Thursday's News Links

[Reuters] Dramatic stock market rally runs out of steam

[Reuters] Stocks tumble after Wall Street's dramatic surge

[Reuters] Oil slips back toward 18-month lows on oversupply

[Reuters] Exclusive: White House considers new year executive order to bar Huawei, ZTE purchases

[Reuters] Most shorted stocks log record gain as Wall Street surges

[Reuters] U.S. Commerce Department won't publish economic data during shutdown: WSJ

[Reuters] China's industrial profits suffer first annual drop in three years, piles pressure on economy

[FT] China’s middle class hit by shadow banking defaults

[BloombergSub] China Heads Into Trade Talks Bracing for More U.S. Demands

[BloombergSub] Billions in Buybacks No Match for Bears With Stocks Cratering

[BloombergSub] Traders Face New Landscape With Powell at Microphone After Every Fed Meeting

[BloombergSub] Asian Debt Defaults Are Expected to Rise

[BloombergSub] Omega, Jabre Capital Among Hedge Fund Casualties in Dismal 2018

Wednesday Evening Links

[Reuters] Stocks and oil rebound after pre-holiday thumping

[Reuters] Dow notches record point surge in dramatic rebound

[Reuters] Oil surges 8 percent after steep slide; growth fears still weigh

[Reuters] U.S. trade delegation to travel to China week of January 7 for talks -Bloomberg

[Reuters] Bid-to-cover at U.S. 5-year auction weakest since 2009

[BloombergQ] Fund Investors Pull $56 Billion in Biggest Exit Since 2008

[Reuters] U.S. fund investors sold most bonds in seven weeks on Fed hike: ICI

[BloombergQ] Richmond Fed Factory Gauge Falls Most Ever as Shipments Drop

[CNBC] Pretty much everybody on Wall Street thinks the market will rally in 2019

[BloombergSub] Insider Stock Buying Surges to 8-Year High

[WSJ] ETFs, Mutual Funds See Sudden Drop in Money Flowing In

[FT] New year, old problems for Italy’s banking sector