Thursday, December 26, 2019
Evening
- Optimism on trade, online shopping pushes Wall Street to records
- Gold price marks highest finish in more than 8 weeks
- Oil up 1% at highest since September on trade pact and crude supplies
- Markets in 2019: record stocks, lower rates, so-so IPOs
- Fed’s Repo Op Is Undersubscribed, Suggesting Dealers at Capacity
- China’s Government Is Letting a Wave of Bond Defaults Just Happen
- Americans Keep Spending: Holiday Sales Grew 3.4%
- Fed’s U-Turn on Assets Faces a Year-End Test
- U.S. Government Sets Record for Debt Auctions
General
- Stocks hover near record highs as investors count on trade deal
- Oil hits highest since September on trade hopes, OPEC cuts
- Record online sales give U.S. holiday shopping season a boost: report
- Minimum wage hikes hit 21 states in 2019—and more are on the way in 2020
- China's Nantong city imposes five-year ban on resale of cheap homes to curb speculation
- Turkey to send troops to Libya at Tripoli's request: Erdogan
- China, Russia and Iran to hold joint naval drills from Friday
- Gold Makes Headway Above $1,500 as 2020 Comes Into Closer Focus
- The Corporate Bond Market’s $100 Billion Buyer Is Here to Stay
- China Plans New Push to Revamp State Firms Starting Next Year
- China Vows to Improve Bond Handling as Defaults Hit Record
- Buyers Return to Riskiest Junk Bonds
- A Record Number of Homes Closed for $100 Million-Plus This Year
- Eleven Years in the Making: Breaking Even on JPMorgan’s Purchase of Bear Stearns
- Chinese Auto Makers Join Forces as Industry Woes Deepen
- Corporate defaults in China surge in 2019 to record high $18.6bn
- Year in a word: negative yields