1Finance

• Nearing Peak, U.S. Home Price Gains to Slow (Barron’s) see also Housing Bubble? Despite Rising Prices, Most Economists Still Say No (Real Time Economics)
• The world forgot about Japan. But it’s back (Quartz)
• Here’s a Few Facts and Charts That Gold Bugs Might Not Like: Should you be holding gold? (Bloomberg) see also Hulbert: This bear market in gold still has too many bulls (MarketWatch)
• 10 Big Lies in the Financial Services Industry (Above the Market)
• McDonald’s Global Sales Have Fallen Every Month for the Last Year (Slate)
• What you need to know about the NOAA global warming faux pause paper (Guardian) see also Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus (Science)
• Drought Is Bearing Fruit for Washington Wineries (NY Times)
• Apple’s WWDC By The Numbers (Buzzfeed) see also Apple Unveils Apple Music, New Software, puts spotlight on music streaming service, news app at its developers conference (WSJ)
• Fintech’s Forgotten Markets (TechCrunch)
• Hot, young stars shine in Hubble telescope’s 25th anniversary photo (Mashable) see also Mind-boggling images from 25 years of the Hubble Telescope (Mashable)

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