Daily News Links

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Thursday, November 26, 2015

General

• Metals Rally on Chinese Support, Boosting Stocks; Aussie Slides
  Bloomberg
• Records Abound in European Bonds as ECB Feeds Negative Yields
  Bloomberg
• BTG CEO's Arrest Triggers Big Question: How Much Cash Will Flee?
  Bloomberg
• Bad Saudi PR fuels riyal devaluation talk
  Reuters
• China to Probe Largest Brokerage for Alleged Rule Violations
  Bloomberg
• China’s ‘national team’ owns 6% of stock market
  FT
• Italy, France, Belgium Vulnerable to Shocks Because of High Debt, Low Growth-EU
  Reuters
• Germany’s isolation within Europe is growing
  FT
• American and Russian militaries don’t agree about much in Syria
  Washington Post
• China Announces Military Overhaul to Make Army More Combat Ready
  Bloomberg
• Russia Takes Aim at Turkish Economy Amid Fighter-Jet Spat
  WSJ
• Turkey won't apologize for downing Russian warplane, Erdogan says
  CNN

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Evening

• Asia Stocks Slip as Syria Angst Buoys Gold; Ringgit Jumps on Oil
  Bloomberg
• Junk-Bond Losses Pile Up as Traders Flee Any Whiff of Bad News
  Bloomberg
• Gone Missing: When Chinese Companies Lose Track of Their Leaders
  Bloomberg
• China's Earliest Monthly Economic Indicators Flash Warning Sign
  Bloomberg
• Bank Profits Hit $40.4 Billion in Third Quarter, FDIC Says
  Bloomberg
• Defaults Shake Indifference to Risk in Overheated China Bonds
  Bloomberg

General

• The U.S. Is the Most Unequal Developed Economy Outside Southern Europe
  Bloomberg
• New agonies, alliances as Fed debates post-liftoff plan
  Reuters
• Exclusive - ECB discusses two-tiered bank charges, broader bond buys: officials
  Reuters
• Bank Regulators Step Up Pressure Over Credit Risk
  WSJ
• Telltale Signs That Deal Makers Swallowed the Silly Pills
  NYT
• ECB Warns Asia Risks Rising as Fed Liftoff Tests Stability
  Bloomberg
• Iron Ore Rout Deepens as Rising Supply, Weaker Demand Feed Glut
  Bloomberg
• Yuan IMF Reserves Entry Seen as More Symbolic Than Game-Changing
  Bloomberg
• BTG Pactual CEO Esteves Arrested In Brazil's Graft Probe, Police Say
  Bloomberg
• Russia Suspects Downing of Warplane by Turkey Was Planned
  Bloomberg
• Tensions rise as Russia says it's deploying anti-aircraft missiles to Syria
  CNN
• Kerry says Mideast violence could ‘spin out of control’
  Washington Post
• Ukraine says to stop buying Russian gas as Gazprom halts supplies
  Reuters

Evening

• Brazil Markets Slide as Corruption Probe Ensnares BTG's Esteves
  Bloomberg
• UMich Survey Director: We're Witnessing the Decline of American Economic Aspirations
  Bloomberg
• Junk-Bond Issuance Surges to $26 Billion in the Last Stages of Boom
  Bloomberg
• Puerto Rico's Dec. 1 Deadline: A Guide as Possible Defaults Loom
  Bloomberg
• How Brazil's Banking Golden Boy, Arrested in Rio, Built an Empire
  Bloomberg
• Political Turmoil Makes Life Tough for Brazil's Central Bank
  Bloomberg
• Brazilian Senator and Banker Are Arrested as Petrobras Scandal Widens
  NYT
• Spain's Abengoa starts insolvency proceedings, shares dive
  Reuters
• The Turkish Wild Card in Syria That Russia and U.S. Both Need
  Bloomberg
• Russia and Turkey refuse to back down in row over jet downing
  Reuters

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

General

• Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Moscow denies air space violation
  Reuters
• Global Stocks Drop, Bonds Rise With Gold as Turkey Downs Plane
  Bloomberg
• Russian Stocks Slide Most in World as Downed Jet Heightens Risks
  Bloomberg
• European Stocks Drop With Russian Markets as Turkey Downs Plane
  Bloomberg
• Nickel Slumps to '03 Low as Metals Trade Near Multi-Year Nadir
  Bloomberg
• Stung by Oil, Distressed-Debt Traders See Worst Losses Since '08
  Bloomberg
• Home prices rise 5.5% in Sept: S&P/Case-Shiller
  CNBC
• German ECB policy-setter breaks ranks with Draghi over QE
  Reuters
• Oil crash sparks OPEC revolt against Saudis
  CNN
• China Takes a Smoother Path to Currency Devaluation
  WSJ
• Putin Says Turkish 'Stab in Back' Caused Russian Warplane Crash
  Bloomberg
• Russia prepares reprisals against Ukraine over Crimea blackout
  Reuters
• Russia says to halt gas supplies to Ukraine, mulling coal cut off over Crimea
  Reuters

Monday, November 23, 2015

General

• Oil gyrates after Saudi Arabia reiterates support for market
  CNBC
• Deepening Metals Rout Sends Copper Below $4,500 as Nickel Slumps
  Bloomberg
• Devaluation Bets Push Yuan to Three-Month Low as Fixing Weakened
  Bloomberg
• S&P 500 Profits Fall $25 Billion in First Three Quarters of 2015
  Bloomberg
• Masters of the Finance Universe Are Worried About China
  Bloomberg
• Shanshui Default Woes Hit China Inc. as More Bond Sales Scrapped
  Bloomberg
• Guotai Junan Unit Says Chairman Yim Fung Can't Be Contacted
  Bloomberg
• Euro Area's Negative-Yielding Debt Tops $2 Trillion on Draghi
  Bloomberg
• Is the Surge in Stock Buybacks Good or Evil?
  WSJ
• Why the Housing Rebound Hasn’t Lifted the U.S. Economy Much
  WSJ
• Cut Oil Supply or Drop Riyal Peg? Saudis Face ‘Critical’ Choice
  Bloomberg

Evening

• Yellen Defends Seven Years of Low Interest Rates in Letter to Nader
  Bloomberg
• Bank of America: The 'Great Divorce' Between the World's Two Largest Economies Will Drive Currency and Rates Markets in 2016
  Bloomberg
• Crimea hit by power blackout and Ukraine trade boycott
  BBC

Sunday, November 22, 2015

General

• Saudi Stocks Lead Mideast Advance as OPEC Pledges Oil Stability
  Bloomberg
• Argentines Vote in First Runoff as Opposition Leads in Polls
  Bloomberg
• Venezuela Sees Crude in Mid-$20s If OPEC Doesn't Act
  Bloomberg
• China says won't cease building on South China Sea isles
  Reuters
• Japan Renews South China Sea Alert, Pushes Aussies on Submarines
  Reuters
• China Says South China Sea Construction Is Protecting Distant Reefs
  Bloomberg

Saturday, November 21, 2015

General

• Monetary policy risks becoming ineffective in low growth world: ECB Coeure
  Reuters
• Fed's Williams sees strong case for December interest-rate hike
  Reuters
• Fed may need permanently big balance sheet, Williams says
  Reuters
• Oil companies brace for big wave of debt defaults
  CNBC
• Abe Touts Streamlined Loans as China's AIIB Gets Set to Lend
  Bloomberg
• The Latest: US, SE Asian nations press South China Sea issue
  Washington Post
• Vladimir Putin’s massive, triple-decker war room revealed
  Washington Post

Friday, November 20, 2015

General

• European Stocks Rise With Asian Shares as Zinc, Ringgit Advance
  Bloomberg
• Draghi Echoing 2012 Pledge Pushes Short Yields to Record Lows
  Bloomberg
• Draghi Says ECB Will Do What It Must to Spur Price Gains
  Bloomberg
• ECB Path to More Easing Littered With Potholes, Analysts Say
  Bloomberg
• Citi's Buiter: 'Inconsistent' Fed will never reach normal
  CNBC
• Bond ETF Withdrawals Surge as Investors Brace for Higher Rates
  Bloomberg
• Number of $5 billion-plus takeover deals hits record
  Reuters
• Wall Street Regulators Said to Step Up Leveraged-Loan Focus
  Bloomberg
• China police swoop over $125bn in illegal cash transfers
  FT
• Bloomberg] China Cracks $64 Billion `Underground Bank' Moving Money Abroad
• China Coal Miner Gets Government Bailout Before Bonds Mature
  Bloomberg
• Cracks appear in China's gold leasing trade as jewelers suffer defaults
  Reuters
• Japan Considers Sending Navy to Support U.S. in South China Sea
  Bloomberg

Evening

• Fed's Bullard Says Investors Should Prepare for Uncertainty Era
  Bloomberg
• Student Loan Investors Have a $60 Billion Problem on Their Hands
  Bloomberg
• Hedge Funds Increase Bullish Bets on Dollar by Most Since 2014
  Bloomberg