Tuesday Evening Links

[BloombergQ] U.S. Stocks Sputter as Crude Slumps; Pound Surges: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Oil slumps 6 percent as rout runs to 12 days on supercharged selling

[Reuters] U.S. government posts $100 billion deficit in October

[Reuters] Italy government sticks to budget targets despite EU pressure

[CNBC] Why oil prices went from four-year highs to a bear market in just six weeks

[Reuters] DoubleLine's Gundlach: U.S. corporate bonds 'most dangerous' part of market

[CNBC] White House economic advisor Kudlow says US is speaking again with China on trade

[MarketWatch] Kudlow says Navarro ‘badly misspoke’ on China trade-deal likelihood

[BloombergQ] Oil's Slide Accelerates in `Capitulation' to Darkening Outlook

[Forbes] This Year, Ironically, First U.S. Deficit Record In 12 Years

[BloombergQ] U.S. Dollar's Safe-Haven Status May Not Be So Safe, BofA Says

[CNBC] A banker who worked closely with Trump on debt restructuring sees a big problem coming for the market

[AP] US colleges attracting fewer new students from abroad

[FT] Italy remains defiant over budget plans

[FT] IMF warns Italy that budget plans risk backfiring

[FT] Five US tech giants spend combined $115bn on buying back stock

[FT] China censorship moves from politics to economics