Thursday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Close at Record Highs; Bond Yields Tumble: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] S&P 500, Dow hit record highs on upbeat earnings, strong retail sales

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Rises With Soft Dollar, Declining Yields After U.S. Data

[Reuters] U.S. imposes wide array of sanctions on Russia for ‘malign’ actions

[Reuters] Fed's Daly says not time for taper, still far from goals

[Reuters] Fed's Daly: need to see 'repeated months' of good data

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Lending Slump Worries Investors Even as U.S. Bank Profits Soar

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Leveraged Loan Sales Set for Record Year, Could Beat Bonds

[NYT] China’s Economy Is Booming. Shoppers Are Skittish Anyway.

[WSJ] U.S. Treasury Yields Fell Sharply