Daily News Links

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Monday, July 31, 2017

Evening

• Asia Stocks Point Lower as Yen, Euro Extend Gains: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Stocks Limp to the Finish of a Healthy July: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Chicago Pension Bills Soar as City Pays Up to Keep Funds Solvent
  Bloomberg
• History says there's a 99% chance stock market returns will be subpar from here
  CNBC
• Potential U.S. Oil Sanctions Boost Risk of Venezuela Default
  Bloomberg
• Greenspan Sees Return of Stagflation Unseen Since 1970s
  Bloomberg
• Trump tax reform plan heads into quagmire
  FT
• Multinationals in China brace for online crackdown
  FT
• Pentagon Offers Plan to Arm Ukraine
  WSJ

General

• U.S. Stocks Mixed, Dollar Gains as Treasuries Slip: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Republicans Face Tough Choice: Repeal Obamacare or Cut Taxes
  Bloomberg
• Inflation Hits Low Bar Draghi Set as Stimulus Debate Gets Closer
  Bloomberg
• China central bank to ensure smooth, orderly deleveraging, assistant governor says
  Reuters
• China Factory PMI Suggests Economic Momentum Dialed Back in July
  Bloomberg
• Exclusive: MSCI warns Chinese companies about suspending trading of shares
  Reuters
• China Asks Waldorf Owner Anbang to Sell Assets Abroad, Sources Say
  Bloomberg
• China hits back at Trump criticism over North Korea
  Reuters
• Mysterious craters blowing out of Russia could mean trouble for the whole planet
  CNBC
• Late Credit-Card Payments Stoke Fears for Banks
  WSJ
• Donald Trump Deepens GOP Divide
  WSJ
• You are too complacent, central bankers warn markets
  FT
• Trump’s rift widens with Republicans
  FT
• One of China’s biggest P2P lenders quits ahead of clampdown
  FT

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Evening

• Asia Stocks Open Little Changed; Oil Nudges $50: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Trump's Dollar Mess: Losses Pile Up as Political Drama Mounts
  Bloomberg
• A Look Under China's Hood Reveals an Economic Divergence
  Bloomberg
• Next Up for GOP Congress: Raising the Debt Ceiling
  WSJ

General

• Trump expresses frustration with China over North Korea, hints at retaliation
  CNBC
• Real estate booms in China's small cities, but construction outpaces demand
  Reuters
• U.S. flies bombers over Korean peninsula after North Korea missile test
  Reuters
• China Shows Off Military Might, and Xi Jinping Puts Rivals on Notice
  NYT
• Pro-Russian Separatists Harden Split from Ukraine
  Spiegel

Saturday, July 29, 2017

General

• ECB should think about when it wants to wind down bond buys: Lautenschlaeger
  Reuters
• Venezuela money supply surges 10 percent in one week, fastest in 25 years
  Reuters
• The Great Transatlantic Bond Divergence Unwind
  WSJ
• Iran says new tensions between Revolutionary Guards and U.S. Navy
  Reuters

Friday, July 28, 2017

General

• U.S. Stocks Fall, Dollar Weakens After Growth Data: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• U.S. economic growth picks up in second quarter, wages continue to lag
  Reuters
• German Inflation Unexpectedly Steady as ECB Nears Exit Debate
  Bloomberg
• Russia orders out U.S. diplomats in sanctions retaliation
  Reuters
• North Korea fired a missile that may have landed in Japan: Japanese PM
  CNBC
• U.S. orders Venezuela embassy families out, crisis deepens
  Reuters
• Pakistan faces political turmoil as PM Sharif ousted in wealth probe
  Reuters

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Evening

• Asia Stocks Face Mixed Start; Dollar Rebounds: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Stocks Slide as Volatility Spikes, Dollar Gains: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Ryan Gives Up on Border-Adjusted Tax on Imports After Attack
  Bloomberg
• Trump fade: Investors reallocating as president's agenda derails
  CNBC
• Wall Street legend Byron Wien finds something about this market to be 'disturbing'
  CNBC
• Pulled debt sales fail to shake belief in Asia’s Goldilocks outlook
  FT

General

• Stocks Mixed Amid Slew of Earnings; Dollar Steady: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Tax Overhaul in Doubt as House GOP Stuck on Budget Disagreements
  Bloomberg
• Senate poised for healthcare showdown
  Reuters
• Bannon Is Said to Call for 44% Tax on Incomes Above $5 Million
  Bloomberg
• Germany Tightens Grip on EU Posts as Draghi Succession Nears
  Bloomberg
• Libor: The Rise and Fall of ‘The World’s Most Important Number’
  Bloomberg
• Deutsche Bank Warns on Outlook as Cryan's Turnaround Slows
  Bloomberg
• Behind an $18 Billion Donation to a New York Charity, a Shadowy Chinese Conglomerate
  NYT
• Investors May Feel Left Out of Fed’s Plans
  WSJ
• Wall Street Needs You to Borrow Against Your Stock
  WSJ
• HNA’s Biggest Shareholder Doesn’t Really Exist Yet
  WSJ
• China’s HNA to be held by little-known charities
  FT
• Covered bonds: the European link to Canada’s house price boom
  FT

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Evening

• Dollar Drops, Treasuries Rise on Inflation View: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Fed Says Balance-Sheet Unwind to Start ‘Relatively Soon’
  Bloomberg
• The Fed May Not Be the Master of Its Balance-Sheet Fate
  Bloomberg
• Fed leaves rates unchanged
  CNBC
• Federal Reserve 'dragging its feet' on rate hikes: Expert
  CNBC
• Tax Overhaul Framework May Go Public This Week
  Bloomberg
• The Speech That Transformed European Markets—Five Years Later
  WSJ
• Fed ready to unwind crisis-era stimulus from next meeting
  FT
• Enthusiasm for US corporate debt near post-crisis high
  FT
• Trump, Sessions and America’s looming constitutional crisis
  FT

General

• Stocks Lifted by Earnings, Commodities; Bonds Gain: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Fed Balance Sheet Shifts Into Limelight Absent Rate Hike Urgency
  Bloomberg
• Fed expected to leave rates unchanged; balance sheet in focus
  Reuters
• Pace of U.S. New-Home Sales Suggests Steady Housing Strength
  Bloomberg
• Wall Street regulator sets sights on digital coin offerings
  Reuters
• U.S. Signals Clampdown on Red-Hot Digital Coin Offerings
  Bloomberg
• HNA's $416 Million Global Eagle Investment Deal Collapses
  Bloomberg
• HNA, the Curious Company Worrying China and U.S.: QuickTake Q&A
  Bloomberg
• Japanese firms avoiding price hikes now but sentiment is changing: BOJ's Nakaso
  Reuters
• China to turn all centrally owned giants into joint-stock firms by 2017
  Reuters
• As India and China face off in the mountains, a new confrontation is growing in the ocean
  CNBC
• Fixation with end of easy money puts Australia in the crosshairs
  FT
• Russia Warns of ‘Painful’ Response If Trump Backs U.S. Sanctions
  Bloomberg

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Evening

• Stocks Extend Global Rally on Earnings, Bonds Fall: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Trump says Yellen and Cohn possible Fed chair picks: WSJ
  Reuters
• It's Five Years Since Draghi's 'Whatever It Takes'
  Bloomberg
• Final decision on steel trade policy may have to wait, Trump tells WSJ
  Reuters
• Fund Managers and Strategists Think the Bull Market Is Ending Next Year
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Signals Clampdown on Red-Hot Digital Coin Offerings
  Bloomberg
• Jobs lift U.S. consumer confidence to near 16-year high
  Reuters
• Cohn and Yellen Are Among Trump’s Contenders to Lead Fed
  WSJ

General

• Stocks Rally as Bonds Slip, Industrial Metals Gain: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Oil Extends Advance to $47 as Saudis Pledge Deep Export Cuts
  Bloomberg
• Steady Home-Price Gains in 20 U.S. Cities Show Tight Inventory
  Bloomberg
• Government Shutdown Odds Grow With GOP Border Wall Funding Bill
  Bloomberg
• 'Euphoric' exporters lift German business morale to new high
  Reuters
• BOJ newcomers back 2 percent price goal, say too early to debate stimulus exit
  Bloomberg
• Economists Raise China GDP Forecast After Growth Beats Estimates
  Bloomberg
• Record-Low ECB Rates Are a €1 Trillion Government Windfall
  Businessweek
• China’s HNA Discloses Shift of Ownership Stake to Foundation
  NYT
• China will protect border with India ‘at all costs’
  SCMP
• Venezuela Bonds Slide Following Sanctions Threat
  WSJ
• Credit default swaps: a $10tn market that leaves few happy
  FT
• Zombie companies keep ECB policymakers awake at night
  FT
• Abe Overtaken by Rival as Top Choice for Japan Premier in Poll
  Bloomberg
• China urges halt to oil drilling in disputed South China Sea
  Reuters
• For China’s Global Ambitions, ‘Iran Is at the Center of Everything’
  NYT