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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Evening

• Stocks Fall, Treasuries Rise as Commodities Slump: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Sen. Johnson first Republican opposed to tax bill
  The Hill
• Puerto Rico May Need to Skip Bond Payments for Five Years
  Bloomberg
• Fed on Collision Course With Bond Markets in Curve Conundrum
  Bloomberg
• Most voters disapprove of GOP tax proposals, think they help the wealthy most, poll says
  CNBC
• China's climbing bond yields raise new concerns for markets
  CNBC
• Why China's Bond Selloff Isn't Luring Back Their Biggest Holder
  Bloomberg
• Strong U.S. economy calls for December rate hike: Fed's Rosengren
  Reuters
• Greenlight's Einhorn Says Issues That Caused the Crisis Are Not Solved
  Bloomberg
• Nafta Bickering Begins Again Today
  Bloomberg
• The Hedge Fund Love Affair With Tech Is Souring
  Bloomberg
• Senators Clash Over Last-Minute Changes to Tax Bill
  NYT
• Vanguard’s 2017 Prediction: A Record $350 Billion In New Cash
  WSJ
• Lebanon accuses Saudi Arabia of holding its PM hostage
  Reuters

General

• Stocks Slide With Dollar as Treasuries Advance: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Oil prices slide after IEA casts doubt over demand outlook
  Reuters
• U.S. Core-Inflation Gauge Picks Up for First Time Since January
  Bloomberg
• Here’s Where the GOP Tax Plan Stands Right Now
  Bloomberg
• Zimbabwe military says seizes power to stop 'criminals', President Mugabe safe
  Reuters
• Fear of Glut Grips Commodities as Xi Shifts China Economic Focus
  Bloomberg
• Japan's economy posts longest growth streak since 2001
  BBC
• Communist Party still at heart of China's state firm reform plans: regulator
  Reuters
• Senate GOP Adds Health-Care Twist to Tax Overhaul Plan
  WSJ
• Contagion worries rise after junk bond sell-off
  FT
• China commodities sell-off continues as iron ore drops 4.6%
  FT

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Evening

• Losses Deepen for Global Stocks, Commodities Drop: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• China Throws Lifeline to Developers Hitting Record Wall of Debt
  Bloomberg
• White House Is Considering El-Erian as Fed Vice Chair: DJ
  Bloomberg
• There's something weird going on that's worrying the markets
  CNBC
• ‘Irrational Exuberance’ May Rule the Roost in Stock Markets
  Bloomberg
• Subprime Auto Delinquency Is Near Crisis Levels at Non-Bank Lenders
  Bloomberg
• World has racked up 7,000 protectionist measures since crisis: study
  Reuters
• Richest 1% now own half the world's wealth
  CNBC

General

• U.S. Stocks, Greenback Decline as Euro Advances: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Wholesale Prices in U.S. Rose More Than Forecast in October
  Bloomberg
• Here’s Where the GOP Tax Plan Stands Right Now
  Bloomberg
• Risks ahead for U.S. tax push as disputes linger, Trump returns
  Reuters
• China’s Economy Moderates as Retail, Factories, Investment Slow
  Bloomberg
• More Pain Ahead for China Bonds After 10-Year Yield Breaches 4%
  Bloomberg
• China Home Sales Fall by Most in Almost Three Years on Curbs
  Bloomberg
• Venezuela’s Bondholder Meeting Is a Bust as S&P Declares Default
  Bloomberg
• German Economy Beats Forecasts, Heads for Best Year Since 2011
  Bloomberg
• Top central bankers vow to talk investors out of easy money
  Reuters
• Investors thirsty for deals pump most money into quirky 'blank check' companies in a decade
  CNBC
• Citigroup, UBS Are Among the Banks Most Exposed to Wealthy Saudi
  Bloomberg
• Fed may need 'extreme' policy to deal with future shocks: Evans
  Reuters
• ‘Irrational exuberance’: fund managers gorging on risky bets, says BAML
  FT

Monday, November 13, 2017

Evening

• U.S. Stocks, Treasuries Fluctuate as Dollar Gains: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Investors Playing ETF Rout Pushed Junk Bonds to Brink of Chaos
  Bloomberg
• Puerto Rico Seeks $94 Billion in U.S. Aid for Hurricane Recovery
  Bloomberg
• Number of Systemically Important Banks to Decline Under Senate Deal
  WSJ
• Pool of negative yielding debt swells to nearly $11tn
  FT
• Chinese asset-backed securities grow like topsy
  FT

General

• Stocks Drop as Bonds Gain; Sterling Under Pressure: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Emerging-Market Bonds See Biggest Yield Jump Since Trump Victory
  Bloomberg
• Bitcoin claws back over $1,000 after losing almost a third of value
  Reuters
• China's Credit Data Show Signs Deleveraging Is Starting to Bite
  Bloomberg
• The U.S. Yield Curve Is Flattening and Here's Why It Matters
  Bloomberg
• Fed's Harker stands by call for rate hike next month
  Reuters
• General Electric slashes dividend by 50% as new CEO tries to turnaround 125-year-old conglomerate
  CNBC
• The 'second-most' important job at the Fed will soon be vacant. Here's who may get it
  CNBC
• Fed policies won't have direct linkage to BOJ steps: BOJ official
  Reuters
• Saudi Arabia confronts legacy of corruption
  FT
• Trump era brings lowest stock market volatility since early 1960s
  FT
• European corporate bond issuance set for record year
  FT
• Riskiest countries are selling debt at record rate
  FT
• IPOs Roar Back World-Wide, With Asia Driving the Boom
  WSJ

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Evening

• Asia Stocks Drop; Pound Slides With May Pressured: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Bitcoin briefly drops 15% in rocky weekend amid controversy over digital currency's future
  CNBC
• GOP leaders bullish tax bill will pass the House this week
  Politico
• House Won't Accept Repeal of Local Tax Break, Brady Says
  Bloomberg
• Saudi Arabia requests urgent Arab League meeting over Iran: Egypt state news
  Reuters
• GOP Bills Remove Some of the Tax Code’s Complexities
  WSJ
• Will the picture turn ugly for junk bonds?
  FT

General

• Saudi Arabia Credit Risk Surges Most in Almost Two Years
  Bloomberg
• What the Saudi Arrests Mean for the Kingdom's Oil Policy
  Bloomberg
• U.K.'s May Pressured as Times Says 40 MPs Signal No Confidence
  Bloomberg
• Bond Traders Brace for Inflation Data That Could Rattle the Fed
  Bloomberg
• Support for Merkel's conservatives falls to 6-yr low ahead of crunch coalition talks
  Reuters

Saturday, November 11, 2017

General

• U.S. junk bond sector ends rough week on calmer note
  Reuters
• After 20 Years of Financial Turmoil, a Columnist’s Last Shot
  NYT, Morgenson
• Declines in Stocks, Junk Bonds Reveal Cracks in Global Rally
  WSJ
• Why Investors Should Get Nervous About Tax Cuts
  WSJ
• How Germany got its gold back
  FT
• North Korea says Trump begged for a war during his Asia trip
  Reuters
• Exclusive: How Saudi Arabia turned on Lebanon's Hariri
  Reuters
• Protesters flood Barcelona demanding release of separatist leaders
  Reuters
• Italy's populist 5-Star strengthens lead after Sicily vote: poll
  Reuters

Friday, November 10, 2017

General

• Stocks Extend Drop, Bonds Fall; Dollar Fluctuates: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Oil Set for Best Weekly Run in Year as Saudi Tumult Roils Market
  Bloomberg
• Dueling Republican tax plans advance in Congress
  Reuters
• China Removes Foreign Ownership Limits on Banks, Fund Firms
  Bloomberg
• EU Raises Prospect of No Deal in December as Brexit Talks Drag
  Bloomberg
• ECB should have signaled intent to end asset buys, Nowotny says
  Reuters
• ECB Warns of Complacency Risks in Surging Euro-Area Economy
  Bloomberg
• Noble Group Tumbles as Trader's Cash Dwindles to Decade-Low
  Bloomberg
• Bitcoin slides by over $1000 in less than 48 hours
  Reuters
• Trump brings tough trade message in vision for Asia
  Reuters
• Senate Tax Plan Differs From House on Individual Rates, Timing of Corporate Rate Cut
  WSJ
• Investors shun active US equity funds
  FT
• Trump Declares New World-Trade Order
  WSJ

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Evening

• Stocks, Dollar Fall on Senate Tax Plan Concerns: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Senate tax bill expected to delay corporate rate cut until 2019
  Politico
• Here's what's in the Senate Republican tax plan
  Bloomberg
• Junk-Bond Rally Unravels, One Bad Earnings Report at a Time
  Bloomberg
• Major Stock Selloffs Just Aren't What They Used to Be
  Bloomberg
• Crude Approaches 28-Month High as Saudi Crackdown Intensifies
  Bloomberg
• Saudi Arabia tells citizens to leave Lebanon at once
  BBC
• Exclusive: Lebanon believes Saudi holds Hariri, demands return
  Reuters

General

• Stocks Drop as Miners Decline; Dollar Fluctuates: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• What Analysts Say About Nikkei's Mid-Afternoon Drop: Roundup
  Bloomberg
• In 2017, Investors Can Either Buy Bubbles or Be Left Far Behind
  Bloomberg
• Tax-cut debate in U.S. Congress swings to Senate bill
  Reuters
• House leaders race to round up tax votes
  Politico
• Fed Chair Nominee Powell Is No Ph.D., But No Pushover Either
  Bloomberg
• China Factory Prices Surge Again as Pollution Drive Curbs Output
  Bloomberg
• Here's Another Way China's Bond Market Is Walled Off From World
  Bloomberg
• Italian Debt Load Up This Year, Above 130% in 2018, EU Says
  Bloomberg
• Trump: 'I give China great credit' for taking advantage of the US — but that must change
  CNBC
• Trump warns Xi over ‘out of kilter’ US-China trade tries
  FT
• In China, Trump Cajoles Xi With Tough Talk, Flattery
  WSJ
• Democrats, GOP Spar Over Who Is to Blame for Rising Health-Insurance Premiums
  WSJ
• Trump tells China's Xi he believes North Korea solution can be found
  Reuters
• Deep in Yemen war, Saudi fight against Iran falters
  Reuters
• Middle East tensions rise as Iran and Saudi Arabia jostle for power
  FT