Daily News Links

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Wednesday, December 27, 2017

General

• U.S. Stocks Rise With Treasuries as Dollar Falls: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Copper Rallies to Three-Year High as China Plant Halts Output
  Bloomberg
• China Beige Book Sees Signs of Shift to Slower Growth Already
  Bloomberg
• China Industrial Profit Growth Slows as Factory Inflation Eases
  Bloomberg
• Emerging Markets' Dream Run Could See a Reality Check in 2018
  Bloomberg
• World's Wealthiest Became $1 Trillion Richer in 2017
  Bloomberg
• Betting Against Boredom: A Field Guide to 2018 Volatility Trades
  Bloomberg
• A Banner Year for Corporate Debt
  WSJ
• White House Considers Former Bush-Era Economists for Fed No. 2 Job
  WSJ
• Can Central Banks Keep Control of Interest Rates?
  WSJ
• Yield-Starved Investors Giving In to the Demands of Bond Sellers
  WSJ
• Number of IPOs at highest since financial crisis
  FT
• China IPOs hit record number in mainland markets
  FT
• China share pledges soar as founders seek new borrowing tools
  FT
• Unravelling of LeEco leaves creditors scrambling for cash
  FT
• Smart beta funds pass $1tn in assets
  FT

Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Evening

• Oil Surges Past $59 as Apple Drags on Tech Stocks: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• U.S. IPOs Bounce Back: Five Key Measures of 2017's Listings
  Bloomberg
• Five Years of Abenomics: The Good, the Bad and the Sluggish
  Bloomberg
• America's trade wars are heating up as U.S. firms sue for relief from foreign competitors
  Washington Post
• Driver shortage sends truck haulage rates higher
  FT

General

• Apple Drags Down Tech Shares as Gold, Oil Advance: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Oil at Three-Week High Amid Reports of Libya Oil Pipe Explosion
  Bloomberg
• Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Increase by Most Since 2014
  Bloomberg
• U.S. IPOs Bounce Back: Five Key Measures of 2017's Listings
  Bloomberg
• iPhone X Shipment Forecasts Cut by Analysts Citing Tepid Demand
  Bloomberg
• Amazon celebrates 'biggest holiday' as Prime members surge
  CNBC
• BOJ Kuroda: Must watch for excessive risk-taking in markets
  Reuters
• Japan Inflation Picks Up in November But Still Below Target
  Bloomberg
• Japan's household spending jumps but BOJ seen keeping stimulus
  Reuters
• Billionaire David Einhorn says the key to investing success is ‘critical thinking’
  CNBC
• 2017 — a year of disaster
  CNBC
• China’s New Lenders Collect Invasive Data and Offer Billions. Beijing Is Worried.
  NYT
• Are Central Bankers About to Lose Control?
  WSJ
• Retailers Feel Shoppers’ Christmas Cheer
  WSJ

Monday, December 25, 2017

General

• U.S. Dollar Rises With Ruble Amid Holiday Lull: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• China Signals Slower Growth Is Acceptable to Tackle Debt, Smog
  Bloomberg
• China Central Bank Official Says Bankruptcy May Benefit the Country
  Bloomberg
• Analysts Cut IPhone X Shipment Forecasts, Citing Lukewarm Demand
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Decision to Send Lethal Arms to Ukraine Signals Tougher Stance on Russia
  WSJ

Sunday, December 24, 2017

General

• Digital Coins Resume Selloff as Recovery Fizzles
  Bloomberg
• The Year in Money
  Bloomberg
• North Korea says new U.N. sanctions an act of war
  Reuters
• Spending, Deficit Concerns Arise With New Tax Law
  WSJ

Saturday, December 23, 2017

General

• Oil producers to discuss exit plans from cuts once market near balance: Russia
  Reuters
• California's monster Thomas fire becomes largest-ever wildfire in state history
  CNBC
• Merkel's Difficult Road to a Coalition
  Spiegel
• One Thing Tax Overhaul Won’t Do? Simplify Corporate Taxes
  WSJ
• Dave Collum's Year in Review
  PeakProsperity

Evening

• Wall Street wanes ahead of holiday; Catalan vote hits euro, Spanish stocks
  Reuters
• U.S. Consumers’ Holiday Merriment Comes at the Expense of Their Savings
  Bloomberg
• Analysis: How Consensus for Corporate Rate Cut Turned Into Partisan Tax Brawl
  WSJ
• S&P 500 set to break record with ‘perfect’ calendar year
  FT

Friday, December 22, 2017

General

• Wall Street little changed as Nike weighs
  Reuters
• U.S. new home sales race to more than 10-year high in November
  Reuters
• U.S. Consumer Spending Tops Forecasts as Inflation Accelerates
  Bloomberg
• Strong U.S. consumer, business spending bolster fourth quarter growth picture
  Reuters
• Catalan Separatists Cheer Puigdemont as Rajoy Handed a Drubbing
  Bloomberg
• Japan's record financial year 2018 budget puts fiscal discipline in doubt
  Reuters
• Bitcoin falls by more than $3,000, dropping through $13,000 mark
  CNBC
• December's $361 Billion Deal Haul Is the Busiest in a Decade
  Bloomberg
• Republicans plan mega marketing push to sell unpopular tax plan
  Politico
• Republicans warn Trump of 2018 bloodbath
  Politico
• China's using cheap debt to 'bend other countries to its will,' academic says
  CNBC
• China Shrugs Off Debt Worries as Xi Takes Firmer Economic Grip
  NYT
• China’s HNA Faces Calls for Probe in U.S.
  WSJ
• Corporate debt boom will come to a nasty end
  FT
• Hidden gyrations underpin 2017 global fund flows
  FT
• Moments when central banks turned markets in 2017
  FT
• Biggest market trades that lit up 2017
  FT
• Watch Out VIX: Nasdaq Amps Up Volatility Game
  WSJ

Evening

• Bond Yields Set for Weekly Jump, Stocks Tick Up: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Larry Lindsey being considered for Fed vice chair job: Sources
  CNBC
• Catalan separatist Puigdemont looks likely to retake regional leadership after vote
  CNBC

Thursday, December 21, 2017

General

• Wall Street higher as investors await tax-cut benefits
  Reuters
• House unveils 'clean' spending bill to fund the government through January 19
  CNBC
• An Inflation Breakout Would Be Worse for Markets Than a Depression
  Bloomberg
• Subprime Auto Defaults Are Soaring, and PE Firms Have No Way Out
  Bloomberg
• Art Cashin's outlook for 2018: China, the Fed and bitcoin among his biggest worries for the new year
  CNBC
• U.S. third-quarter economic growth trimmed; jobless claims rise
  Reuters
• BOJ Maintains Stimulus as Inflation Lags Behind Growth
  Bloomberg
• Are There Any Stock Bears Left in America?
  Bloomberg
• Long Island Iced Tea Soars 500% After Changing Its Name to Long Blockchain
  Bloomberg
• A second territorial dispute in Asia could be more dangerous than the South China Sea
  CNBC
• For Heavily Indebted Firms Like Dell, Tax Bill Delivers a Downside
  WSJ
• Self-driving cars face a new test: snow
  FT