Friday 11th January

Porn for China uber bulls
{https://www.research.hsbc.com/midas/Res/RDV?ao=20&key=UCJAP0bGkB&n=355738.PDF}

Coal is King. The mixed fortunes of a fuel
{http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21569037-why-worlds-most-harmful-fossil-fuel-being-burned-less-america-and-more-europe}

America’s staggering defense budget, in charts
{http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/07/everything-chuck-hagel-needs-to-know-about-the-defense-budget-in-charts/}

Boing Boing • Our favorite posts of 2012
{http://boingboing.net/2013/01/10/top-posts-of-2012.html}

Thursday

End of the road for China’s ‘B’ market
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/254b3b6e-5a2a-11e2-a02e-00144feab49a.html#axzz2HU82ZbJg}

The Myth of Africa's Rise
{http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/01/04/the_myth_of_africa_s_rise?page=0,0}

6 Chinese Policies Just Came Into Effect And Will Boost Investor Confidence
{http://www.businessinsider.com/6-new-chinese-policies-help-investors-2013-1}

Why do people think economists are charlatans?
{http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/why-do-people-think-economists-are.html}


Introducing iPoor "iPoor is the real iPhone Killer."
{http://ipoor.org/}

Wednesday 9th

The Trends to Watch in 2013
{http://www.peakprosperity.com/blog/80431/trends-watch-2013}

Belkin: Top 10 Reasons to be Bullish in 2013
{http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2013/01/top-10-reasons-to-be-bullish-in-2013/}

According To The Bretton Woods Calculation, Gold Is Worth $20,000 Per Ounce
{http://www.businessinsider.com/the-path-to-20000-gold-2013-1}

The Chas London Triathlon. March 2nd

Saturday, 2 March 2013 at 09:20

Oasis Sports Centre 32 Endell St, London Borough of Camden, WC2H 9AG

 I need some help training, anyone fancy a steady friendly unofficial Triathlon on March 2nd?
1k Swim, 10k Run, 30k Cycle. Will be very steady , more about time on feet than rushing. Give you lazy people something to train for and fitter people a stretch.

Probably based around central London in pool (Oasis), then a jog down the river, and a cycle something like this to finish.

• Cycle route http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5779679 I'm training for the big Quadratholon http://www.artemisgreatkindrochit.co.uk/ Sponsorship details here http://my.artezglobal.com/TeamPage.aspx?teamID=52492&langPref=en-CA

Tuesday 8th Jan

The first word in mangled meanings, The year in corporate bullshit, "guff, cliché, euphemism and verbal stupidity
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86f0383a-54f6-11e2-89e0-00144feab49a.html#axzz2HHW4d6sX}

China B Shares Rise for 15th Day, Longest Streak: Shanghai Mover
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-08/china-b-shares-rise-for-15th-day-longest-streak-shanghai-mover.html}

The platinum-coin meme is getting scary
{http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2013/01/mint-the-platinum-coin.html}
And
3 Huge Myths About The Trillion Dollar Coin Plan To Save The US Economy
{http://www.businessinsider.com/3-huge-myths-about-the-plan-to-save-the-economy-with-a-trillion-dollar-platinum-coin-2013-1}


From yesterday

China blazes trail for 'clean' nuclear power from thorium

{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/9784044/China-blazes-trail-for-clean-nuclear-power-from-thorium.html}

Atoms Reach Record Temperature, Colder than Absolute Zero
{http://www.livescience.com/25959-atoms-colder-than-absolute-zero.html}

Freebook Sifter makes it easy to find over 35000 free eBooks on Amazon.com for your Kindle or eReader
{http://www.freebooksifter.com/}

Friday 4th Jan

The four business gangs that run the US

{http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-four-business-gangs-that-run-the-us-20121230-2c1e2.html#ixzz2Gtyb8KI0}

US Congress Abused at the Magazine Rack

{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/01/03/us-congress-abused-at-the-magazine-rack/}

Customers criticise 'indie' image of the coffee shops part-owned by Tesco

{http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jan/02/harris-hoole-coffee-ownership-tesco}

Giles Coren on Food Writing

{http://thebrowser.com/interviews/giles-coren-on-food-writing?page=1}

or

Tyler Cowen on Information

{http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tyler-cowen-on-information}

Weekend Gadget-oneTesla: a DIY Singing Tesla Coil

{http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onetesla/onetesla-a-diy-singing-tesla-coil?ref=NewsJan0313&utm_campaign=Jan03&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter}

US Congress Abused at the Magazine Rack

{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/01/03/us-congress-abused-at-the-magazine-rack/}

Thursday 3rd

New Fears Over Fracking Groundwater Contamination
{http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/New-Fears-Over-Fracking-Groundwater-Contamination.html}

Financial Times’ experts are putting their reputations on the line by making their own predictions
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/481c8250-4847-11e2-a1c0-00144feab49a.html#axzz2GYDI3gr6}

The Guardian 2013: the stories to watch for
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/30/world-news-2013-stories}

Stories to watch for in 2013 by Tyler Cowen
{http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/12/stories-to-watch-for-in-2013.html}

The neuroscience of pickpockets 
{http://kottke.org/13/01/the-neuroscience-of-pickpockets}

12 Wall Street voices to tune out in 2012
{http://www.marketwatch.com/story/12-wall-street-voices-to-tune-out-in-2012-2012-01-10?mod=wsj_share_tweet}

Two-Word Investment Outlooks
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2013/01/02/two-word-investment-outlooks/}

Wednesday 2nd Jan

America’s Deceptive 2012 Fiscal Cliff
{http://michael-hudson.com/2012/12/americas-deceptive-2012-fiscal-cliff/}

Asian economies face regional and global challenges
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20807820}

Top 15 Twitter “Must Follows” For 2013 (upsidetrader)
{http://www.upsidetrader.com/2012/12/29/my-top-10-twitter-must-follows-for-2013/}

Insight: How Colombian drug traffickers used HSBC to launder money
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/01/us-hsbc-idUSBRE90002Q20130101}

Friday 28th December

Here's What's Behind The Collapse Of The Japanese Yen — The Biggest Economic Story In The World
{http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-yen-has-been-getting-crushed-2012-12}


The horrors of an avalanche (and the beauty of really amazing online journalism)
{http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunnel-creek}

Sailing into the future of global trade?
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20792058}

Fiscal cliff reality check: what's really the worst thing that could happen?
{http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/fiscal-cliff-blog/2012/dec/26/fiscal-cliff-reality-check}

Responces to Yesterday's Krugman
Joshua M Brown {http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/12/27/own-the-robots-bro-trust-me/}
 Tyler Cowen {http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/12/paul-krugman-makes-the-argument-for-austerity.html}

Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand tops Instagram’s list of most
photographed places in 2012
{http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2012/12/28/suvarnabhumi-airport-in-thailand-tops-instagrams-list-of-most-photographed-places-in-2012/}

Six weeks of rain expected by New Year as deluge continues
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9766506/Six-weeks-of-rain-expected-by-New-Year-as-deluge-continues.html}

The Financial Planning Flowchart

Thursday 27th

A Very Big Deal In 2013 - And Beyond
{http://readwrite.com/2012/12/24/is-this-the-hottest-tech-company-of-2013}

Japan’s currency to collapse because it can’t service its debt
{http://www.advisorperspectives.com/newsletters12/Gundlachs_High-Conviction_Investment_Idea.php}

Fed Watch: Missing The Big Japan Story
{http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/12/fed-watch-missing-the-big-japan-story.html}

Is Growth Over?
{http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/is-growth-over/?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto}

THE HUNDRED BEST LISTS OF ALL TIME
{http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/shouts/2012/12/the-hundred-best-lists-of-all-time.html}

Monday 24th

The king of con-men 

http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21568583-biggest-fraud-history-warning-professional-and-amateur-investors 

top 15 sites
http://rpseawright.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/fine-fifteen/

The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Got Its Way
in Mexico
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/business/walmart-bribes-teotihuacan.html?ref=business&nl=business&_r=1&emc=edit_dlbkam_20121218&

UBS Lies
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/12/19/ubss-lies/

This Is Not a Profile of Nassim Taleb
http://chronicle.com/article/This-Is-Not-a-Profile-of/136257/

14th Dec

17 Things I Learned From Reading Every Last Word of The Economist’s “The World in 2013” Issue {http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/12/17-things-i-learned-from-reading-every-last-word-of-the-economists-the-world-in-2013-issue/?smid=tw-share}



Blackout of Mandela Blueprint for Lockerbie Justice
{http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=632092}

The Bull Market in Fear
{http://pragcap.com/the-bull-market-in-fear}

Ted
10 Unmissable TED Videos For Designers
{http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/ted-video-for-web-designers/}
5 Jaw-Dropping TED Videos You Should Not Miss
{http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/jaw-dropping-ted-videos/}


QE Explained


Booze tree
http://popchartlab.com/collections/prints/products/the-triple-distilled-diagram-of-alcohols

Thurs 13th Dec

Research Incentives: Milton Friedman on the Fed
{http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2012/12/research_incent.html}

Fracking: Shale gas decision by government awaited
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20707574}

Major funds increasing emerging market allocations
{http://emergingmoney.com/analysis/major-funds-increase-em-allocations/}

‘Imported From Detroit’ Is a Good Idea in China, if Only…
{http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/12/12/imported-from-detroit-is-a-good-idea-in-china-if-only/}

China’s banking Weapons of Mass Ponzi problem pops up again
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2012/12/11/1303022/chinas-banking-weapons-of-mass-ponzi-problem-pops-up-again/}

Japan should scare the eurozone
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d447376a-4389-11e2-a48c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2EcTu9yZ0}

A US Sprinter Is Taking The Rugby World By Storm
{http://www.businessinsider.com/us-sprinter-is-taking-the-rugby-world-by-storm-2012-12}

12/12/12

Here’s your best bet to beat a ‘rigged’ market
Commentary: To make money in stocks, time is on your side
{http://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-your-best-bet-to-beat-a-rigged-market-2012-12-11}

The VIX – Is It Telling Us Anything? At All?
{http://pragcap.com/the-vix-is-it-telling-us-anything-at-all}

Defending the Romans, I'm still not a defender of the economic policies of the Roman Emperor, Diocletian.
{http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2012/12/12/1304122/defending-the-romans/}

Tuesday 11th December

Asian Bond Markets Come to Life
{http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324024004578170801545095258.html?mod=googlenews_wsj}

Lights Out For China’s Solar Power Industry?
{https://thediplomat.com/pacific-money/2012/12/08/lights-out-for-chinas-solar-power-industry/}

Move Over, Michigan, China Is The World's Next Rust Belt
{http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2012/12/09/move-over-michigan-china-is-the-worlds-next-rustbelt/}

Goodbye Europe
A British exit from the European Union looks increasingly possible. It would be a reckless gamble
{http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21567940-british-exit-european-union-looks-increasingly-possible-it-would-be-reckless}

Ignore the doom merchants, Britain should get fracking
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/borisjohnson/9733518/Ignore-the-doom-merchants-Britain-should-get-fracking.html}

Gertler Earns Billions as Mine Deals Fail to Enrich Congo
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-05/gertler-earns-billions-as-mine-deals-leave-congo-poorest.html}

Your Money: The "Apple Tax" - America's costly obsession
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/10/us-apple-tech-tax-idUSBRE8B911120121210}

Was CIA financier-turned Wall Street banker assassinated by the bearded bag lady? New evidence may solve mystery of 1985 shooting
{http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245682/Nicholas-Deak-Colleague-questions-murder-CIA-financier-killed-homeless-woman.html#ixzz2EdXWTt9k}

Brazil Is One Of The Few Truly Independent Countries In The World
{http://www.businessinsider.com/the-luckiest-people-on-the-planet-2012-12}

December 10th

Silly Season Begins!
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/12/09/silly-season-begins/}

Schedule for Week of Dec 9th
{http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2012/12/schedule-for-week-of-dec-9th.html}

Honey Laundering
{http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/international/honey-laundering}

This Is the Greatest Hoodie Ever Made
{http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/12/american_giant_hoodie_this_is_the_greatest_sweatshirt_known_to_man.single.html}

Friday the 7th December

The thing about Apple…Buy, sell or hold?
{http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/12/06/the-thing-about-apple/}

32 Economics Journalists You Should Be Following On Twitter
{http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/32-economics-journalists-twitter_n_2200002.html}

How Regulations Led to High-Frequency Trading
{http://www.cnbc.com/id/100276801}

Dec 6

Why Would Anyone Want to Invest in China?
{http://dragonflycap.com/2012/12/05/wed-am-2/}

A Counter Example to the 'Tragedy of the Commons'
{http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2012/12/-a-counter-example-to-the-tragedy-of-the-commons.html}

Mongolia finds China can be too close for comfort
{http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-12-05/for-mongolia-chinas-too-close-for-comfort}

 Surfboard-Sized Robot Just Propelled Itself Across The Ocean
{http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681003/this-surfboard-sized-robot-just-propelled-itself-across-the-ocean#1}


Storage space
{http://twistedsifter.com/2012/07/efficient-space-saving-furniture-ideas-for-kids-rooms-tumidei-spa/}

Wednesday 5th December

How to get what you want.
{http://thebrowser.com/videos/science-persuasion}

Loss of income caused by banks as bad as a 'world war', says BoE's Andrew Haldane
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9719300/Loss-of-income-caused-by-banks-as-bad-as-a-world-war-says-BoEs-Andrew-Haldane.html}

The Austerity Dictionary. Twitter generated dictionary
{http://brianmlucey.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/the-austerity-dictionary/}

Chart of the week: the rise and fall in Chinese equities
{http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2012/12/04/chart-of-the-week-the-fall-in-chinese-equities/#axzz2E5X9QK5G}
 see also the video, James Mackintosh, Short View {http://video.ft.com/v/1995032340001/China-s-tale-of-two-cities}

dec4

The world's commodity supercycle is far from dead
{http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/9717728/The-worlds-commodity-supercycle-is-far-from-dead.html}

How tall can a Lego tower get?
{http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20578627}

‘Most Hardcore Nail House’ in Middle of Road Demolished
{http://www.chinasmack.com/2012/pictures/most-hardcore-nail-house-in-middle-of-road-demolished.html}

Just what is a recession?
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2012/12/business-cycles-0}

Is Spying on Corporate Jets Insider Trading?
{http://www.cnbc.com/id/100272132}

Iraqi builds a HELICOPTER to protect his country’s borders (but will it really fly?)
{http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2241933/Iraqi-builds-HELICOPTER-protect-countrys-borders-really-fly.html}