Thursday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Equities Rise as Tech Stocks Rally; Dollar Slips: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Stocks Retreat as Covid Outbreak Renews Growth Fears

[Reuters] Oil falls as China COVID spike dampens demand outlook

[CNN] Weekly jobless claims tick up again

[CNBC] The tech IPO market collapsed in 2022, and next year doesn’t look much better

[AP] Lack of info on China’s COVID outbreak stirs global concerns

[Reuters] China's vast countryside in rush to bolster COVID defences

[Reuters] Analysis: China's COVID policymaking under scrutiny as infections soar

[Reuters] China's Xi solidified grip on power during tumultuous 2022

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ukraine Latest: Kyiv Targeted in Latest Russian Missile Attacks

[Reuters] Russia unleashes barrage of missiles on Ukraine's major cities

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ukraine Latest: Russia Launches New Drone Attacks in South, East

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BOJ Defends Yield-Curve Target With More Rounds of Bond Buying

[Reuters] Ex-BOJ deputy Yamaguchi emerging as next c.bank head contender -Sankei

[AP] US to sell Taiwan anti-tank system amid rising China threat

[Bloomberg] Wall Street’s Top Stars Got Blindsided by 2022 Market Collapse

[Bloomberg] The Commodities Boom Will Continue in 2023

[WSJ] Credit Deals Are Going Private, Leaving Wall Street in the Cold

[WSJ] Risk Experts Gird for a Potentially Tumultuous 2023

[WSJ] The Most Interesting Success and Failure of 2022

[FT] War, inflation and tumbling markets: the year in 11 charts

[FT] Gold buyers binge on biggest volumes for 55 years

Wednesday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Sink as Risk Mood Worsens; Dollar Rebounds: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Oil drops 2% in light trading on China demand concern

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Pending Home Sales Fall to Second-Lowest Level on Record

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Milan Reports 50% of Passengers on China Flights Have Covid

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] UK’s Sunak Braces for ‘Massive Disruption’ From Strikes

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stock Hedge Funds Erase Billions With Another Year of Losses

[Reuters] South Korea must respond to N.Korea despite its nuclear arms - Yoon

[WSJ] Inflation Takes Biggest Bite From Middle-Income Households