Thursday, January 4, 2024
Evening
- S&P, Nasdaq extend year-start skid to three; Dow higher on financials
- Wall Street banks push back expected end of Fed balance sheet drawdown
- All eyes on U.S. employment report to set the tone
- Cheap Costs Push Use of Fed Term Funding Tool to Fresh Record
- St. Louis Fed names former Tudor executive Alberto Musalem as new president
- Calstrs Seeks to Borrow More Than $30 Billion to Manage Cash
- Texas Frackers Are Facing Water-Disposal Bans After a Slew of Earthquakes
- Russia Moves Forward With Plans to Buy Iranian Ballistic Missiles
- A freightful time for container ships
Afternoon
- Wall St climbs on financials boost; investors parse jobs data
- Oil prices fall as gasoline stockpiles signal sluggish demand
- Private Credit Helps PE Peers by Making Deal Financing Portable
- Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Iran attack, Tehran vows revenge
- White House: North Korea provided Russia with ballistic missiles, launchers
- Warehouse Availability Surges to Highest Level Since the Pandemic
- Houthi rebels defy US warning with new Red Sea explosion
- Tett: The Magnificent Seven is not the only concentration America should worry about
- Citadel and Millennium outpace smaller hedge fund rivals
General
- Bonds Selloff Resumes; US Dollar Steadies: Markets Wrap
- Yen Falls as Earthquake Raises Bar for BOJ to End Negative Rates
- Private payrolls added 164,000 in December, beating expectations, ADP says
- US job cuts fall back in December but nearly double for all of 2023
- Jobless claims drop to nearly three-month low of 202,000
- US online holiday spending up 5% on steep discounts, BNPL options - report
- Spot Container Shipping Rates Soar 173% on Red Sea Diversions
- US carries out strike in Baghdad against militia leader
- Deadly Iran Blasts and Rea Sea Warnings Fan Mideast Tensions
- Euro zone business activity shrank again in Dec, pointing to recession
- Inflation up in German states, pointing to national rise
- China's Dec services activity expands at quickest pace in 5 months - Caixin PMI
- China’s Fiscal Spending Will Rise This Year, Finance Chief Says
- Earthquake Raises Hurdle for BOJ to End Negative Interest Rates
- Korea Credit Risks Threaten Spillover as Builder Taeyoung Slides
- South Korea, US conduct week-long firing drills near North Korea border
- Dudley: If Only We Knew the Problems Facing America's Banks
- The Houthis Are Now Iran’s Most Potent Proxy
- Wall Street's Ambitions in China Run Into a Rising Firewall
- Stocks’ Bad Start to 2024 Has Forecasters On Edge
- Why Companies Still Aren’t in a Firing Mood
- The Hidden Force Pushing Mortgage Rates Down
- Iran Vows Revenge Over Deadly Bomb Attack at Soleimani Memorial
- Is private credit a systemic risk?
- China steps up aid for regional banks as economic risks mount