Daily News Links

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Sunday, January 3, 2016

General

• Saudi Arabia cuts ties with Iran as row over cleric's death escalates
  Reuters
• Big oil to cut investment again in 2016
  Bloomberg
• China's Two-Speed Economy Stays Intact as Factories Slump, Services Gain
  Bloomberg
• Stournaras Warns on Measures as Tsipras Defiant on Pensions
  Bloomberg
• China Rejects Vietnam's Protest Over Flight to Disputed Islands
  Bloomberg
• Iran predicts 'divine vengeance' after Saudis execute Shi'ite cleric
  Reuters
• Shi'ites across the Middle East decry execution of Saudi cleric
  Reuters

Evening

• Asian Stocks Decline as Investors Weigh Tension in Middle East
  Bloomberg
• Yen Rises as Investors Monitor Saudi Tension; Stocks Signal Drop
  Bloomberg
• Fed's new rate-hike tools passed key test, Fischer says
  Reuters

Saturday, January 2, 2016

General

• China’s Economy Starts 2016 at Slowest Pace in Years
  Reuters
• China’s Crash Course: How a Turbulent Year Derailed Reform
  WSJ
• Europe’s Fractious Politics Loom as Threat to Markets
  WSJ
• Iran Plans More Missiles After Threat of Sanctions
  CNBC/NYT
• Putin names United States among threats in new Russian security strategy
  Reuters
• Vietnam protests after China lands plane on disputed Spratlys
  Reuters

Friday, January 1, 2016

General

• China Factory Gauge Signals a Fifth Month of Contraction
  Bloomberg
• Oil ends 2015 down 35 percent; long, painful hangover seen
  Reuters
• Market Volatility Causes IPO Market to Stall Out in 2015
  NYT
• Merger frenzy hit new high in 2015
  USA Today
• Rough Year Adds More Stress to Hedge Funds
  WSJ

Thursday, December 31, 2015

General

• Oil ends 2015 in downbeat mood; hangover to be long, painful
  Reuters
• China cracks whip on foreign banks with forex shut-out
  Reuters
• China Fires a Warning Shot at Yuan Speculators With Bank Bans
  Bloomberg
• Battered Yuan Posts Worst Year Since 1994 as HSBC Preaches Calm
  Bloomberg
• More Pain Seen for Emerging Stocks, Currencies as China Slows
  Bloomberg
• European Stocks Pare Annual Gains With Worst December Since 2002
  Bloomberg
• Here Are the Best- and Worst-Performing Assets of 2015
  Bloomberg
• The Year the Hedge-Fund Model Stalled on Main Street
  WSJ
• Iraqi PM says Turkey not respecting agreement to withdraw troops
  Reuters

Evening

• Final-Day Selloff Sends S&P 500 to First Yearly Drop Since 2011
  Bloomberg

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

General

• Puerto Rico to Default on $37 Million Bond Payments Due Jan. 1
  Bloomberg
• Brazil Real Plunges as Minimum-Wage Hike Worsens Fiscal Outlook
  Bloomberg
• Stocks Drop With Commodity Currencies as Offshore Yuan Weakens
  Bloomberg
• Oil rebound fizzles, sending global shares lower
  Reuters
• Oil Investors Suffer Record Second Year of Misery
  Bloomberg
• Offshore Yuan Declines to Five-Year Low as China Loosens Grip
  Bloomberg
• Ruble Caps Third Annual Slump as Oil Seen Stoking Losses in 2016
  Bloomberg
• China Market Meddling Widens Rift in Onshore-Offshore Prices
  Bloomberg
• China central bank temporarily suspends some FX business of several foreign banks: sources
  Reuters
• China eyes fiscal splurge to cushion reforms, slowing growth
  Reuters
• Emerging-Market Sentiment Turns More Bearish on Oil, Fed's Path
  Bloomberg
• Puerto Rico faces key test as January 1 deadline on debt payments looms
  Reuters
• World's Worst Carry Trade Found in Brazil as 2016 Outlook Dims
  Bloomberg
• Noble Group Shares Tumble After Moody's Cuts Rating to Junk
  Bloomberg
• Puerto Rico Debt Crisis Closes In on Jan. 1 Deadline
  NYT
• Landlords Face Slowing Price Gains After U.S. Records Shattered
  Bloomberg
• These Charts Show the Astounding Rise in Passive Management
  Bloomberg
• Warren Buffett faces worst year on stock market since 2009
  CNBC/FT
• Massive Methane Leak Displaces Thousands in Southern California
  CNBC
• Iraqi FM says could use military option against Turkey if forced
  Reuters

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Evening

• Most Asian Equities Slide as Energy, Materials Companies Retreat
  Bloomberg
• Equities pulled lower by oil, China concerns
  Reuters
• Marc Faber: U.S. Stock Market Will Go Down in 2016
  Bloomberg Video
• Opinion: Fed gradualism sets us up for another financial crisis
  MarketWatch, Roach
• Fed Poised to Look a Bit More Divided
  WSJ
• Oil companies brace for a grim 2016 amid sustained price crash
  FT
• China Bond Defaults Seen Rising as Borrowing Costs Climb in 2016
  Bloomberg
• Oil slump weighing on housing markets in Texas, North Dakota
  Houston Chronicle
• Feeling a little warm this year? 2015 will set a record
  CNBC

General

• Marc Faber Takes on Yellen With Recession Call, Likes Treasuries
  Bloomberg
• Hedge Funds Struggle With Steep Losses and High Expectations
  NYT
• Oil-Producing States Battered as Tax-Gushing Wells Are Shut Down
  Bloomberg
• Double-digit home price gains continue in some cities, S&P/Case-Shiller says
  MarketWatch
• Putin's Bailout Bank Needs a Rescue; It's an $18 Billion Whopper
  Bloomberg
• China’s Xi tells grumbling party cadres: ‘Don’t talk back’
  Washington Post

Monday, December 28, 2015

Evening

• Asian Stocks Trading Near Three-Week High as Industrials Gain
  Bloomberg
• Oil Halts Gains Near 3-Week High as Iran Says Exports `Priority'
  Bloomberg
• Shale's Running Out of Survival Tricks as OPEC Ramps Up Pressure
  Bloomberg
• Asia M&A hits record, deals top $1 trillion in 2015
  CNBC
• Japan output, retail sales slump, dampen recovery prospects
  Reuters
• Japan's Industrial Output Drops For the First Time in Three Months
  Bloomberg
• Central Banks’ Shock Therapy Has Investors on Edge
  WSJ
• Oil drop threatens to push energy groups into liquidation
  FT

General

• U.S. Companies Led the World in Debt Defaults in 2015, S&P Says
  Bloomberg
• Oil down 3 percent, Brent near 11-year low on fears of weaker 2016
  Bloomberg
• Stocks Decline in Wake of China Selloff as Crude, Ruble Retreat
  Bloomberg
• Brazilian Stocks Decline as Commodities Fall on China and Iran
  Bloomberg
• Treasuries Draw Weakest Demand Since '09 as Central Banks Unload
  Bloomberg
• Commodity Funds Hemorrhage Cash as Investors Bail at Record Pace
  Bloomberg
• China Shares Log Biggest Fall in a Month
  WSJ
• The Year Nothing Worked: Stocks, Bonds, Cash Go Nowhere
  Bloomberg
• China Fault Lines: Where Economic Turbulence Could Start in 2016
  Bloomberg
• China Clamps Down on Online Lenders, Vowing to `Cleanse' Market
  Bloomberg
• Which Puerto Rico Bond Defaults Next? 42% Yields Provide a Clue
  Bloomberg
• ‘Safe’ Puerto Rican Debt Stirs Worries
  WSJ
• Wall Street Predicts Corporate America's Bond Binge Will Go on
  Bloomberg
• A Breakdown of the 2016 Saudi Budget and Its Implications
  Bloomberg