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Sunday, April 7, 2024

Evening

• Stock futures rise slightly in overnight trading following the market’s losing week: Live updates
  CNBC
• Five Key Charts to Watch in Global Commodity Markets This Week
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Bond Traders See 4.5% Yields as Next Test as Focus Shifts to CPI
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• The Gold Market Hunts for Answers Behind Bullion’s Sudden Surge
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• The Odds of $100 Oil Are Rising as Supply Shocks Convulse the Market
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant significantly increase accident risk, IAEA head says
  AP

General

• China PBOC Buys Gold for 17th Month as Prices Hit Record
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• China’s Yuan Red Line Response Has Traders Eyeing Monday Fix
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US, China need 'tough' conversations, Yellen tells Chinese Premier Li
  Reuters
• Ukraine's Zelenskiy warns of dwindling air defence missiles
  Reuters
• Fearless Stock Bulls Start Hedging as Fed Policy Pivot Stalls
  Bloomberg
• Big Tech Has a Big Cash Problem
  WSJ
• Military briefing: Russian ‘glide bombs’ pound Ukrainian troops and towns
  FT

Saturday, April 6, 2024

General

• US on high alert for Iran threat in region after Israeli strike in Syria
  Reuters
• When will Fed cut rates? As US economy flexes its muscles, maybe later or not at all
  AP
• Wall St Week Ahead US stocks' lofty valuations in spotlight as earnings season nears
  Reuters
• Charting the Global Economy: US Jobs Surge; Taiwan Earthquake Impact
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Philippines, China trade accusations over South China Sea encounter
  Reuters
• China Is Providing Geospatial Intelligence to Russia, US Warns
  Bloomberg
• The Labor Market Keeps on Truckin’
  WSJ
• Yellen warns China of ‘significant consequences’ if its companies support Russia’s war in Ukraine
  FT
• AI keeps going wrong. What if it can’t be fixed?
  FT

Friday, April 5, 2024

Evening

• Wall Street indexes rise after strong jobs data
  Reuters
• Bonds Stumble as Strong Labor Market Is Seen Delaying Rate Cuts
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil Holds Above $90 After Middle East Tensions Push Brent Higher
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Extreme Market Swings Dominate as Hot Economy, Oil Feed Anxiety
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Fed Governor Bowman says additional rate hike could be needed if inflation stays high
  CNBC
• Hot US jobs report tempers Fed rate cut outlook
  Reuters
• US Consumer Borrowing Rises, Driven by Credit-Card Balances
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US on high alert for Iran threat in region after Israeli strike in Syria
  Reuters
• Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100,000 a Year. How Did This Happen?
  NYT
• Rising Federal Reserve chatter is not making life in markets easy
  FT
• Hizbollah says Iran response to attack on Damascus consulate ‘inevitable’
  FT

General

• Stocks Gain After Strong Jobs Data: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil Holds Above $90 After Middle East Tensions Push Brent Higher
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Iran Reprisal Fears, Kashkari Warning Spark Selloff in EM Assets
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Copper Near 14-Month High as Global Supply Risks Support Prices
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US job growth beats expectations in March; wages increase steadily
  Reuters
• Job growth totaled 303,000 in March, better than expected, and unemployment was 3.8%
  CNBC
• Yellen Chides China Over ‘Coercive’ Moves Against US Firms
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Ueda Says Chance of Hitting BOJ Price Target to Rise From Summer
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Japan's Nikkei set for worst week since Dec 2022 as tech tumbles
  Reuters
• Japan warns against excessive yen moves, repeats verbal intervention
  Reuters
• Japan’s Households Continue to Cut Outlays as Inflation Hits
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• India's central bank holds rate, looking for inflation "elephant" to vanish
  Reuters
• Money-Market Cash Rises to Fresh All-Time High With Fed on Hold
  Bloomberg
• Rising Oil Prices Reignite Inflation Fears
  NYT
• Antony Blinken warns allies of deepening Chinese support for Russia
  FT
• Another Cost of Cheap Money Comes Into View
  WSJ
• China Is Targeting U.S. Voters and Taiwan With AI-Powered Disinformation
  WSJ
• China Shock 2.0 Sparks Global Backlash Against Flood of Cheap Goods
  WSJ

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Evening

• S&P 500 Falls 1% as Oil Jump Spurs Flight to Bonds: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Yen Rises Most in Nearly a Month as Global Tensions Boost Havens
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Biden to Netanyahu: Protect civilians in Gaza or US policy will change
  Reuters
• Netanyahu says Israel acting against Iran, will defend itself
  Reuters
• Fed's Kashkari says 2024 rate cuts under threat if inflation continues to stall
  Reuters
• Exclusive: Fed's Barkin: Confidence to cut rates requires breadth of inflation to narrow
  Reuters
• Fed's Goolsbee says housing price pressures pose biggest inflation risk
  Reuters
• Use of Fed Central Bank Tool Grows as Cash Stockpiling Continues
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US small businesses dial back hiring plans again, NFIB says
  Reuters
• What if the Federal Reserve Is Wrong?
  WSJ
• Finance’s final frontier has reopened
  FT

Afternoon

• Wall Street gains as recent data bolsters rate cut hopes
  Reuters
• Oil Holds Near Five-Month High After OPEC+ Reaffirms Supply Cuts
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US Mortgage Rates Climb to 6.82%, Squeezing Homebuyers in Market
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US Trade Gap Widens to $68.9 Billion, Largest in Nearly a Year
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US labor market still tight; trade seen subtracting from Q1 growth
  Reuters
• US employment boom leaves factory workers behind
  Reuters
• Private Credit Offers No Extra Gains After Fees, New Study Finds
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• CIA 'warns Iran will attack Israel within 48 hours' as revenge for consulate strike
  Daily Express
• Ukraine strikes may have hit 15% of Russian refinery capacity - NATO official
  Reuters
• More Small Firms Are Handing Out Raises…
  WSJ

General

• Stocks, Bonds Gain on Powell Rate-Cut Reassurance: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Gold Eases From Fresh Record as Traders Weigh Fed Comments
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil steady, bolstered by lower supply concerns
  Reuters
• Copper Jumps to New 14-Month High on Supply Risks, Demand Hopes
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Currency Angst Is Going Global as Strong Dollar Vexes Markets
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US layoffs reach 14-month high amid government, tech cutbacks
  Reuters
• Jobless claims climb to nine-week high of 221,000 - but there's little sign of worsening labor market
  Dow Jones
• Trade deficit widens in February
  Dow Jones
• Morning Bid: All eyes on the jobs market
  Reuters
• Currency markets are in a deep freeze. Rate cuts and Trump could thaw them
  Reuters
• Why the Fed is wading into uncharted waters: Morning Brief
  Yahoo Finance
• Ford will delay some North American EV production
  Reuters
• German Banks Saw Soured Property Loans Surge in Fourth Quarter
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Kremlin says NATO ties are at the level of ‘direct confrontation’; Russian attack kills rescue workers in Kharkiv
  CNBC
• Taiwan condemns 'shameless' China's thanks for global sympathy on quake
  Reuters
• Dudley: The Fed Is Wrong About How Low Interest Rates Will Go
  Bloomberg
• How Far $100 Goes at the Grocery Store After Five Years of Food Inflation
  WSJ
• Diverging inflation raises prospect of rate cuts by ECB before Fed
  FT
• Iran grapples with response to deadly consulate strike
  FT
• China’s quant funds count the cost of regulatory clampdown
  FT

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Evening

• Gold plows to record high after Powell's remarks
  Reuters
• Gold Nears $2,300 After Powell Restates Rate Cut Path This Year
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Bonds Get Some Relief From Powell’s Deja-Vu Tone: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Powell: Fed still sees rate cuts this year; election timing won’t affect decision
  AP
• Business Bankruptcies Jump as Slow Wave of Failure Speeds Up
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Panama Canal drought could threaten supply chain, S&P says
  Reuters
• Fed's Kugler says disinflation "to continue"
  Reuters

Afternoon

• Wall St swings higher after soft services sector data
  Reuters
• Fed's Powell repeats there is time to deliberate over rate cuts
  Reuters
• Commodity ETFs are finally appearing on investor radars
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Powell Still Sees Room for the Fed to Cut Rates This Year
  WSJ
• Jay Powell says Federal Reserve’s inflation fight is ‘not done’
  FT

General

• Stocks, Treasuries Hurt by Fading Rate-Cut Bets: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil Climbs Toward $90 as OPEC+ Sticks With Cuts
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Yuan Sinks Toward Limit of Allowed Range, Risking PBOC Pushback
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Gold Pares Back From Fresh Record Before Powell Is Set to Speak
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Nine dead in Taiwan's strongest earthquake in 25 years, 50 missing
  Reuters
• US Services Growth Cools as Price Gauge Drops to Four-Year Low
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Private payrolls increased by 184,000 in March, better than expected, ADP says
  CNBC
• US first-quarter auto sales grew nearly 5% despite high interest rates, but EV growth slows further
  AP
• Atlanta Fed President Bostic sees only one rate cut this year, occurring in the fourth quarter
  CNBC
• US Cancels Latest Oil Reserve Refill Plan Amid High Prices
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Blackstone’s BREIT Paid Out More than It Generated in 2023
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Euro zone inflation unexpectedly eases, boosting rate cut case
  Reuters
• China's central bank says it will make efforts to expand demand, boost confidence
  Reuters
• China's services activity growth speeds up in March, Caixin PMI shows
  Reuters
• Japan's service activity growth fastest in 7 months as demand picks up - PMI
  Reuters
• Hedge funds rally in Q1, powered by gains in equities
  Reuters
• Gold hits new high as investors seek hedge against stubborn inflation
  FT
• Markets bet that strength of US economy will limit scale of Fed rate cuts
  FT
• Venture capital reckons with the end of ‘megafund’ era
  FT
• The $1tn ‘hold-to-maturity’ sleight-of-accounting
  FT

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Evening

• Gold shatters new records as Mideast tensions add to bullish mix
  Reuters
• Stocks Fall on Fears Rate Cuts Will Be Delayed: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil Rises to $85 in Rally Driven by OPEC, Geopolitical Risks
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Tehran vows response after strike blamed on Israel destroyed Iran’s Consulate in Syria and killed 12
  AP
• Oil Options Markets Turn Bullish With Rising Geopolitical Risks
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Bond Market Sees Fewer Rate Cuts Than Fed, Deepening Losses
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Fed Officials Say Three Rate Cuts a Reasonable Baseline for 2024
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Fed’s Mester Wants More Data Before Cutting Three Times in 2024
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Fed's Daly says 3 rate cuts this year 'reasonable'
  Reuters
• Major US Ports Are Pushing Capacity Limits, Shipping Veteran Says
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Office Vacancy Rate Nears 20% to Set Fresh Record, Moody’s Says
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Top US Egg Supplier Idles Texas Plant After Bird Flu Outbreak
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Biden and Xi speak for first time since November summit amid global tensions
  CNN
• Biden Warns Xi on Aiding Russia’s War in Ukraine
  WSJ
• Fed’s Loretta Mester raises long-term rate outlook on strong US economy
  FT

General

• Bond Selloff Builds as Fed Seen Delaying Rate Cuts: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil Rises to $85 as OPEC Cuts and Geopolitical Risks Fuel Rally
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Dollar hits 5-month high while jawboning supports yen
  Reuters
• Japan Intervention Would Target Five-Yen Rally, Strategists Say
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Japan warns of action against excessive yen volatility
  Reuters
• BofA Sees Yen Plunging to 160 Per Dollar If Fed Delays Cuts
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Yuan Faces Mounting Pressure as Green Shoots Fail to Lift Mood
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Job openings stay at 8.8 million. Labor market still plenty robust.
  Dow Jones
• Morning Bid: Factories chug along, dollar riding high
  Reuters
• Markets are back to seeing fewer rate cuts than the Fed
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• College will cost up to $95,000 this fall. Schools say it’s OK, financial aid can numb sticker shock
  AP
• China Vanke shares hit record low after disappointing earnings, payout cut
  Reuters
• Bank of China says net interest margin will continue to face pressure
  Reuters
• Japan Investors in Alternative Assets Jump 50% in Hunt for Yield
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Iran vows revenge on Israel after Damascus embassy attack
  Reuters
• Iran says Israel bombs its embassy in Syria, kills commanders
  Reuters
• Ukrainian drone hits Russia's third biggest refinery, damage not critical
  Reuters
• A Higher-for-Longer Good Friday From the Fed
  Bloomberg
• Citadel’s Ken Griffin Sees ‘Modest’ Growth, Warns on US Debt
  Bloomberg
• Vanke Leads Slide in China Developers After First Sell Rating
  Bloomberg
• Country Garden Extends Sales Slump as Financial Woes Pile Up
  Bloomberg
• Yen Intervention Risk Is Rising, but Effects Could Be Short-Lived
  WSJ
• Regulator Probes BlackRock and Vanguard Over Huge Stakes in U.S. Banks
  WSJ
• Bond Comments by China’s Xi Hint at Possible Expansion of PBOC Toolkit
  WSJ
• Treasury yields climb after stubborn US inflation data
  FT
• The big worry for carmakers: what if the EV slowdown is not a blip?
  FT
• Iran and Hizbollah vow to retaliate over Damascus consulate attack
  FT
• Iran accuses Israel of killing general in strike on Damascus consulate
  FT

Monday, April 1, 2024

Afternoon

• Gold rallies, stocks ease as rate cut optimism fades
  Reuters
• Treasuries Fall After Factory Data as Fed in Focus: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• June Fed Rate-Cut Odds Dip Below 50% After Strong ISM Data
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Oil stays near five-month highs as tighter supply looms
  Reuters
• US Manufacturing Activity Expands for First Time Since 2022
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• US manufacturing recovering; raw material prices pose challenge
  Reuters
• US manufacturing activity grows at fastest rate since 2022
  Yahoo Finance
• US equity funds see fifth straight week of inflows
  Reuters
• Israeli airstrike on Iran consulate in Syria kills six including IRGC commander
  Guardian
• AI revolution will be boon for natural gas, say fossil fuel bosses
  FT

General

• Stocks Rally With Gold on Rate Cut Hopes: Markets Wrap
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Gold Jumps to Record as Favored Fed Inflation Gauge Stokes Rally
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• China shares jump, Japan tumbles with yen pinned near intervention zone
  Reuters
• Oil stays near five-month highs as tighter supply looms
  Reuters
• Morning Bid: Manufacturing kicks off jobs-packed week
  Reuters
• Japan's finmin says 'speculative' moves impacting yen
  Reuters
• BOJ’s Next Hike Likely in October at Earliest, Ex-Official Says
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• Weak Asian factories take shine off China's rebound
  Reuters
• China Home Sales Drought Persists With Little Recovery Sign
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• China's new home prices rise at fastest pace in over 2-1/2 years, survey shows
  Reuters
• Modi Says Growth Should Be Top Priority for India’s Central Bank
  Yahoo/Bloomberg
• For Data-Guzzling AI Companies, the Internet Is Too Small
  WSJ
• The Stock Market’s Magnificent Seven Is Now the Fab Four
  WSJ
• Banks face $2tn of maturing US property debt over next 3 years
  FT

Evening

• Asian Stocks Poised to Gain, Chinese PMI Expands: Markets Wrap
  Reuters
• Stock futures rise as Wall Street readies for the start of the second quarter: Live updates
  CNBC
• Turkey's resurgent opposition thumps Erdogan in pivotal local elections
  Reuters
• BOJ’s Stash of Bonds Is Set to Shrink for First Time Since 2008
  Bloomberg
• Companies rush to issue bonds to forestall market volatility ahead of US election
  FT