Wednesday's News Links

[Bloomberg] Stocks Lifted by Earnings, Commodities; Bonds Gain: Markets Wrap

[Bloomberg] Fed Balance Sheet Shifts Into Limelight Absent Rate Hike Urgency

[Reuters] Fed expected to leave rates unchanged; balance sheet in focus

[Bloomberg] Pace of U.S. New-Home Sales Suggests Steady Housing Strength

[Reuters] Wall Street regulator sets sights on digital coin offerings

[Bloomberg] U.S. Signals Clampdown on Red-Hot Digital Coin Offerings

[Bloomberg] HNA's $416 Million Global Eagle Investment Deal Collapses

[Bloomberg] HNA, the Curious Company Worrying China and U.S.: QuickTake Q&A

[Reuters] Japanese firms avoiding price hikes now but sentiment is changing: BOJ's Nakaso

[Reuters] China to turn all centrally owned giants into joint-stock firms by 2017

[CNBC] As India and China face off in the mountains, a new confrontation is growing in the ocean

[FT] Fixation with end of easy money puts Australia in the crosshairs

[Bloomberg] Russia Warns of ‘Painful’ Response If Trump Backs U.S. Sanctions

Tuesday Evening Links

[Bloomberg] Stocks Extend Global Rally on Earnings, Bonds Fall: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Trump says Yellen and Cohn possible Fed chair picks: WSJ

[Bloomberg] It's Five Years Since Draghi's 'Whatever It Takes'

[Reuters] Final decision on steel trade policy may have to wait, Trump tells WSJ

[Bloomberg] Fund Managers and Strategists Think the Bull Market Is Ending Next Year

[Bloomberg] U.S. Signals Clampdown on Red-Hot Digital Coin Offerings

[Reuters] Jobs lift U.S. consumer confidence to near 16-year high

[WSJ] Cohn and Yellen Are Among Trump’s Contenders to Lead Fed