY

{http://www.pkarchive.org/theory/baby.html}

The devil’s defense of Bitcoin volatility
{http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/04/the-devils-defense-of-bitcoin-volatility.html}

Why bitcoin’s valuation doesn’t really matter
{http://techliberation.com/2013/04/05/why-bitcoins-valuation-doesnt-really-matter/}

last one

The Logic Problems That Will Eventually Pop the Bitcoin Bubble

{http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/04/logic-problems-bitcoin-bubble}

In Bitcoinland. Click for interactivity…
and here real time prices ...
And to view the order book

nice graphic

Wednesday 10th

Where did all the money go?
{http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21575765-cypriots-are-discovering-wealth-can-prove-be-illusory-where-did-all}

Is it time to buy miners?
{http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2013/04/is-it-time-to-buy-miners/}


Myths and Realities of the 1970s
{http://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/myths-and-realities-of-1970s.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+MainlyMacro+(mainly+macro)}


Bitcoin Mania..
A cybernetic ledger
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2013/04/08/1452532/a-cybernetic-ledger/}

Building a Better Bitcoin
{http://blogs.hbr.org/fox/2013/04/building-a-better-bitcoin.html}

Digital Gold Rush: The Bitcoin Boom and Its Many Risks
{http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/boom-of-digital-currency-bitcoin-raises-questions-of-stability-a-893342.html}

trashy...but funny
Here's Why Bitcoin Speculators Are Just Laughing At Anyone Who Calls It A Bubble
{http://www.businessinsider.com/why-bitcoin-speculators-laugh-at-anyone-who-calls-it-a-bubble-2013-4}

Bitcoin Data.. if you are still interested
{http://markets.blockchain.info/}

Tuesday the 9th April. I'm back...

What Does North Korea Want?
{http://thediplomat.com/the-editor/2013/04/09/what-does-north-korea-want-this-time/}

Plenty of Things to Worry About in China, Bird Flu Is Not One
{http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/plenty-things-worry-china-bird-flu-not-one-174030450.html}

Soros Says Gold's Safe-Haven Status Is "Destroyed"
{http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article39854.html}

Why Japan is the most interesting story in global economics right now
{http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/08/why-japan-is-the-most-interesting-story-in-global-economics-right-now/}

The lady who changed the world - Economist
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2013/04/margaret-thatcher}

Did Thatcher Turn Britain Around?
{http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/did-thatcher-turn-britain-around/}

Michael Hudson: Thatcher’s Legacy of Failed Privatizations
{http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/04/michael-hudson-thatchers-legacy-of-failed-privatizations.html}

exploring the dunes, Croyde