Perspective

Visual Capitalist – Visualizing the 4,000 Year History of Global Power – Nick Routley 12/2

The Verge – The Winklevoss twins are now Bitcoin billionaires – Thuy Ong 12/4

WSJ – Daily Shot: Global Market Cap as % of GDP 12/5

Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice

FT – The Republicans’ faith-based tax plan – Rana Foroohar 12/3

Bloomberg Gadfly – 98,750,067,000,000 Reasons to Be Worried About 2018 – Mark Gilbert and Marcus Ashworth 12/4

Markets / Economy

Axios – The U.S. companies with the most cash parked overseas – Bob Herman 12/4

WSJ – Daily Shot: S&P 500 Relative Monthly Performance 12/5

• “The S&P 500 has not had a down month this year.”

Finance

FT – Bitcoin: an investment mania for the fake news era 12/1

Bloomberg – BlackRock and Vanguard Are Less Than a Decade Away From Managing $20 Trillion – Rachel Evans, Sabrina Willmer, Nick Baker, and Brandon Kochkodin 12/4

FT – Private equity investors are paying through the nose for midsize companies – Matthew C Klein 12/4

China

FT – China banking regulator targets ‘invisible shareholders’ – Gabriel Wildau 12/1

WSJ – How China’s Migrant Crisis Could Hit Alibaba – Jacky Wong 12/5

South America

FT – Maduro’s purge – Gideon Long 12/1

• “New appointment at state oil company is designed to keep the military sweet.”