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Thursday, April 28, 2016

General

• Yen soars, stocks slump as BOJ holds policy, pushes back inflation target
  Reuters
• U.S. Economy Expands to 0.5% Pace, Weakest in Two Years
  Bloomberg
• Markets Get the Worst Kind of Kuroda Surprise as BOJ Stands Pat
  Bloomberg
• Bank of Japan Stuns Market by Holding Off on More Stimulus
  Bloomberg
• Nikkei falls 2.5%, dollar/yen drops 1.9% after Bank of Japan keeps policy steady
  CNBC
• China's $1 Trillion Bond Leverage Unwinds as Pimco Senses Panic
  Bloomberg
• After $261 Billion Binge, Chinese Commodity Speculators Drop Out
  Bloomberg
• Asia's Market Giants Turn Into $11 Trillion Headache for Traders
  Bloomberg
• Puerto Rico Risks Historic Default as Congress Chooses Inaction
  Bloomberg
• Laid-Off Oil Workers Struggle to Pay Loans, Credit Cards
  WSJ
• Currency Trading's 20% Drop Raises Specter of Flash-Crash Future
  Bloomberg
• As Valeant Tumbles, So Does Bill Ackman’s Hedge Fund Herd
  NYT
• Global Smartphone Market Shrank Annually for First Time in First Quarter: Strategy Analytics
  Reuters
• China won't allow chaos or war on Korean peninsula: Xi
  Reuters
• China prompts criticism with tough curbs on foreign NGOs
  Reuters

Evening

• U.S. Stocks Drop as Dollar's Plunge Boosts Commodities to Bonds
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Corporate Profits on Pace for Third Straight Decline
  WSJ
• China's Stocks, Bonds, Yuan Are a Triple Losing Bet This Month
  Bloomberg
• Germany's Anti-Immigration Party Takes Aim at the ECB
  Bloomberg

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Evening

• Apple Forecasts Second Sales Drop as iPhone Woes Deepen
  Bloomberg
• Exclusive: Brazil's Temer to overhaul economy, central bank to rescue confidence
  Reuters

General

• Treasuries Rise, Dollar Drops Before Fed; Apple Weighs on Stocks
  Bloomberg
• Greek Bonds Slide With Stocks as Tsipras Asks for Euro Summit
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Oil Rises Above $45 a Barrel for First Time Since November
  Bloomberg
• China's Stocks Fall as Industrial Profits Fail to Lure Traders
  Bloomberg
• Iron ore, steel lead China commodities retreat as curbs bite
  Reuters
• Fed set to keep rates unchanged, may nod to ebbing risks
  Reuters
• What Wall Street Analysts Are Saying About Apple's Ugly Quarter
  Bloomberg
• EU Rejects Tsipras Call for Summit as Greek Rescue Talks Falter
  Bloomberg
• Germany's Merkel warns of risks from loose monetary policy
  Reuters
• Draghi Tells Germany Criticism May Slow Return to Higher Rates
  Bloomberg
• Xi Urges Focus on Jobs With China Economy Under Growing Strain
  Bloomberg
• China speeds up work on bank capital
  Reuters
• We are in the 'first inning' of a 'wash out' in hedge funds, says top hedge fund
  CNBC
• Haruhiko Kuroda’s Embattled Hedge Fund
  Barron's

Evening

• Fed Leaves Door Open for June Increase, Monitors Global Outlook
  Bloomberg
• Fed signals no rush to raise rates as pace of U.S. recovery moderates
  Reuters
• Oil Climbs Above $45 Amid U.S. Crude Output Drop, Fed Statement
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Stocks Rise as Fed Reassures on Gradual Rate Path, Economy
  Bloomberg
• Greece Creditors Agree Contingency Plans Needed, Eurogroup Says
  Bloomberg
• BOJ Decision-Day Guide: Markets Bear Down on Kuroda to Act
  Bloomberg
• New York Luxury-Apartment Glut Hits Landlord Equity Residential
  Bloomberg

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

General

• Global Stocks Gain Amid Earnings as Fed Looms, Oil Advances
  Bloomberg
• Emerging Markets Halt Declines as Oil's Gain Offsets Fed Jitters
  Bloomberg
• China imposes fresh curbs on commodities as iron ore, steel slide
  Reuters
• Home Prices in U.S. Cities Rose Less Than Forecast in February
  Bloomberg
• China Steelmaker Default Risks Flag Rising State-Firm Debt Woes
  Bloomberg
• Brevan Howard Investors Said to Seek $1.4 Billion of Cash Back
  Bloomberg
• U.S. Fund Fees Fall to Record Low as Investors Flock to Vanguard
  Bloomberg
• 1MDB Says It's in Default After Missing Interest Payment
  Bloomberg
• Malaysia’s Reputation Takes Another Hit as State Fund Defaults
  Bloomberg
• German parliament to invite Draghi to testify on ECB policy: sources
  Reuters
• Bank of China's Bad-Loan Buffer Sinks Below Minimum Required
  Bloomberg
• Goldman Says China's Iron Speculation ‘Concerns Us the Most’
  Bloomberg
• Earnings Blowups Send Tech Traders to Options Market for Hedges
  Bloomberg

Monday, April 25, 2016

General

• Global Stocks Decline as Crude Oil Fluctuates, Dollar Weakens
  Bloomberg
• China's Stocks Fall to Lowest Level in Month as Materials Slump
  Bloomberg
• Yen recovers, data shows outright swing against doll
  Reuters
• Sales of New U.S. Homes Fall for a Third Month on Slump in West
  Bloomberg
• It's Dangerous Out There in the Bond Market
  Bloomberg
• Emerging Market ETF Inflows Top $11 Billion in 10-Week Streak
  Bloomberg
• PBoC Asks Banks To Pare Back Lending: Caixin
  Barron's
• China expected to see $538 billion capital exodus in 2016, IIF says
  Reuters
• China's Provincial Growth Rates Are Splintering
  Bloomberg
• China Metal Company Defaults on Bonds Amid Rising Credit Risks
  Bloomberg
• China's Rate Swaps Rise to One-Year High as Stimulus Bets Fade
  Bloomberg
• Shanghai CBRC to Halt Banks' Business With Six Property Agencies
  Bloomberg
• Morgan Stanley Says China Commodity Jump Stuns World Markets
  Bloomberg
• Yieldcos enabled SunEdison's debt-fueled acquisition spree
  Reuters
• The Tokyo Whale Is Quietly Buying Up Huge Stakes in Japan Inc.
  Bloomberg
• How the Fed ignored the constitution and played favorites during crisis
  MarketWatch

Evening

• Asian Stocks Drop Before BOJ, Fed as Commodities Shares Retreat
  Bloomberg
• Brazil Impeachment Countdown Begins as Senate Elects Committee
  Bloomberg
• Used car prices are falling for the first time since 2008
  CNBC
• China could slam door on Apple, says top global risk expert
  CNBC
• China clamps down on commodities frenzy
  FT
• China’s bond market is on edge
  FT

Sunday, April 24, 2016

General

• Saudi Arabia Leads Gulf Stock Gains on Eve of Post-Oil Vision
  Bloomberg
• China debt load reaches record high as risk to economy mounts
  FT/CNBC
• Fed Meeting, U.S. GDP, Primaries, Brazil: Week Ahead April 25-30
  Bloomberg
• Saudi Key Rate Climbs to 2009 High as Funding Squeeze Tightens
  Bloomberg
• Financial institutions face increasing credit risks: China central bank vice governor
  Reuters
• Germans flock to property as interest rates fall and rents rise
  Reuters
• Exclusive: Seychelles says helping worldwide probe into Malaysia's 1MDB fund
  Reuters
• China's Xi warns of foreign infiltration through religion
  Reuters
• Dutch journalist who criticized Erdogan detained in Turkey: official
  Reuters

Evening

• Asian Stocks Slide as Japan Retreats, Investors Await Fed, BOJ
  Bloomberg
• Yen Rallies From Three-Week Low on View Decline Was Excessive
  Bloomberg
• Most Dangerous Bond Market in History Divides BlackRock, Allianz
  Bloomberg
• Earliest China Economic Data Show Recovery Gathers Pace in April
  Bloomberg
• China's Biggest Banks Stand Exposed After Profit Buffers Eroded
  Bloomberg
• Bank of Japan Owns More Than Half of Nation's ETFs: Chart
  Bloomberg

Saturday, April 23, 2016

General

• Schaeuble Sees No Greece Debt Relief as Long as Debt Sustainable
  Bloomberg
• DoubleLine's Gundlach says negative interest rates are a 'horror'
  Reuters
• Amid oil price plunge, Alaska's economy braces for losers and survivors
  CNBC
• The massive phone scam problem vexing China and Taiwan
  BBC

Friday, April 22, 2016

General

• U.S. Stocks Drop on Tech Earnings; Yen Weakens as Crude Gains
  Bloomberg
• Yen sinks on potential for Bank of Japan stimulus expansion
  Reuters
• Make No Mistake: Puerto Rico Will Default on May 2, Moody's Says
  Bloomberg
• Chinese Stocks Head for Biggest Weekly Drop Since January's Rout
  Bloomberg
• China's Great Ball of Money Is Rushing Into Commodities Futures
  Bloomberg
• China commodity exchanges crack down on speculation as rebar volumes soar
  Reuters
• As Global Stocks Rally, China's Markets Send More Ominous Signal
  Bloomberg
• BOJ Officials Are Said to Eye Possible Negative Rate on Loans
  Bloomberg
• Greece Eyes Path to Lifeline as Fiscal Resurrection in Doubt
  Bloomberg
• Italy, Spain Seen Most Vulnerable to Sovereign Caps Risk: Chart
  Bloomberg
• Lipper fund flows: IG US$1.355bn inflow, HY US$409.9m inflow
  Reuters
• U.S. split deepens over Putin's intentions in Syria civil war
  Reuters

Evening

• Nasdaq 100 Tumbles as Microsoft, Alphabet Earnings Disappoint
  Bloomberg
• Earnings Engine Conks Out in Nasdaq's Worst Week Since February
  Bloomberg
• Hedge Funds Are Bearish on Dollar for First Time Since July 2014
  Bloomberg
• As impeachment looms, Brazil's Rousseff warns of 'grave' crisis
  Reuters
• Brazil Sheds Jobs for 12th Straight Month as Recession Deepens
  Bloomberg