Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] S&P 500 Rises After Biggest Weekly Decline Since March

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Rises on Eve of U.S. Election as Risk of Turmoil Looms

[Reuters] Oil drops as lockdowns widen and U.S. election looms

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Your Hour-by-Hour Guide to an Election Night Like None Before

[Reuters] Polarized electorate, mail-in ballots could spark post-election legal 'fight of our lives'

[AP] Campaign draws to a close with US facing a crossroads

[Reuters] Virus, political risk, rising as Fed takes stock of post-election landscape

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Powell Faces Challenges Under Biden or Trump Presidency

[CNBC] Coronavirus live updates: WHO chief enters quarantine after potential exposure; Regeneron’s antibody drug will be in short supply

[CNBC] Wall Street traders are having a tough time positioning for the election

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Speculators’ Bullish U.S. Stock Bets Are Near Two-Year High

[CNBC] China’s manufacturing sector expands for sixth straight month as pandemic fallout fades, private survey shows

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] A Big Trader of Evergrande Bonds Braces for More Wild Swings

[Bloomberg] French Debt Rose Double Euro Average Led by Private Debt

[Bloomberg] China’s Xi Wants to Diversify Supply Chains Amid U.S. Curbs

[Bloomberg] China’s Race for First Covid-19 Vaccine Raises Safety Questions

[NYT] Americans Are Afraid. Not for Themselves, but for the Country.

[WSJ] America’s Economy Faces a Winter Chill

[WSJ] Investors Binge on Convertible Bonds as Issuance Soars

[WSJ] Mortgage IPO Boom Faces Market Turbulence

[WSJ] Covid-19 Burden Falls Heavily on Middle-Aged Men

[FT] Trump warns of fraud as Americans vote early in huge numbers