Daily News Links

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Sunday, January 17, 2016

General

• Mideast Stocks Plummet as Iran Plans to Boost Crude Exports
  Bloomberg
• PBOC Said to Impose Reserve Ratio on Offshore Bank Yuan Accounts
  Bloomberg
• China's Hot Bond Market Seen at Risk of Default Chain Reaction
  Bloomberg
• Blame, anger, frustration as China's stock rescue effort looks defeated
  Reuters
• HKMA Pledges to Keep Currency Peg: These Are Some Alternatives
  Bloomberg
• Indebted Chinese Companies Increase Pressures on Government
  NYT
• South China Sea? For Beijing, Taiwan is the No. 1 security issue
  Reuters
• After vote, China tells Taiwan to abandon independence "hallucination"
  Reuters

Evening

• Asian Equities Rout Deepens With Japan Poised for Bear Market
  Bloomberg
• Oil slides to lowest since 2003 as Iran sanctions lifted
  Reuters
• Yen Refuge From China Rout Revives Global Buying of Japan Bonds
  Bloomberg
• Five Charts Show How Bad the Emerging-Market Stock Rout Really Is
  Bloomberg
• China's Stock Strategists Are Bracing for a Deeper Bear Market
  Bloomberg
• A world divided: Elites descend on Swiss Alps amid rising inequality
  Reuters

Saturday, January 16, 2016

General

• Taiwan opposition wins presidency, China warns against independence move
  Reuters
• Taiwan elects first female president, who vows to defend island’s sovereignty
  Washington Post
• Watch: Teenage pop star’s humiliating apology to China for waving Taiwan flag
  Washington Post
• China's economy grew by around 7 percent in 2015, services made up half of GDP - Premier
  Reuters
• Buckle your seatbelts: China could rock markets next week
  CNBC
• China launches new AIIB development bank as power balance shifts
  Reuters
• Merkel allies step up pressure over welcoming refugee policy
  Reuters

Friday, January 15, 2016

Evening

• China Credit Growth Surged in December Amid Fresh Stimulus
  Bloomberg
• Asian Stocks Rebound After U.S. Advance as Material Shares Rise
  Bloomberg

General

• Credit-Market Fear Gauge Soars as Oil Price Triggers Global Rout
  Bloomberg
• Oil Slides, Deepening Gloom in Stocks as Bond Buyers Celebrate
  Bloomberg
• Oil Falls Back Below $30 With Brent Discount Biggest Since 2010
  Bloomberg
• Emerging Markets Drop as China Enters Bear Market, Ruble Slides
  Bloomberg
• Yen Gains to 4-Month High as Retail Sales Add to Global Concern
  Bloomberg
• Asia shares hit 3-1/2-year lows as oil resumes fall
  Bloomberg
• Hong Kong Dollar Headed for Biggest Weekly Decline Since 2003
  Bloomberg
• Investors pull $9 billion from stock funds during weekly period: Lipper
  Reuters
• U.S. retail sales, industrial output data point to softer growth
  Reuters
• Retail Sales in U.S. Decrease to End Weakest Year Since 2009
  Bloomberg
• Shift in Inflation Expectations Clouds Interest-Rate Outlook
  WSJ
• Global Malaise Spurs U.S. Growth Worries
  WSJ
• Wal-Mart to Shut Hundreds of Stores
  Bloomberg
• Watch out for this $1 trillion stock bubble
  CNBC
• BHP Billiton books $7.2 billion writedown US shale assets
  Reuters
• Arab winter has become markets’ chief worry
  Reuters
• China seeks investment for disputed islands, to launch flights
  Reuters
• Schaeuble Says Schengen Close to Collapse on Refugee Inflow
  Bloomberg

Afternoon

• Dow Sinks 450 Points in Global Equity Rout as Crude Falls to $30
  Bloomberg
• Oil plunges below $29 on prospects of more Iranian crude, China worries
  Bloomberg
• There Are Bearish Signs in the Billions of Dollars Flowing in and out of ETFs
  Bloomberg
• Banks Brace for Bigger Losses After Oil Drops Below $30
  Bloomberg
• Corporate Bonds Offer Little Comfort For Jumpy Markets
  WSJ
• Economic Growth in U.S. Cracking Under Strain of Global Slowdown
  Bloomberg
• Zloty Tumbles Most Since 2011 as Polish Bonds Slide on S&P Cut
  Bloomberg
• Embattled Merkel Backed by Schaeuble as Protest in Party Grows
  Bloomberg
• Venezuela Says Inflation Surged to 141% Amid `Economic War'
  Bloomberg

Evening

• Wall St. hemorrhages as oil tumbles and China fears deepen
  Bloomberg
• Junk Bond ETFs Fall to Lowest Level Since 2009 as Oil Drops
  Bloomberg
• U.S. stocks post worst 10-day start to a year in history
  MarketWatch
• NYT] A Year Junk Bonds Lived Up to Their Name
• Stock Prices Sink in a Rising Ocean of Oil
  NYT
• Rocky Road Ahead for Big Banks
  NYT

Thursday, January 14, 2016

General

• Europe Stocks Circle Bear Market as Global Growth Worry Persists
  Bloomberg
• China's Yuan Falls Sharply in Offshore Market
  Dow Jones
• Hong Kong Dollar Drops Most Since '03 as Bets Mount on Peg's End
  Bloomberg
• Emerging-Market Stocks Drop as China Poised to Enter Bear Market
  Bloomberg
• Earnings Season Set to Confirm U.S. Slipping Into Profit Recession
  Bloomberg
• A Towering Chinese Debt Mountain Looms Behind Market Gyrations
  Bloomberg
• China’s Jittery Savers Could Pose Capital-Flight Threat
  WSJ
• PBOC Gives Mixed Signals on Plans for Yuan
  WSJ
• Oil Slump Seen Delaying $380 Billion Worth of Upstream Projects
  Bloomberg
• Gulf Widens in Credit Markets Fraught With Danger for Investors
  Bloomberg
• Does the Corporate Bond Market Have a ‘FANG’ Problem?
  Bloomberg
• Bullard: Recent ‘very substantial’ oil moves have implications for Fed action
  CNBC
• ECB sees scope for further deposit rate cuts
  Reuters
• Deutsche Bank Said to Probe Sales of Subprime Auto Securities
  Bloomberg
• Shandong Shanshui Says Bond Payment Unlikely as Dispute Deepens
  Bloomberg
• Global Junk-Rated Company Defaults Doubled in 2015, Moody's Says
  Bloomberg
• China Bear Market Looms as PBOC Fails to Stop Flight to Safety
  Bloomberg

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

General

• U.S. Stocks Halt Equities Rebound as Oil Rally Falters on Data
  Bloomberg
• Oil falls toward $30 as U.S. crude inventories rise
  Reuters
• China holds line on yuan, stocks weaken again
  Reuters
• Asian Stocks Advance as Japan Shares Jump, China Exports Rebound
  Bloomberg
• Hong Kong Yuan Interbank Rates Fall From PBOC-Driven Records
  Bloomberg
• Exclusive: China may replace key cabinet official to battle slowing growth, market turmoil
  Reuters
• Offshore Yuan Set for Record Five-Day Gain as China Curbs Supply
  Bloomberg
• Currency Swings Sap U.S. Corporate Profits by Most in Four Years
  Bloomberg
• Fed's Rosengren Says Growth, Inflation Risks Threaten Rate Path
  Bloomberg
• Beijing Flexes Muscle to Put Yuan in Line
  WSJ
• Surging China-Hong Kong Trade Raises Doubts Over Recovery
  Bloomberg
• From chaos to calm: one year on from Swiss 'Frankenschock'
  Reuters
• Podemos Raises Spanish Socialists' Hopes of Pact to Oust Rajoy
  Bloomberg

Afternoon

• U.S. Stocks Tumble as Selloff Resumes, Led by Consumer Shares
  Bloomberg
• Credit-Fear Gauge Jumps Above 100 for First Time in Three Years
  Bloomberg
• The Peer-to-Peer Loan Industry Has Been Getting Slammed
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Steps Up Scrutiny of Cash Real Estate Deals in N.Y., Miami
  Bloomberg
• The Quiet Side of China’s Market Intervention
  WSJ
• Merkel Fires Back at Opponents of Her Open-Door Refugee Policy
  Bloomberg

Evening

• Nikkei plummets 3.34% at start of trading after Dow dives amid China worries
  Japan Times
• Shanghai Composite Index Falls Below August Closing Low
  Bloomberg
• Japan machinery orders fall most in 18 months, add to outlook worries
  Reuters
• Goldman Sachs to shed up to 10 percent of its sales, fixed income team: WSJ
  Reuters
• Asian Stock Futures Signal Return to Rout as Crude Languishes
  Bloomberg
• Money Leaving Emerging Markets Faster Than Ever Amid China Slump
  Bloomberg
• Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Down 11% in 2016 After '15 Losses
  Bloomberg

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Evening

• China Steadies Yuan's Fixing as Officials Seek to Calm Markets
  Bloomberg
• Japan Stocks Fall for Sixth Day as Markets Reopen After Holiday
  Bloomberg
• Chicago Moves Toward Borrowing Another $2.65 Billion in 2016
  Bloomberg
• Half of US shale drillers may go bankrupt: Oppenheimer's Gheit
  CNBC

General

• U.S. Stocks Pare Gains as Oil Slides Following China's Efforts
  Bloomberg
• European Stocks Rise as Commodities Pare Drop, China Stabilizes
  Bloomberg
• China Steps Up Yuan Intervention as Offshore Shorts Get Squeezed
  Bloomberg
• Corporate-Credit Outlook Weakens to Worst Since Crisis, S&P Says
  Bloomberg
• All That Commercial Lending by Banks Suddenly Isn't Looking so Hot
  Bloomberg
• ‘Murderous’ Yuan Rate Jolts Hong Kong as Top Currency Hub
  Bloomberg
• Yuan Borrowing Rate Surges in Hong Kong: What You Need to Know
  Bloomberg
• China seeks to stabilize yuan, stocks still fragile
  Reuters
• Hong Kong's Yuan Interbank Rates Rise to Record Highs
  Bloomberg
• Oil Plunge Sparks Bankruptcy Concerns
  WSJ
• Reserve selling lifts safer government bond yields
  FT
• Swiss canton tells taxpayers to delay settling bills
  FT
• Chinese banking regulator asks banks to reduce yields on wealth management products: sources
  Reuters
• Exclusive: Billionaire Lasry's junk fund stops reporting asset levels amid turmoil
  Reuters
• Crude oil prices fall as much as 20 percent since beginning of the year
  Reuters
• Beijing Taps Old Playbook: Nationalism
  WSJ
• Suicide bomber kills 10 people, mainly Germans, in Istanbul
  Reuters
• Attacks in Turkey Escalate as Regional Turmoil Spreads: Timeline
  Bloomberg

Afternoon

• Oil slump nears $30 a barrel mark on unabated output
  Reuters
• Yen Starts 2016 as Currency of Choice on China Tumult, Oil Slide
  Bloomberg
• Copper Sags to Six-Year Low as Barclays Cuts Forecasts on China
  Bloomberg
• The Possibility of $20 Oil Doesn't Sound So Crazy Anymore
  Bloomberg
• Balance Sheets to Swell $2.8 Trillion as Leasing Rules Tighten
  Bloomberg
• An Attack on Democracy? Worries over Poland Mount in Brussels and Berlin
  Der Spiegel

Monday, January 11, 2016

General

• U.S. Stocks Fluctuate on China Woes as Treasuries, Yen Decline
  Bloomberg
• Crude Oil Tumbles to 12-Year Low as Hedge Funds Head for Exit
  Bloomberg
• Asia Stocks Fall to Lowest Since 2011, Extending Global Selloff
  Bloomberg
• Hong Kong Yuan Interbank Rate Rises by Record to All-Time High
  Bloomberg
• Chinese Stocks Extend Decline as Economic Growth Concerns Deepen
  Bloomberg
• China’s credit binge is the real concern
  FT
• China banks feel the heat of meltdown
  FT
• Rand Has Flash Crash as China's Woes Trigger Drop of Up to 9%
  Bloomberg
• Rand Meltdown Brings South African Recession, Junk Rating Closer
  Bloomberg
• Emerging-Market ETFs Suffer Worst Loss in 8 Weeks, Led by Taiwan
  Bloomberg
• JPMorgan: Potential Capital Outflows from China Have Become "Practically Boundless"
  Bloomberg
• China's Demand for Crude is Showing Signs of Cracking
  Bloomberg
• Oil Seen Heading to $20 by Morgan Stanley on Dollar Strength
  Bloomberg
• Arch Coal files for bankruptcy
  Reuters
• Intervention Loses Potency Just as Currency Wars Seen Escalating
  Bloomberg
• China defends South China Sea reef landings after Vietnam complaint
  Economic Times
• Merkel under pressure as German gangs lash out against foreigners
  Reuters

Afternoon

• Oil tumbles nearly 5 percent to new lows; analysts warn of $20s
  Reuters
• Crude Oil Tumbles to 12-Year Low as Hedge Funds Head for Exit
  Bloomberg
• Dow, S&P 500 end up slightly in late turnaround
  Reuters
• Exclusive: Hedge funds stars join losers' club for first time
  Reuters
• Currency Volatility Jumps to 3-Month High as Turmoil Persists
  Bloomberg
• Glencore Debt Swaps Jump to Six-Year High as Copper Price Slides
  Bloomberg
• Fed Sent Record $97.7 Billion in Profits to U.S. Treasury in 2015
  Dow Jones