Thursday's News Links

[Reuters] Wall Street higher as investors await tax-cut benefits

[CNBC] House unveils 'clean' spending bill to fund the government through January 19

[Bloomberg] An Inflation Breakout Would Be Worse for Markets Than a Depression

[Bloomberg] Subprime Auto Defaults Are Soaring, and PE Firms Have No Way Out

[CNBC] Art Cashin's outlook for 2018: China, the Fed and bitcoin among his biggest worries for the new year

[Reuters] U.S. third-quarter economic growth trimmed; jobless claims rise

[Bloomberg] BOJ Maintains Stimulus as Inflation Lags Behind Growth

[Bloomberg] Are There Any Stock Bears Left in America?

[Bloomberg] Long Island Iced Tea Soars 500% After Changing Its Name to Long Blockchain

[CNBC] A second territorial dispute in Asia could be more dangerous than the South China Sea

[WSJ] For Heavily Indebted Firms Like Dell, Tax Bill Delivers a Downside

[FT] Self-driving cars face a new test: snow

Wednesday Evening Links

[Bloomberg] Bonds Tumble, Equities Mixed as Tax Bill Passes: Markets Wrap

[MarketWatch] 10 things you need to know about the new tax law

[Bloomberg] Bitcoin, Bubbles and Tech: Google's Top Finance Searches of 2017

[Bloomberg] The Outlook for Tech Stocks Grows Dimmer for 2018

[Bloomberg] Leveraged Loans Face Less Cushion in a Crash