Sunday, April 25, 2021

Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yields Rise on Growth Bets, Dollar Erases Losses: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Stocks slip as investors turn cautious ahead of Fed meeting

[Reuters] Corn jumps to 8-year high on tightening world supplies, wheat up 2.4%

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Copper Hits Highest Since 2011 as Global Recovery Powers Metals

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Buckles Under Pressure From India’s Covid-19 Resurgence

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed to Taper Bond Buying in Fourth Quarter, Economists Say

[Reuters] As U.S. capital gains tax hike looms, wealthy look for ways to soften the blow

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] No Respite for Huarong Investors as Earnings Delay Adds to Chaos

[CNBC] India reports record Covid cases for a fifth straight day with more than 350,000 new infections

[CNBC] A second bitcoin exchange collapses in Turkey amid crackdown on cryptocurrencies

[AP] Italy’s Draghi presenting ‘epochal’ virus recovery plan

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bill Hwang Implosion Bruises Billionaire Teacher From China

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Credit Suisse Fund Investors Face More Losses on Greensill Loans

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Widens Internet Crackdown With Meituan Monopoly Probe

[Bloomberg] Biden’s 1970s-Era Taxes on Rich Collide With GOP and SALT Rebels

[Bloomberg] El-Erian: Fed Should Start Tapering, But It Won’t

[Bloomberg] Beijing to Crack Down on Home Buying in Famous School District

[Bloomberg] Why the Price of Lumber Has Soared Day After Day After Day

[WSJ] India’s Covid Surge Is Most Ferocious Yet. ‘Spreading Like Wildfire.’

[FT] US companies plan price rises as inflation pressure builds

[FT] Investors shore up defences against rapid rises in US inflation

[FT] China stock sales in US surge to record despite delisting threat

Sunday Evening Links

[CNBC] Stock futures calm in anticipation of big earnings week

[Reuters] Turkish lira nears record low after cenbank comment, U.S. 'genocide' move

[Reuters] Pivotal U.S. Senate Democrat wants 'more targeted' infrastructure bill

[Reuters] As Bank of Canada turns hawkish, investors retool for higher rates outlook

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Dollar Consensus Splinters as Investors Clash on U.S. Recovery

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s Economy Continues Booming After Record First Quarter

[WSJ] Global Emissions Goals Come With Big Cost and Political Hurdles

[FT] Credit Suisse shareholders seek risk chief’s scalp after twin scandals

Sunday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Most Mideast Shares Climb With Oil, Earnings Eyed: Inside EM 

[Yahoo Finance] FOMC meeting, Big Tech earnings: What to know this week

[MSN/Bloomberg] The Grocery Price Shock Is Coming to a Store Near You

[Reuters] PM Modi says India shaken by coronavirus ‘storm’, U.S. readies help

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] World’s Fastest Recovery Outlook at Risk as Virus Sweeps India

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Huarong Delays Release of 2020 Results Past April Deadline

[Bloomberg] Treasuries Reprieve Buoys Emerging Markets, but Buyers Are Picky

[NYT] C.E.O. Pay Remains Stratospheric, Even at Companies Battered by Pandemic

[WSJ] Wild Market Ride Lifts Everything From Lumber to Stocks to Bitcoin

[WSJ] SPAC Insiders Can Make Millions Even When the Company They Take Public Struggles

[WSJ] Insurance Costs Threaten Florida Real-Estate Boom

[FT] Will the robust US recovery alter Federal Reserve’s policy stance?

[FT] Global chip shortage spreads to toasters and washing machines