Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Tech Shares Slide While Yields Climb With Dollar: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Treasury Yields Surge to Test Key Level in Sudden Selling Bout

[Reuters] Global stocks, oil edge away from highs as stimulus rally ebbs

[Reuters] German bonds' ECB optimism fades as Treasury yields shoot higher

[AP] Wholesale prices rise 0.5% in February as energy costs jump

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Consumer Sentiment Advances to One-Year High on Outlook

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Treasury Dealers Offload Bonds as Regulatory Deadline Nears

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] All Eyes on Fed After ECB Juices Up Bond Yield Divergence Trade

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Tencent Faces Broad China Clampdown on Fintech, Deals

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Blowout Jobs Report Signals Economic Resilience in Canada

[Reuters] Ransom-seeking hackers are taking advantage of Microsoft flaw: expert

[Reuters] Lawsuits or bankruptcies? Long horns of Texas power price dilemma

[Reuters] China warns U.S. to stay out of Hong Kong affairs ahead of Alaska meet

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] NPC: What We Learned From China’s Biggest Political Meeting

[WSJ] Bitcoin and Chip Makers Are Caught in a Bad Romance

[FT] From plague to polio: how do pandemics end?

[FT] Billions at stake and no one knows who takes the hit: when is Greensill a systemic risk?

Thursday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asia Stocks Set to Gain on U.S. Aid-Driven Surge: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Surge to Record With Aid Deluge Imminent: Markets Wrap

[CNBC] Biden signs $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, clearing way for stimulus checks, vaccine aid

[Yahoo/Finance] States with the highest unemployment one year after the COVID-19 pandemic began

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s $1 Trillion Stock Rout Pinned on Panicky Fund Investors

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Chinese Debt Becomes an Unlikely Safe Haven During Bond Turmoil

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] An NFT Sold for $69 Million, Blasting Crypto Art Records

[Bloomberg] Inflation Is Already Creeping Into Some Corners of the World

[Bloomberg] Lumber Prices to Extend Surge as North America Shortfall Deepens

[WSJ] China Lays Plans to Tame Tech Giant Alibaba

[WSJ] Tesla Faces New Reality of Tough Competition

[FT] This is nuts. This is a $69m JPG.

[FT] Tett: Mood and emotion are driving market swings

Thursday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Surge to Record With Aid Deluge Imminent: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] S&P 500, Dow hit record highs after upbeat jobless claims data

[Reuters] Biden to sign $1.9 trillion stimulus bill and urge vigilance in primetime speech

[Reuters] U.S. households ended 2020 with record $130.2 trillion in wealth, Fed says

[CNBC] Biden wants bipartisan support for infrastructure, but GOP and Dems are already drawing battle lines

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ECB Doesn’t Intend Faster Bond-Buying to Mean More Stimulus