Daily News Links

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Saturday, June 17, 2017

General

• May Is Living Brexit Nightmare She Warned Of
  Bloomberg
• Brexit Talks Set to Begin amid Chaos in London
  Spiegel
• Brazil's Temer led graft scheme, billionaire tells Época magazine
  Reuters
• Official Warns Illinois Finances in 'Massive Crisis Mode'
  AP
• Negative-yielding government debt 'supernova' jumps to $9.5 trillion
  CNBC
• Millionaires own a record 45% of the world's wealth — and their share is growing
  CNBC
• Amazon Deal for Whole Foods Starts a Supermarket War
  NYT
• A deal too far for China’s Anbang
  FT

Friday, June 16, 2017

General

• U.S. Stocks Slide, Dollar Lower on Growth Concern: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Drop in U.S. Housing Starts Shows Industry May Weigh on Growth
  Bloomberg
• BOJ upgrades view on consumption, rules out early exit from stimulus
  Reuters
• BOJ Maintains Huge Stimulus as Pressure Rises to Talk About Exit
  Bloomberg
• IMF won't fund Greek bailout until it gets more clarity on debt restructuring
  CNBC
• Could Illinois be the first state to file for bankruptcy?
  CBS
• The U.S. Stock Market Belongs to Bots
  Bloomberg
• The $31 Billion Hole in GE’s Balance Sheet That Keeps Growing
  Bloomberg
• PBOC Injects Most Funds Since January to Offset Cash Squeeze
  Bloomberg
• Xi Risks China's Lehman Moment
  Bloomberg
• With Sales Gauge at Decade Low, Toronto Home Prices Set to Drop
  Bloomberg
• Anbang’s Sales Dry Up in New Challenge for Chinese Insurers
  NYT
• Investors pour $30bn into global ETFs
  FT
• Renminbi strength surprises China bears as PBoC plays clever game
  FT

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Evening

• Wall St. lower as tech slide resumes
  Reuters
• BOJ Decision Guide: Kuroda Faces Pressure to Talk About Exit
  Bloomberg
• The Nasdaq-100's Most Impressive Bull Run in Over 20 Years Is in Trouble
  Bloomberg
• Bitcoin Tumbles Most in More Than Two Years After Record Run
  Bloomberg
• The Fed wants to go on 'autopilot': Look out for storm clouds ahead
  CNBC
• Canada Home Sales Drop Most in Almost 5 Years on Toronto Decline
  Bloomberg
• Kyle Bass still short yuan, says China credit bubble 'metastasizing'
  Reuters
• China Builds Its Global Role, One Infrastructure Loan at a Time
  Bloomberg
• Flush With Cash, Top Quant Funds Stumble
  WSJ

General

• U.S. Stocks Slide on Tech, Dollar Gains After Fed: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Oil hits six-week low as OPEC fails to curb oversupply
  Reuters
• BOE Policy Split Deepens as Three Officials Seek Rate Hike
  Bloomberg
• China stands pat on rates after Fed lifts benchmark
  Reuters
• Merkel ally renews German push for ECB to wind down bond purchases
  Reuters
• Anbang Rout Turns China's Stock Giants From Heroes to Zeroes
  Bloomberg
• Australian Unemployment Drops to Four-Year Low, Currency Surges
  Bloomberg
• Dollar Bonds Coming Too Fast in Asia for Investors to Keep Up
  Bloomberg
• Who Will Be the Next Fed Chair?
  Bloomberg
• Why Did China Detain Anbang’s Chairman? He Tested a Lot of Limits
  NYT
• Fed Raises Rates, Sets Out Plan to Shrink Asset Holdings Beginning This Year
  WSJ
• A Requiem for Bond Buying: A Look Back at How the Fed Supersized Its Balance Sheet
  WSJ
• Investors Play the Risky Role of Lender
  WSJ

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Evening

• Asian Stocks Set to Slide as Bonds Rise After Fed: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Fed Raises Rates, Maintains Forecast for One More Hike
  Bloomberg
• Weak data weighs on bank stocks; Fed rate decision looms
  Reuters
• Asset Inflation Jumps and Fed Policy Makers Are Hamstrung
  Bloomberg
• Yellen Doubles Down on Bet Hot Job Market Stokes Inflation
  Bloomberg
• Anbang Shows Billionaires Should Be Nervous in Xi's New China
  Bloomberg
• Portfolio Managers Are Holding Record Levels of Corporate Debt
  Bloomberg
• Shhh…The Bank of Japan Is Buying Fewer Bonds
  WSJ
• Beijing Gives Banks the Go-Ahead for Yet Another Lending Binge
  WSJ

General

• Treasuries Rise, Dollar Dips as Economic Data Miss: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Dollar Tanks on Disappointing Data Ahead of FOMC Meeting
  Bloomberg
• Oil Falls as U.S. Stockpiles Rise and IEA Sees 2018 Supply Surge
  Bloomberg
• Slowdown in U.S. Consumer Inflation May Sow Fed Doubt on Prices
  Bloomberg
• Drop in U.S. Retail Sales Signals Uneven Consumer Spending
  Bloomberg
• BOJ to keep policy steady, reassure markets stimulus exit still distant
  Reuters
• China Credit Growth Slows in May as Tighter Oversight Takes Hold
  Bloomberg
• China’s Consumers, Factories Hold Up as Global Outlook Brightens
  Bloomberg
• Anbang Chairman's Mysterious Absence Caps Months of Intrigue
  Bloomberg
• Euro-Area Employment Rises at Fastest Pace Since 2008: Chart
  Bloomberg
• ECB critics, weary of lax policy, voice fresh doubts
  Reuters
• ECB's bond buys' impact on inflation disappointing: Knot
  Reuters
• Biggest Online Lenders Don't Always Check Key Borrower Details
  Bloomberg
• Internal House GOP budget feud threatens agenda
  Politico
• Federal Reserve Expected to Deliver Rate Increase
  WSJ
• Markets Await Fed Moves to Trim Balance Sheet
  WSJ
• Wall Street Veteran Leads Search for Next Fed Chief
  WSJ
• A New Record for Global Pollution : Chart
  Bloomberg

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Evening

• Stocks Close at Records, Dollar Slips as Fed Looms: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Anbang Says Chairman Can't Perform Job for Personal Reasons
  Bloomberg
• Jeff Gundlach sees trouble, says traders should raise cash 'literally today'
  Bloomberg
• Here Are the Theories for Why Mega-Cap Tech Stocks Took a Bath
  Bloomberg
• A Record Number of Investors Say Stocks Are Overvalued
  Bloomberg
• Sinking Hong Kong Dollar Has Money Managers Unworried -- for Now
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Companies Look Abroad to Sell Their Debt
  WSJ

General

• U.S. Stocks Rebound, Dollar Weakens as Fed Looms: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Treasury unveils financial reforms, critics attack
  Reuters
• Fed set to raise interest rates, give more detail on balance sheet winddown
  Reuters
• U.S. producer prices unchanged as energy costs drop
  Reuters
• Charting the Lift in U.S. Job Market as Trump Seeks Elevation
  Bloomberg
• Qatar Banks to Boost Deposit Rates to Attract Dollars
  Bloomberg
• Schaeuble Calls for End to ‘Ultra Loose’ Monetary Policy
  Bloomberg
• ECB Said to Be Unlikely to Include Greece in QE in Coming Months
  Bloomberg
• Slowdown in BOJ's bond buying a result of stable yields - official
  Reuters
• Bill Gross Warns All Financial Markets ‘Increasingly at Risk’
  Bloomberg
• Trump reportedly told Yellen he considers her a 'low-interest-rate' person like himself
  CNBC
• Markets Unfazed as Federal Reserve Nears Plan to Shed Bonds
  NYT
• The Snowballing Power of the VIX, Wall Street’s Fear Index
  WSJ
• Beneath the Uneasy Peace Between Donald Trump and Janet Yellen
  WSJ
• Does Anyone Remember How to Make a Subprime Mortgage?
  WSJ
• Why China no longer fears the Fed
  FT
• Cyber firms warn of malware that could cause power outages
  Reuters
• North Korea 'most urgent' threat to security: Mattis
  Reuters
• Iran's Khamenei blames U.S. for regional instability, creation of Islamic State
  Reuters

Monday, June 12, 2017

Evening

• U.S. Tech Drop Resumes as Apple Falls; Oil Rises: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Bank of Canada Rate Hike Signal Sends Loonie Higher
  Bloomberg
• Subprime Auto Bonds From 2015 May End Up Worst Ever, Fitch Says
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Bears Return to China With Shorts Circling $6 Billion ETFs
  Bloomberg
• The tech wreck is a sign there could be a summer swoon
  CNBC

General

• Tech Selloff Spreads; Pound Slides as May Battles: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Tech sell-off spreads to Europe and Asia, politics lift euro
  Reuters
• Eyes on central banks after sterling shocker
  Reuters
• Britain's PM May to face her party amid post-election tumult
  Reuters
• French finance minister says 'optimistic' about Greek deal after Athens talks
  Reuters
• Bond Market Doomsayers Sound Alarm as Margin of Safety Vanishes
  Bloomberg
• Hedge Fund Delivers 19% Return by Betting Only on Safest Bonds
  Bloomberg
• Two Chinese Provinces Falsified Economic Data, Inspectors Say
  Bloomberg
• China's monthly vehicle sales post first back-to-back drop since 2015
  Reuters
• Japan core machinery orders fall more than forecast in sign of economic fragility
  Reuters
• Major Tech ETF Sees Worst Weekly Outflow in 18 Months
  Bloomberg
• 'Horrendous storm' to hit stocks, Wall Street not rational: David Stockman
  CNBC
• Forget Comey. The Real Story Is Russia’s War on America
  Politico
• Anti-Establishment Politics Is Far From Going Away
  Bloomberg, El-Erian
• Preparing for ‘Brexit,’ Britons Face Economic Pinch at Home
  NYT
• Fed’s Effort to Guide Markets Falls Short
  WSJ
• As Politics Boil, Financial Markets Are in Dream Land
  WSJ

Evening

• Asia Shares Mixed After U.S. Tech Rout; Pound Flat: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• China Holds Firm to Its $5 Trillion Anchor as Fed, ECB Seek Exit
  Bloomberg
• Theresa May faces party showdown after disastrous election
  FT

Sunday, June 11, 2017

General

• Qatar Banks Can Survive Gulf, Foreign Funds Withdrawal, S&P Says
  Bloomberg
• Dollar shortages hit Qatar exchange houses as foreign banks scale back ties
  Reuters
• Puerto Rico Warns It May Grab Sales-Taxes Claimed by Bondholders
  Bloomberg
• Russia says tells U.S. not to strike Syrian pro-government forces again
  Reuters
• China’s New Bridges: Rising High, but Buried in Debt
  NYT
• Fed’s Effort to Guide Markets Falls Short
  WSJ
• Theresa May is ‘dead woman walking’, says George Osborne
  FT
• Poor inflation readings unlikely to deter Federal Reserve
  FT
• Trump, Russia and Comey: Where it all stands
  The Hill