China's U.S. Treasury Holdings Continue to Tumble Amid Trade War

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-31/china-s-u-s-treasury-holdings-continue-to-tumble-amid-trade-war

A new proposal to expand Social Security would make it much better for working Americans

https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-social-security-expansion-20190130-story.html

Column: Employers are failing to stop the baby boomer brain drain

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/column-employers-are-failing-to-stop-the-baby-boomer-brain-drain

Fed Balance-Sheet Fracas Highlights Confusion Over Market Impact

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-29/fed-balance-sheet-fracas-highlights-confusion-over-market-impact

U.S. on track to add $12 trillion to national debt by 2029 unless Washington changes course

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-on-track-to-add-12-trillion-to-national-debt-by-2029-unless-washington-changes-course-2019-01-28

China US import shopping spree has one problem

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-us-import-shopping-spree-has-one-problem-2019-1

The best investment of the past 35 years? Sadly, it was cigarettes

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/jan/26/the-best-investment-of-the-past-35-years-sadly-it-was-cigarettes

Five financial heavyweights weigh in on whether the next recession is nearing

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/25/five-financial-heavyweights-weigh-in-the-next-recession-is-nearing.html

Fed nearing move to end bond portfolio runoff early

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fed-nearing-move-to-end-bond-portfolio-runoff-early-2019-01-25

Too Many Americans Will Never Be Able to Retire

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-01-23/america-needs-more-young-workers-to-support-aging-population

Contrarian who called the 2008 housing crash expects a global recession this year

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/contrarian-who-called-the-2008-housing-crash-expects-a-global-recession-this-year-2019-01-23

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Study: Baby bonds nearly close the racial wealth gap for young adults

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/21/18185536/cory-booker-news-today-2020-presidential-election-baby-bonds

Report: 26 People Own as Much as the Poorest 3.8 Billion

http://time.com/5508393/global-wealth-inequality-widens-oxfam/

How to get rich entrepreneurs to pay taxes

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-get-rich-entrepreneurs-to-pay-taxes-2019-1

No Sweeping Free Trade Deal, Brussels Tells Washington

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/18/no-sweeping-free-trade-deal-brussels-tells-washington-rump-malmstrom-eu-tariffs/

Trump’s Tariffs Are Producing Billions, But China Isn’t Paying

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-17/trump-s-tariffs-are-producing-billions-but-china-isn-t-paying

Government shutdown: Trump, Democrats standoff damaging US economy

https://www.businessinsider.com/government-shutdown-trump-democrats-standoff-damaging-us-economy-2019-1

Jack Bogle, founder of Vanguard Group and creator of the index fund, dies at age 89

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/14/jack-bogle-founder-of-vanguard-group-and-creator-of-the-index-fund-dies-at-age-89.html

Source: White House believes shutdown will be twice as costly as originally forecast

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/15/source-white-house-believes-shutdown-will-be-twice-as-costly.html

Want a Way Better Life in Retirement? Stay at Your Job an Extra Six Months

https://www.fool.com/retirement/2019/01/14/want-a-way-better-life-in-retirement-stay-at-your.aspx

Treasury yields in a death cross, more downside ahead says one trader

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/11/treasury-yields-in-a-death-cross-more-downside-ahead-says-one-trader.html

The sub-prime timebomb is back – this time companies are lighting the fuse

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jan/12/subprime-timebomb-back-companies-lighting-the-fuse

Don’t Be So Sure Hyperinflation Can’t Hit the U.S.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2019-01-10/u-s-economy-modern-monetary-theory-bets-deficits-don-t-matter

Powell says balance sheet will be 'substantially smaller'

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/10/powell-says-balance-sheet-will-be-substantially-smaller.html

Robert Reich: The Middle Class Pay for the Government. The One Percent Profit From It

https://www.newsweek.com/middle-class-pay-taxes-government-one-percent-profit-switcheroo-1287574

Running out of reasons to rally, U.S. dollar set to slip: Reuters poll

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-forex-poll-euro-idUSKCN1P400J

Americans aren't making enough babies to replace ourselves

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/americans-aren-t-making-enough-babies-replace-ourselves-n956931

Biggest Correlation Spike on Record Means More Bad News for Quants

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-10/record-factor-correlation-may-explain-misfiring-quant-models

Lennar said it can't give a 2019 forecast because market so 'uncertain'

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/09/lennar-said-it-cant-give-a-2019-forecast-because-market-so-uncertain.html

Russia Dumps $101 Billion From Dollar Reserves in Pivot to China

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-09/russia-boosted-yuan-euro-holdings-as-it-dumped-dollars-in-2018

Bond-Market Warning Seen in Weakest Treasuries Demand Since 2008

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-09/bond-market-warning-seen-in-weakest-treasuries-demand-since-08

NBCUniversal is slashing even more TV ads

https://www.axios.com/exclusive-nbc-slashing-prime-time-ads-even-further-3c4c884f-b386-401f-b045-68f425ceaf66.html

Housing Bear Who Called 2018 Slowdown Says Worst Yet to Come

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-07/housing-bear-who-called-2018-slowdown-sees-worst-yet-to-come

An open secret: Open office plans are the worst

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/faith-salie-on-open-office-plans/

The Case for Free Community College

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/rahm-emanuel-case-free-community-college/579319/

FDIC chair says no concerns about U.S. bank health amid market turmoil

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fdic-interview/fdic-chair-says-no-concerns-about-u-s-bank-health-amid-market-turmoil-idUSKCN1OX1OZ

China cuts banks' reserve ratios by 100 bps as economy slows

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-economy-rrr-cut-idUSKCN1OY0RL

Property Markets From Hong Kong to Sydney Join Global Slump

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-03/property-markets-from-hong-kong-to-sydney-join-global-downturn

How to End All Government Shutdowns

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/how-end-government-shutdowns/579331/

House Democrats aim to avoid debt-ceiling fights by bringing back the ‘Gephardt Rule’

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/house-democrats-aim-to-avoid-debt-ceiling-fights-by-bringing-back-the-gephardt-rule-2019-01-02

The largest corporate scandals of 2018

https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/423238-the-largest-corporate-scandals-of-2018

Key Fed Yield Gauge Points to Rate Cuts for First Time Since 2008

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-02/key-fed-yield-gauge-points-to-rate-cuts-for-first-time-since-08