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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Evening

• Stocks Sink Into Worst Monthly Decline Since 2016: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Trump Says U.S. Will Use All Tools to Pressure China on Trade
  Bloomberg
• Hawk or dove? Fed's Powell showed markets both sides in debut
  Reuters
• Surge in imports helps curb U.S. fourth-quarter economic growth
  Reuters
• Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities Rise to Record $18 Trillion
  Bloomberg
• Short Interest in High-Yield ETFs Hits Record
  Bloomberg
• Shale Surge Sent U.S. Oil Production to Record High in November
  Bloomberg
• Bill Ackman Gives Up Herbalife Fight, Ending Five-Year Saga
  Bloomberg
• Why Italian Elections Matter: A New Type of Populism Is Rising
  WSJ

General

• U.S. Stocks Gain, Shaking Off Fed Rate Hike Fears: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Fourth-Quarter Growth Revised Down to 2.5% Annualized Pace
  Bloomberg
• Here's What We Learned From Powell's First Fed Chair Testimony
  Bloomberg
• Bond Market Déjà Vu? Here's What Will Reveal If Rout Has Legs
  Bloomberg
• Costly dollar hedges tarnish U.S. bonds for overseas investors
  Reuters
• Exclusive: U.S. regulators examine Wall Street's Volcker rule wish list
  Reuters
• May Says No U.K. PM Could Agree to EU Draft Deal: Brexit Update
  Bloomberg
• Signs point to the Japanese yen getting even stronger as the US dollar weakens
  CNBC
• BOJ's Kuroda says policy normalization would be 'very gradual'
  Reuters
• China Factory Gauge Shows Easing Momentum Amid Holiday Season
  Bloomberg
• China Plans Curbs on $1 Trillion in Money-Market Funds
  Bloomberg
• When Will China Name a New PBOC Chief? Here's What We Know
  Bloomberg
• Xi Sets China on a Collision Course With History
  NYT
• Why International Investors Aren’t Buying U.S. Debt
  WSJ
• China manufacturing gauge suffers sharpest fall in 6 years
  FT
• Higher hedging costs take shine off US corporate debt
  FT
• US tax reform puts bank bonds in the line of fire
  FT
• Powell debut steals focus from pressure in the money market
  FT
• In Syria, Foreign Powers’ Scramble for Influence Intensifies
  WSJ

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Evening

• Stocks Sell-Off to Reach Asia on Hawkish Powell: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Powell Says Strong Outlook to Prod Fed to Review Rate-Hike Path
  Bloomberg
• Yields started jumping right at this moment when Powell hinted at more rate hikes than expected ahead
  CNBC
• Fed's Powell Has Bond Traders Pondering Four Rate Hikes in 2018
  Bloomberg
• Five Charts to Help You Understand Tuesday's U.S. Economic Data
  Bloomberg
• Executives are falling over themselves to buy back stock — just not with their own money
  CNBC
• Volatility Options Suffer Bloodbath as ProShares Tweaks Funds
  Bloomberg
• Fed’s Powell Says His Economic Outlook Has Improved
  WSJ
• Powell hints at faster pace of rate rises
  FT
• Xi Jinping’s bid to stay in power more of a gamble than it seems
  FT
• Taiwan and HK fear China’s harder line after Xi Jinping power play
  FT
• Anbang arrest demonstrates Beijing’s hostility to business
  FT

General

• Stocks Drop, Treasuries Tumble on Powell Testimony: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Powell Sees Gradual Rate Hikes Amid Strong U.S. Growth Outlook
  Bloomberg
• Fed Chairman Powell: Market volatility won't stop more rate hikes
  CNBC
• Home prices surge 6.3% in December amid critical housing shortage
  CNBC
• U.S. Consumer Confidence Is at 17-Year High
  Bloomberg
• Orders for U.S. Business Equipment Unexpectedly Fell in January
  Bloomberg
• R-Star Wars Grip Economics as Powell Testifies: Eco Research Wrap
  Bloomberg
• ProShares Slashes Leverage on Surviving Volatility Products
  Bloomberg
• No, Worst Probably Not Over Yet for S&P 500, These Analysts Say
  Bloomberg
• King Cash Threatens the Reign of Credit Markets From U.S. to Europe
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Stock ETFs Ride Waves of Inflows as Market Euphoria Returns
  Bloomberg
• Chinese takeover of Waldorf Astoria owner Anbang shows new strategy
  CNBC
• ECB's Weidmann Insists QE Can End in 2018 Even as Inflation Dips
  Bloomberg
• U.S. threatens action against Iran after Russia U.N. veto
  Reuters
• After Anbang Takeover, China’s Deal Money, Already Ebbing, Could Slow Further
  NYT
• U.S. Home Prices Continued to Rise at End of 2017
  WSJ
• Japanese Shift Away From U.S. Debt Over Budget, Dollar Fears
  WSJ
• Blessed by Xi Jinping: The New Captain of China’s Economy
  WSJ
• Italian election: voters frustrated with shallow recovery
  FT

Monday, February 26, 2018

Evening

• Asia Stocks to Rise as U.S. Gains Before Powell: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Stocks Rally, Bonds Climb With Fed's Powell on Tap: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Oil Jumps to Three-Week High as Advancing Stocks Fan Optimism
  Bloomberg
• Powell Heads to Congress With Fed Facing Riskier Post-Yellen World
  Bloomberg
• While everyone else was selling stocks this month, companies were buying heavily
  CNBC
• Blessed by Xi Jinping: The New Captain of China’s Economy
  WSJ
• Fed governor raises prospect of faster US growth
  FT

General

• Stocks Climb as Yields Hold Steady; Dollar Falls: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Sales of New Homes in U.S. Fall to Lowest Level Since August
  Bloomberg
• Powell Could Put Up With 2.5% Inflation to Keep Growth Pumping
  Bloomberg
• Corporate America’s new dilemma: raising prices to cover higher transport costs
  Reuters
• Inside the White House trade fights
  Axios
• Surging bond yields to pinch home owners, retirees
  Reuters
• Draghi Says ECB Needs Stimulus Persistence Amid Stronger Growth
  Bloomberg
• As Xi Jinping tightens his grip on power, 'major risks' loom, experts say
  CNBC
• Anbang Seizure a Warning to Chinese Conglomerates, Ashurst Says
  Bloomberg
• China launches propaganda push for Xi after social media criticism
  Reuters
• New Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to Testify Before Congress on Capitol Hill
  WSJ
• Anbang’s Rescue Is China’s Too-Big-to-Fail Moment
  WSJ
• Dollar-Rate Breakdown Exposes Foreign-Exchange Mystery
  WSJ
• Private equity buyouts running at fastest rate since crisis
  FT
• ‘Neutral rate’ in focus as Jay Powell takes Federal Reserve helm
  FT
• Watchdog warns of gaps in US financial regulation
  FT
• Power grab strengthens Xi’s influence on China economic reforms
  FT
• Xi Jinping sweeps away consensus rule in China
  FT
• Quantitative hedge funds take February beating
  FT

Sunday, February 25, 2018

General

• Buffett says 'terrible mistake' for long-term investors to be in bonds
  Reuters
• Anbang takeover puts China's companies on notice
  Reuters
• China sets stage for Xi to stay in office indefinitely
  Reuters
• Investors’ Zeal to Buy Stocks With Debt Leaves Markets Vulnerable
  WSJ
• Want to Buy a Luxury Hotel in the U.S.? Try China’s Insurance Regulator
  WSJ
• Trump’s protection plan to keep ‘competitor’ China at bay
  FT
• US lawmakers push for crackdown on foreign companies
  FT
• All eyes on Jay Powell for Fed policy signals
  FT

Saturday, February 24, 2018

General

• Markets fret over Federal Reserve's approach under new chair Powell
  Reuters
• Latvia calls emergency meeting after third-largest bank fails
  Reuters
• China's January home prices rise even as top cities register decline
  Reuters
• Fed's Williams Says He Sees Case for a Rate Hike in the ‘Near Future’
  Bloomberg
• Three charts that show gold is going to $1,400
  CNBC
• Prime-Age Men May Never Return to U.S. Workforce, Fed Paper Says
  Bloomberg
• U.S. imposes more North Korea sanctions, Trump warns of 'phase two'
  Reuters
• Fed’s Crisis-Era, Bond-Buying Plan Was Largely Ineffective, Economists Say
  WSJ
• Anbang and the Financialization of China’s Economy
  WSJ
• Latvia: a banking scandal on the Baltic
  FT

Friday, February 23, 2018

General

• U.S. Stocks Rise With Treasuries, Dollar Mixed: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Mnuchin Urges Markets to Shrug Off Worries Over Tax Cuts, Debt
  Bloomberg
• Inflation-Vexed Bond Traders Are Unconvinced by Hawkish Fed Talk
  Bloomberg
• VIX Funds Face Fresh Scrutiny From U.S. Regulators
  Bloomberg
• Xi’s Debt Crackdown Goes Into Hyperdrive With Anbang Takeover
  Bloomberg
• China Regulator Seizes Anbang, Chairman Faces Fraud Prosecution
  Bloomberg
• What We Know So Far About China's Anbang Takeover: Q&A
  Bloomberg
• Exclusive: Xi confidant emerges as front runner to head China’s central bank - sources
  Reuters
• Turkish forces shell convoy headed to Syria's Afrin region
  Reuters
• Anbang and the Financialization of China’s Economy
  WSJ
• How Gargantuan Can Private Equity Get?
  WSJ
• Chinese regulators take control of Anbang Insurance
  FT
• Jens Weidmann on Draghi and the ECB
  FT
• Why insurers are being blamed for equity market instability
  FT

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Evening

• Asian Stocks Rise as Traders Weather Higher Yields: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Stocks End Mixed as Bonds Gain, Dollar Slumps: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Treasury Seven-Year Sale Caps $258 Billion Week of Higher Yields
  Bloomberg
• Chinese Shares Are on Shaky Ground
  Bloomberg
• Draghi Gets ECB Back on Message
  Bloomberg
• Kurdish YPG militia urges Syrian army to help it stop Turkey
  Reuters
• Iran says may withdraw from nuclear deal if banks continue to stay away
  Reuters
• US equity fund outflows continue despite rebound
  FT

General

• U.S. Stocks Rebound, Dollar Stumbles With Yields: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• ECB Keeps Guidance Change on the Radar for First Half of 2018
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Treasury official slams China's 'non-market behavior'
  Reuters
• Art Cashin: Once the 10-year yield hits 3% 'all hell' could break loose
  CNBC
• The stock market faces a massive headwind in 2018: a lack of new money
  MarketWatch
• China's VIX Goes Dark as Government Clamps Down on Options
  Bloomberg
• Indian Bonds Slide Most in 3 Weeks as Minutes Show Hawkish Tilt
  Bloomberg
• Global smartphone sales fell for the first time in more than a decade
  CNBC
• Fed Officials Say Economy Is Ready for Higher Rates
  NYT
• Why America Is Going Broke
  WSJ
• ECB minutes highlight policymakers’ fears over currency wars
  FT
• Rising tide of debt to hit rich countries’ budgets, warns OECD
  FT
• How the alleged Punjab National Bank fraud unfolded
  FT
• Chinese companies halt trading to unwind risky stock loans
  FT
• Complacency about the Fed is a habit investors must kick
  FT