Wednesday Evening Links

[Bloomberg] Asia Stems Equity Drop as Angst Fades; Gold Drops: Markets Wrap

[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Slip, Treasuries Rise on Korea Tension: Markets Wrap

[Bloomberg] Gold Rises Along With North Korea Tensions

[Bloomberg] Long-Only Mutual Funds Have Turned Into the Stock Market's Daredevils

[Bloomberg] The Quant Fund Robot Takeover Has Been Postponed

[Bloomberg] Hong Kong's Crowded Currency Trade Enters Dangerous Territory

[Bloomberg] SNB's U.S. Stock Portfolio Hit Record $84.3 Billion in June

[WSJ] Aug. 9, 2007: The Day the Mortgage Crisis Went Global

[FT] Chinese crackdown on dealmakers reflects Xi power play

[WSJ] Has Permian Peaked? Wall Street Worries About Its Sure Thing

[WSJ] Canadian Private-Equity Giant Catalyst Accused of Fraud by Whistleblowers

[Reuters] U.S. Defense Secretary issues stark warning to North Korea

[Bloomberg] What the U.S. Military Does on Guam and Why North Korea Cares: Q&A