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Friday, May 5, 2017

Evening

• S&P 500 Limps to Record While ETF Investors Turn Sour on Stocks
  Bloomberg
• China finmin skips summit with Japan, Korea to attend emergency meeting
  Reuters
• Suddenly, Oil Below $40 a Barrel Doesn't Seem So Far-Fetched
  Bloomberg
• From two would-be Fed leaders, the central bank needs to change
  Reuters
• Fed should start trimming balance sheet in second half: Bullard
  Reuters
• Five Charts That Explain Crude Oil's Sudden Nosedive Toward $45
  Bloomberg
• India Empowers RBI to Resolve World's Worst Bad Debt Problem
  Bloomberg
• France: A divided nation decides
  FT
• Quantitative Investing: A Crisis Waiting to Happen
  WSJ

General

• U.S. Stocks Fluctuate With Treasuries on Jobs Data: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Oil spill leaves commodities spinning, safe-havens shine
  Reuters
• U.S. Job Gains Rebound; Unemployment Falls to Pre-Crisis Low
  Bloomberg
• Chinese Shares Tumble as Oil Slump Exacerbates Drop on Crackdown
  Bloomberg
• Decision Time for France as Polls Show Macron’s Lead Holding
  Bloomberg
• Bad Week for Oil and Iron Ore Gets Worse, Spurring Contagion
  Bloomberg
• China's Renewed Drive to Tame Its Debt Pile Starts to Bite
  Bloomberg
• China's insurance regulator bans Anbang Life for three months
  Reuters
• Senate Moves Obamacare Repeal to Slow Lane
  Bloomberg
• OPEC Runs Out of Options as Bid to Boost Oil Price Fizzles
  Bloomberg
• China’s War on Debt Causes Stocks to Drop, Bond Yields to Shoot Up and Defaults to Rise
  WSJ
• Screws Tighten on Risky Chinese Insurance
  WSJ
• Assessing the Impact of the House GOP Health Bill
  WSJ
• The Great Productivity Slowdown
  WSJ
• China commodities rout continues as iron ore, coking coal tumble
  FT
• North Korea Accuses U.S. of Plot to Assassinate Kim Jong Un
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Jet Fighters Flex Muscle Amid Russia Tensions
  WSJ

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Afternoon

• House Passes Obamacare Repeal in Razor-Thin GOP Victory
  Bloomberg
• With House vote, Obamacare replacement heads to more skeptical Senate
  CNBC
• Wall Street ends flat as health bill passes; energy slammed
  Reuters
• Iron Ore Routed as ‘Center of Gravity’ Seen in Constant Decline
  Bloomberg
• Oil's OPEC-Driven Gain Wiped Out as Shale Boom Offsets Cuts
  Bloomberg
• Atlanta Fed trims U.S. second-quarter GDP growth view to 4.2 percent
  Reuters
• Macron cements bid for French presidency after bitter TV debate
  Reuters

General

• Oil Rout Takes U.S. Stocks Lower; Treasuries Slip: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Macron, earnings hopes send European shares to 20-month high
  Reuters
• China Stock Slump Deepens as Regulatory Crackdown Spooks Traders
  Bloomberg
• Oil prices fall below $47 a barrel to weakest level since OPEC announced output cuts
  Reuters
• Metals Extend Sell-Off on Mounting Concerns Over Demand in China
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Productivity Falls by Most in a Year; Labor Costs Climb
  Bloomberg
• Trump faces major test as vote looms on U.S. healthcare bill
  Reuters
• S&P 500 tech index edges toward $5 trillion while Apple steals spotlight
  Reuters
• Why the Retail Crisis Could Be Coming to American Groceries
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Trade Gap Narrower Than Forecast as Service Exports Rise
  Bloomberg
• China April service sector growth slowest in nearly a year: Caixin PMI
  Reuters
• China's Risk Crackdown Is Rattling its Municipal Bond Market
  Bloomberg
• Surging Debt Has Weakened Australia's Resilience, RBA's Lowe Says
  Bloomberg
• Fed Sees Growth Rebounding, Remains on Track for Two More Rate Rises in 2017
  WSJ
• The Investor Anxiety that the Market’s ‘Fear Gauge’ Is Missing
  WSJ
• Iron Buckles Under Tighter Chinese Credit
  WSJ
• China commodities prices dive as liquidity tightens further
  FT
• Wilbur Ross demands results after ‘endless’ dialogue on trade deficit
  FT
• Trump’s Plan to Isolate North Korea Faces Trouble—in the South
  WSJ
• North Korea Issues Direct Criticism of China Amid Nuke Dispute
  Reuters

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Evening

• U.S. Stocks Slip in Copper Rout, Fed Boosts Dollar: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Fed Refrains From Rate Hike While Maintaining Sunny Outlook
  Bloomberg
• Service Industries in U.S. Grow at Faster Pace Than Forecast
  Bloomberg
• Puerto Rico Files for Historic $70 Billion Debt Restructuring
  Bloomberg
• Bernanke Questions Strategy and Timing of Trump Tax Cut Plans
  Bloomberg
• Banks Pull Back on Car Loans as Used-Auto Prices Plummet
  WSJ
• Puerto Rico Placed Under Bankruptcy Protection
  WSJ

General

• Stocks Sag on Apple Miss; Dollar Climbs Before Fed: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Service Industries in U.S. Expand at Faster Pace Than Projected
  Bloomberg
• ADP Says Companies in U.S. Boosted Payrolls by 177,000 in April
  Bloomberg
• Undecided GOP rep: Healthcare bill still a few votes short
  The Hill
• Big Summer Shutdowns Loom for U.S. Auto Plants as Sales Sputter
  Bloomberg
• Why Greenspan's Bond Market Conundrum Looks Like the New Normal
  Bloomberg
• China Seeks to Calm Investors With Words and Cash After Rout
  Bloomberg
• China to step up crackdown on illegal forex deals in 2017
  Reuters
• Toronto Home Price Growth Slows in April as New Listings Soar
  Bloomberg
• Political Turmoil Is High, but Wall Street’s Fear Gauge Is Very Low
  NYT
• Fed Rate Rise Unlikely Wednesday, but Possible June Move in Focus
  WSJ
• GOP’s Health-Bill Woes Show New Power of Party’s Centrist Wing
  WSJ
• Home Capital drama raises fears for Canada’s housing boom
  FT
• Hawkish central bank sends China interest rates to 2-year high
  FT

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Evening

• Apple Weighs on Nasdaq Futures as FOMC Awaited: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Apple Sells Fewer iPhones in Last Quarter, Shares Slide
  Bloomberg
• Vancouver Home-Price Surge Defies Canadian Housing Jitters
  Bloomberg
• Jeff Gundlach sees summer correction in the stock market
  CNBC

Afternoon

• U.S. Stocks Fluctuate With Dollar as Oil Retreats: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Auto Sales Fall for Fourth Straight Month
  Bloomberg
• Kyle Bass Sees China's Wealth Management Products as Key Risk
  Bloomberg
• Pledging more austerity, Greece cuts deal with lenders
  Reuters
• If Anything Can Shake the Fed’s 2017 Rate Path, It’s These Risks
  Bloomberg
• It Took Investors Just Four Months To Pull Nearly $7 Billion From Hedge Fund Giant
  WSJ

General

• Global Stocks Climb Amid Earnings as Yen Weakens: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Budget deal may map U.S. Congress road ahead, via Trump bypass
  Reuters
• Euro-Area Manufacturing Expands at Fastest Pace in Six Years
  Bloomberg
• China April factory growth slows to weakest in seven months: Caixin PMI
  Reuters
• China’s $11 Trillion Economy and Markets Are in a Tug of War
  Bloomberg
• Italy Is Europe's Next Big Problem
  Bloomberg
• Alitalia Starts Bankruptcy Proceedings After Turnaround Fails
  Bloomberg
• Hedge Funds Pile in to Long Bets on Bonds Just as Dangers Build
  Bloomberg
• Canadian Lender Draws on Emergency Line as Deposits Flow Out
  WSJ
• ECB should talk in June about 2018, eventual QE exit: Nowotny
  Reuters
• Donald Trump Gambles on Big Health-Care Victory
  WSJ
• Trump Preparing to Replace Top Banking Regulator
  WSJ
• Wall Street Fear Gauge VIX Sinks to Decade Low
  WSJ
• Will Trump ‘Do a Big Number’ on the Big Banks?
  NYT
• US share buyback plan approvals plunge
  FT
• Bank of Japan splashes big on ETFs
  FT
• North Korea says U.S. bomber flights push peninsula to brink of nuclear war
  Reuters

Monday, May 1, 2017

Evening

• U.S. Stocks Rise on Earnings as Treasuries Slump: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Trump Weighs Breaking Up Wall Street Banks, Raising U.S. Gas Tax
  Bloomberg
• China's Markets and Economy Are Going in Different Directions
  Bloomberg
• China’s Credit Slowdown Poses a Threat to Global Growth
  WSJ
• Global Deal Making Falls to Slowest Pace in 20 Years
  WSJ

General

• U.S. Stocks Advance as Treasuries Fall With Gold: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Consumer Spending in U.S. Stalls in March
  Bloomberg
• Congress Inks Spending Deal That Jettisons Trump Priorities
  Bloomberg
• U.S. congressional talks yield deal to fund government through September: source
  Reuters
• China leverage rising at 'alarming pace': central bank official
  Reuters
• ETF Issuers Rush to Capitalize on Trump
  Bloomberg
• U.S. small business borrowing stalls in March
  Reuters
• Former Fed Chair Bernanke thinks 3% growth 'possible but probably not that likely'
  CNBC
• Fed's Cut in Huge Bond Holdings May Be Messier Than Yellen Hopes
  Bloomberg
• Home Capital’s Next Hitch: Keeping Cash Crunch Under Control
  Bloomberg
• Japan final April PMI shows manufacturing activity accelerating, export orders solid
  Reuters
• Italy's Renzi regains party leadership with big primary win
  Reuters
• Defiant North Korea hints at nuclear tests to boost force 'to the maximum'
  Reuters
• Asian nations pulled into China's orbit as Trump puts America first
  Reuters
• Anbang, Chinese Company With Global Reach, Faces New Scrutiny
  NYT
• China Looks to Export Auto Overcapacity on Slow-Growth World
  WSJ
• Hackers Ran Through Holes in Swift’s Network
  WSJ
• Fed edges gingerly towards talk of shrinking its balance sheet
  FT
• Australia record home sale highlights bubble risks
  FT

Sunday, April 30, 2017

Evening

• Stocks Advance, Yen Erases Gain on Congress Deal: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Looks at Sanctions, Military Action to Counter North Korea
  Bloomberg
• Trump could target 'carried interest' tax loophole: official
  Reuters
• David Stockman: Trump’s tax plan is ‘dead on arrival’ and Wall St. is ‘delusional' for believing it
  CNBC
• Fed Officials Expected to Keep Rates Steady
  WSJ
• Trump Pushing for Vote on Health Bill, but Stumbling Blocks Remain
  WSJ
• On Trade, a Politically Feisty Trump Risks Economic Damage
  NYT
• As China’s Investors Rush In, Hong Kong Shares Take a Wild Ride
  NYT

General

• China April manufacturing growth slows faster than expected
  Reuters
• Unraveling Home Capital Has Ex-Investor Mulling Contagion Odds
  Bloomberg
• EU Throws Down Brexit Gauntlet to U.K. as Talks Edge Closer
  Bloomberg
• Turkey Threatens Further Strikes on U.S.-allied Syrian Kurds
  Bloomberg
• EU calls Theresa May’s Brexit stance ‘completely unreal’
  FT

Saturday, April 29, 2017

General

• Five unanswered questions about Trump's tax plan
  The Hill
• Le Pen Has Potential Prime Minister, No Rush on Euro Exit
  Bloomberg
• EU Leaders Agree United Front Ahead of Brexit Talks
  Bloomberg
• Trump to Order a Study on Abuses of U.S. Trade Agreements
  Reuters
• North Korea test-fires ballistic missile in defiance of world pressure
  Reuters
• Larry Fink: Expect ‘Severe Issue’ in U.S. Economy If Trump’s Tax Plan Adds to Deficit
  WSJ
• The Calculated Rise of France’s Emmanuel Macron
  WSJ
• The market’s risky bet on stability
  FT
• Distressed-debt players rule the roost in Trump’s White House
  FT
• Mr Market learning to tell Trump’s bark from his bite
  FT