Keith McCullough – CEO
Health food fight ramps up as Ackman hits Soros over Herbalife (via NY Post)
Treasuries Are World’s Worst-Performing Bonds (via Bloomberg)
Sri Lanka Opens $500 Million Port Terminal Built by China (via Bloomberg)
World's first lab-grown burger to be cooked and eaten (via BBC)
Daryl Jones – Macro
Shale Explorers Outperforming International Oil Titans (via Bloomberg)
U.K.'s services PMI jumps to 60.2 in July (via MarketWatch)
Josh Steiner – Financials
#RatesRising 30-Year Mortgage Rates Have Spent 3 Weeks Between 4.3-4.4% (JS note: Our outlook remains higher highs & higher lows … via Bloomberg)
Jonathan Casteleyn – Financials
Treasuries Proving Safer Than AAA Two Years After S&P Cut (JC note: I don't think Treasuries are safe but a positively sloped yield curve is one of the most important economic tenets via Bloomberg)
Bond Salesman Who Wasn’t Reveals RBS Human Errors (via Bloomberg)
Matt Hedrick – Macro
Merkel Challenger Says Alienated Voters Are Key to Unseating Her (via Bloomberg)