Tuesday's News Links

[Bloomberg] Marc Faber Takes on Yellen With Recession Call, Likes Treasuries

[NYT] Hedge Funds Struggle With Steep Losses and High Expectations

[Bloomberg] Oil-Producing States Battered as Tax-Gushing Wells Are Shut Down

[MarketWatch] Double-digit home price gains continue in some cities, S&P/Case-Shiller says

[Bloomberg] Putin's Bailout Bank Needs a Rescue; It's an $18 Billion Whopper

[Washington Post] China’s Xi tells grumbling party cadres: ‘Don’t talk back’

Monday Evening Links

[Bloomberg] Most Asian Equities Slide as Energy, Materials Companies Retreat

[Reuters] Equities pulled lower by oil, China concerns

[Bloomberg Video] Marc Faber: U.S. Stock Market Will Go Down in 2016

[MarketWatch, Roach] Opinion: Fed gradualism sets us up for another financial crisis

[WSJ] Fed Poised to Look a Bit More Divided

[FT] Oil companies brace for a grim 2016 amid sustained price crash

[Bloomberg] China Bond Defaults Seen Rising as Borrowing Costs Climb in 2016

[Houston Chronicle] Oil slump weighing on housing markets in Texas, North Dakota

[CNBC] Feeling a little warm this year? 2015 will set a record

Monday's News Links

[Bloomberg] 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

[WSJ] China Shares Log Biggest Fall in a Month

[Bloomberg] 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

[WSJ] ‘Safe’ Puerto Rican Debt Stirs Worries

[Bloomberg] Wall Street Predicts Corporate America's Bond Binge Will Go on

[Bloomberg] A Breakdown of the 2016 Saudi Budget and Its Implications