Sunday's News Links

[Bloomberg] Kuwait Stocks Extend World-Beating Rally Amid Mixed Gulf Markets

[Bloomberg] U.K. Lawmakers Mull Steps to Halt Hard Brexit, Observer Reports

[Bloomberg] PBOC Conducts 60 Billion Yuan of China Open-Market Operations

[Reuters] White House says media delegitimizing Trump, says won't 'take it'

[MarketWatch] Investing legend Jim Rogers says dump stocks if Trump launches trade war

[Reuters] China party paper says no 'provocation' can stop its military drills

[NYT] Leaders Abroad, Joyful or Wary, Face Uncertainty of Trump Era

Saturday's News Links

[Reuters] Wall Street Week Ahead: Optimism among S&P 500 CEOs as Trump takes power

[Reuters] Merkel vows compromise with U.S. on trade, military spending

[Bloomberg] Merkel Scours Trump Archive for Clues on How to Read Him

[Reuters] French far-right leader Le Pen calls on Europeans to 'wake up'

[Bloomberg] EU Populists See Trump Victory as Beginning of End for Old Order

[Reuters] Asian media decry isolationist Trump, fear economic, diplomatic turmoil

[The Hill] Five takeaways from Trump's inauguration

[UK Independent] Chinese media warns of 'dramatic changes' and 'fires being lit' as President takes office

[Spiegel] Donald Trump and the New World Order

[NYT, Irwin] Presidents Have Less Power Over the Economy Than You Might Think

[WSJ] President Trump Issues Directives on Regulatory Freeze, Affordable Care Act

[Washington Post] Europe’s nationalist leaders kick off year of election hopes