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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Evening

• S&P, Nasdaq dip ahead of Fed minutes; Dow hits record high
  Reuters
• U.S. existing home sales rise to 10-year high
  Bloomberg

General

• U.S. Stocks Fluctuate With Dollar as Bonds Advance: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Euro Hedging Costs Surge as Traders Respond to Political Risk
  Bloomberg
• China Insurance Watchdog Vows to Severely Punish Speculators
  Bloomberg
• China Home Prices Rise in Fewest Cities in a Year Amid Curbs
  Bloomberg
• China's Public-Private Projects Pose State Debt Risks
  Bloomberg
• Germany's 'man of the streets' Schulz plots path to defeat Merkel
  Reuters
• Exclusive: China finishing South China Sea buildings that could house missiles - U.S. officials
  Bloomberg
• Fed Minutes Could Offer Hints on Timing of Rate Rises, Balance Sheet Moves
  WSJ
• It’s Like the Financial Crisis Never Happened...
  WSJ
• The Inevitable Turn in World’s Most Important Property Market
  WSJ
• China launches fresh attack on shadow banking risk
  FT

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Afternoon

• U.S. Stocks Add to Records, Dollar Gains With Oil: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Goldman Sachs Warns U.S. Stocks Are Now Reaching Peak Optimism
  Bloomberg
• From China's Factories to Your Shopping Cart, Price Hikes Loom
  Bloomberg
• Investors Are Charging Into Emerging Market ETFs
  Bloomberg
• Hedge Funds Continue to Chase the Herd With Record Momentum Bets
  Bloomberg
• Cashin skeptical of record highs: 'We're really vulnerable'
  CNBC
• The Fed and the market are having a hard time getting on the same page
  CNBC
• ETF Investors Miss Out on the Best Commodity Trade of the Year
  Bloomberg
• Dallas Police and Fire Pension Backs Cutbacks to Avoid Collapse
  Bloomberg
• Hedge Funds Can't Sue Over Investments in Fannie and Freddie
  Bloomberg
• As an Age of Nationalism Dawns, a Multinational Deal Collapses
  NYT

General

• Dollar Rises as Gain in Mining Stocks Offsets HSBC: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• European Bonds Decline as PMI Data Point to Faster Inflation
  Bloomberg
• China to Draft Rules to Rein in Asset Management Risks
  Bloomberg
• HSBC Plunges After Missing Profit Estimates on Revenue Drop
  Bloomberg
• Yield curve proves hard to steer for nervous BOJ
  Nikkei Asian Review
• Euro-Area Economic Recovery Broadens as France Outpaces Germany
  Bloomberg
• China offers banks lure of lower reserves to get more money to ailing sectors
  Reuters
• How Political Risk Is Shifting to Developed Markets
  Bloomberg
• President Trump Will Be Able to Recast the Fed by Filling Vacancies
  WSJ
• Banks Retreat From Apartment Market
  WSJ
• German 2-year debt yields hit record low
  FT
• Rules threaten $100bn worth of China share sales
  FT

Monday, February 20, 2017

General

• Unilever Dents Europe Stock Advance as Pound Rises: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• French Bonds Slump as Political Campaign Still Seen Wide Open
  Bloomberg
• Bond Traders Are Placing Euro-Breakup Bets Again
  Bloomberg
• Greek Bond Drama Meets Realpolitik
  Bloomberg
• Chinese Banks' Off-Book Wealth Products Exceed $3.8 Trillion
  Bloomberg
• Fed’s Mester Says She’s ‘Comfortable’ With Rates Moving Higher
  Bloomberg
• Le Pen poll lead pushes Franco-German yield gap to new 2012 high
  FT

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Evening

• Yellen Can't Halt Trump Gold Rally That Hedge Funds Bet Against
  Bloomberg
• Schaeuble denies 'Grexit' threat, says Greece on right path
  Bloomberg

General

• European Bond Investors Seek Havens as Political Risks Increase
  Bloomberg
• Italy's Renzi Quits as Party Leader, Triggers Re-Election Fight
  Bloomberg
• U.S. carrier group patrols in tense South China Sea
  Reuters
• Trump Agenda Is Beset by Opposition on Many Fronts
  WSJ

Saturday, February 18, 2017

General

• ECB's Lautenschlaeger: if inflation rise persists, rate hike should come this year
  Reuters
• Global Economy Weekahead: How do you say deja vu in Greek?
  Reuters
• Merkel suggests euro is too low for Germany
  Reuters
• Remember the debt ceiling? Here it comes again
  CNBC
• 'Massive exodus' continues from active funds, and Vanguard is reaping the gains
  CNBC
• Money, Power, Family: Inside South Korea’s Chaebol
  NYT
• Defaults Slash Returns for Online Loan Investors
  WSJ
• Merkel Defends German Trade Surplus After U.S. Criticism
  WSJ

Friday, February 17, 2017

Afternoon

• Wall Street slips as bank, health stocks weigh
  Reuters
• Car Loans on the Rise as U.S. Households Borrow More: Chart
  Bloomberg

General

• Stocks Decline With Commodities as Pound Slumps: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Brexit Bulletin: Blair Calls for an Uprising
  Bloomberg
• Mnuchin Warned by Japan, Germany as G-20 Sees Policy Shift
  Bloomberg
• White House Chaos Doesn’t Bother the Stock Market
  Bloomberg
• China central bank says to tighten oversight of company debt, bank assets
  Reuters
• Japan Quietly Reflates, Buying Time for Reckoning With Debt
  Bloomberg
• BlackRock Backs Gold to Hedge Market Risk
  Bloomberg
• Ryan struggles to sell tax reform plan to fellow Republicans
  Politico
• As Tax Debate Heats Up, Lawmakers Struggle to Think of a Plan B
  WSJ

Evening

• Race for Japan's Melted Nuclear Fuel Leaves Trail of Dead Robots
  Bloomberg
• It’s an issuer’s market in US corporate bonds
  FT
• Fund’s $600 Million Lost Week Captivates Traders
  WSJ
• With $15 Left in the Bank, a Baby Boomer Makes Peace With Less
  WSJ

Thursday, February 16, 2017

General

• Equity Rally Falters as European Bonds Gain on ECB: Markets Wrap
  Bloomberg
• Frenzied Betting, Sleeping Market: Something Must Give in Oil
  Bloomberg
• Fed aims to hike rates, based on more growth and fiscal stimulus: Dudley
  Reuters
• BOJ's Kuroda warns low rates may sow seeds of new financial crisis
  Reuters
• China's Holdings of Treasuries Dropped in 2016 by Most on Record
  Bloomberg
• China's overseas investment, property purchases slump as capital controls bite
  Reuters
• ECB policymakers call for steady hand, patience - minutes
  Reuters
• Snapchat parent Snap sees up to $22.2 billion valuation after pricing IPO at $14 and $16 per share
  CNBC
• Marc Faber: Trump will be good for Asia, but not for the reason you think
  CNBC
• US consumers behind on car loan payments reach 1m
  FT
• Who’s Sucking Up All the World’s Safest Bonds?
  WSJ
• French Election Puts Possibility of ‘Frexit’ on the Agenda
  WSJ