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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Evening

• Asian Stocks Little Changed After China Signals More Stimulus
  Bloomberg
• China Leaders Flag More Stimulus After Top Economic Meeting
  Bloomberg
• How America's rich are viewing stocks, economy into 2016
  CNBC
• Spain's Election Is Bad News for Europe's Budget-Deficit Police
  Bloomberg

General

• U.S. Economy Grew 2% in Third Quarter, Led by Consumer Spending
  Bloomberg
• Sales of Existing U.S. Homes Slump on Delayed Contract Closings
  Bloomberg
• Lira Sinks as Turkey Decision to Hold Rates Puzzles Bulls
  Bloomberg
• PBOC Injects More Cash as Top Leaders Flag Additional Stimulus
  Bloomberg
• Azerbaijani Manat Buckles After Government Drops Dollar Peg
  WSJ
• Oil's Road Toward Rebalancing Could Take a Detour in 2016: Morgan Stanley
  Bloomberg
• Music shifts for credit investors in 2015
  FT
• Financialisation compounds commodity rout
  FT, Das
• After fueling $1 trillion Asia deal spree, China's M&A set to hit new heights in 2016
  Reuters
• QE 'shock and awe' turning to 'aw, shucks': James Saft
  Reuters
• Here’s all the money in the world, in one chart
  MarketWatch
• Catalan separatists trigger fresh headache for Spain's government
  Reuters
• Over a million migrants and refugees have reached Europe this year, says IOM
  UK Guardian

Evening

• Global Dealmaking Hits All-Time Peak in 2015 at $4.2 Trillion
  Bloomberg
• S&P Quits Grading Most CDOs That Investor Said It Underrated
  Bloomberg
• Carlyle's Claren Road Suffers Almost $1 Billion in Redemptions
  Bloomberg
• How a Record Number of Migrants Made Their Way to Europe
  NYT

Monday, December 21, 2015

Evening

• Asian Stocks Retreat as Yen Weighs on Japan, Toshiba Tumbles
  Bloomberg
• Brent Trades Near 7-Year Low as U.S. Drillers Boost Rig Count
  Bloomberg
• Spanish Bonds May Open Lower as Exit Poll Shows No Clear Winner
  Bloomberg
• Brazil's New Finance Minister Faces a Big Test After Friday's Rout
  Bloomberg
• Renminbi poised for record weakening run
  FT

General

• Oil prices hit lowest since 2004 as supply balloons
  Reuters
• Spanish Yield Rises to 5-Week High on Instability After Election
  Bloomberg
• Brazil Real Volatility Increases as Political Turmoil Worsens
  Bloomberg
• Spain's Socialists Will Block Rajoy's First Bid for New Term
  Bloomberg
• Spain heads for turmoil after poll yields fragmented parliament
  FT
• Azerbaijan Caps Year of Devaluations Evoking Memories of 1997
  Bloomberg
• Year in Review: Mergers Set a Record as Firms Bulk Up
  WSJ
• The Latest: Greek PM says austerity defeated in Spain
  AP
• China Tells U.S. to Stop Flexing Military Muscle in Asia
  Bloomberg
• Philippines vows stronger military to back South China Sea claim
  Reuters

Sunday, December 20, 2015

General

• Spanish Exit Polls Shows No Clear Winner as Rajoy's Vote Slumps
  Bloomberg
• Spain Ruling Party Hurt by Upstart Parties' Strong Showing
  NYT
• Mideast Stocks Decline After Oil Sinks to Seven-Year Low
  Bloomberg
• Saudi Crude Exports Rose in October to Most in Four Months
  Bloomberg
• Rousseff's Impeachment Supported by 60%, Datafolha Poll Shows
  Bloomberg
• Spaniards to Give Election Verdict on Bailout, Crisis, Graft
  Bloomberg
• Putin says will not 'abandon' Russians in Ukraine to nationalists
  Reuters

Saturday, December 19, 2015

General

• Inside the Billion-Dollar Battle for Puerto Rico’s Future
  NYT
• The Economist] Brazil’s worrying change of finance ministers
• China's Wang Urges Foreign Powers to Avoid Maritime Dispute
  Bloomberg
• Has Europe Reached the Breaking Point?
  NYT
• China accuses US of serious provocation by flying bombers
  Washington Post

Friday, December 18, 2015

General

• Dollar falls against yen after Japan stops short of extra QE
  Reuters
• Oil at Six-Year Low as Glut Worsens While Fed Boosts Dollar
  Bloomberg
• Brazil Real, Stocks Lead World Declines Amid Political Turmoil
  Bloomberg
• Bond Funds See Largest Outflows Since June 2013 Led by Junk Debt
  Bloomberg
• U.S. bond funds post $15.4 billion amid Fed rate hike: Lipper
  Reuters
• Living Large: Bank of Japan Sorts Challenges With Its Epic Size
  Bloomberg
• Hedge Funds Just Had Their Worst Quarter Since the Crisis
  Bloomberg
• Glencore's Rating Cut at Moody's Though Outlook Seen Stable
  Bloomberg
• Global Bank-Stock Weakness Poses Challenge to Fed's Policy Plans
  Bloomberg
• As Fed fog lifts, central bankers keep puzzling over China
  Reuters
• China Beige Book Shows ‘Disturbing’ Economic Deterioration
  Bloomberg
• Japanese Shares, Yen Whipsawed by BOJ as Emerging Markets Slide
  Bloomberg
• Mystery of Missing Broker Shows China Risks Coming to Hong Kong
  Bloomberg
• Exclusive: Japan's far-flung island defense plan seeks to turn tables on China
  Reuters
• Mexico's ICA Says It Will Miss Bond Payment, Restructure Debt
  Bloomberg
• Distressed Debt Proves Toxic Like 2008 as Defaults Fuel Losses
  Bloomberg
• Ukraine Defaults on $3 Billion Bond to Russia
  Bloomberg

Evening

• Brazil Finance Minister Levy to Be Replaced by Barbosa
  Bloomberg
• S&P 500 Falls to 2-Month Low as Stocks Extend Post-Fed Selloff
  Bloomberg
• China’s Renminbi Declines After Being Named a Global Currency, Posing Challenges
  NYT
• Italy's Renzi Blasts German Policies at EU Summit
  Reuters
• Exclusive: NATO agrees Turkey air defense package, seeks 'predictability'
  Reuters

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Evening

• Era of Easy Money Lives on in World Economy Even After Fed Shift
  Bloomberg
• This Junk Bond Derivative Index Is Saying Something Scary About Defaults
  Bloomberg
• Brazil judge drops objection to Rousseff impeachment proceedings
  Reuters
• Asia Won't Have a Yuan Anchor This Time, Unlike 1990s Crisis
  Bloomberg

General

• Fed-Induced Dollar Rally Sinks Commodities as U.S. Stocks Drop
  Bloomberg
• Peso Slumps 29% as Macri Propels Argentina Into New Currency Era
  Bloomberg
• Thanks to Macri, Brazil's Real No Longer Worst Emerging Currency
  Bloomberg
• Fed Struck by Boomerang Effect as Rate Move Boosts Long Bonds
  Bloomberg
• Another 10 percent China FX slump could send markets spinning
  Reuters
• China Ghost Town Developer to Avert Default as Xi Prevents Risks
  Bloomberg
• Governor of Puerto Rico Warns of Looming Default Without Bankruptcy Plan
  NYT
• There's Twice as Much Gas in Texas's Barnett Shale Than Thought
  Bloomberg
• Average Manhattan apartment now costs over $1 million: report
  AFP
• A Missed Opportunity of Ultra-Cheap Money
  NYT, Eavis
• Discovering the destructive force of excess capital
  FT
• China Summons U.S. Diplomat Over U.S Weapons Sale to Taiwan
  Bloomberg
• Corruption Claims Roil Spain Election as Barcenas Promises Proof
  Bloomberg

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Evening

• Fed Poised to Mark the End of an Era
  WSJ, Hilsenrath
• Ghost of September's Delay Haunts the Fed on Eve of Liftoff Decision
  Bloomberg
• Foreigners Sold U.S. Treasuries at Record Pace in October
  Bloomberg
• Yields on junkiest US bonds breach 18%
  FT

General

• Fed Ends Zero-Rate Era; Signals 4 Quarter-Point Increases in 2016
  Bloomberg
• Oil nears 11-year low on big U.S. supply build; Fed awaited
  Reuters
• Brazil's Real Plunges Ahead of New Fiscal Target Announcement
  Bloomberg
• Brazilian Stocks Decline Most in World on Credit Downgrade Fears
  Bloomberg
• Brazil Cut to Junk by Fitch With Negative Outlook on Rating
  Bloomberg
• Fed readies first hike in almost a decade amid calm markets
  Reuters
• Here's What 7 Years at Zero Rates Have Looked Like
  Bloomberg
• Fed has new tools to jig rates after first hike in nine years
  Reuters
• $100 Billion Evaporates as World's Worst Oil Major Plunges 90%
  Bloomberg
• China slowdown sinks Asia sentiment to four-year low: Thomson Reuters/INSEAD
  Reuters
• PBOC Helps Make China Junk Bonds More Resilient Than U.S. Peers
  Bloomberg
• Battered, Apologetic and Still Pitching Their Hedge Funds
  NYT