Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Dip Buyers Fuel Stock Rebound as Earnings Roll In: Markets Wrap

[AP] World shares mixed as earnings take center stage

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Drops on Resurgent Virus, Reported Build in U.S. Stockpiles

[Reuters] Dollar firm as COVID-19 resurgence hits reflation trades

[CNBC] Weekly mortgage demand jumps 8.6% after interest rates fall to a two-month low

[AP] Businesses scramble for help as would-be workers stay home

[CNBC] SPAC transactions come to a halt amid SEC crackdown, cooling retail investor interest

[Reuters] Analysis: U.S. banks' bond bonanza driven by extraordinary market conditions, regulatory decisions

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Considers Supporting Huarong With Central Bank Funds

[Reuters] Column: When geopolitics matters to markets

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Putin Warns of Retaliation for Crossing Russia’s Red Line

[AP] In annual address, Putin warns Russia’s foes will be sorry

[Bloomberg] $12.3 Trillion in Stimulus Killed the Debt Default Cycle

[Bloomberg] How Robinhood Made Trading Easy—and Maybe Even Too Hard to Resist

[Bloomberg] China Huarong Is a Test for Beijing’s Financial Reform Drive

[Bloomberg] Erdogan Says Turkey Used $165 Billion of Reserves in 2 Years

[Bloomberg] Henry Kaufman, 93, Looks Back on ‘The Day the Markets Roared’

[WSJ] Snarled Supply Chain Trips Up Small Businesses

[WSJ] China’s Xi Lays Out Vision for a World Without a Single Dominant Power

[WSJ] The Job Market Is Tighter Than You Think

[WSJ] Executives Wonder if Their Stock Selloffs Were Linked to Archegos

[FT] Hawks press ECB to scale back bond buying despite rising Covid wave

[FT] Putin threatens ‘asymmetric’ and ‘tough’ response to US sanctions

[FT] With US help, Japan’s stance towards China hardens