Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Set for Last Hurrah as Year Draws to Close: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold headed for best year since 2020 on Fed rate cut prospects

[CNBC] Treasury yields tick higher as investors prepare for the new year

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Limps Into 2024 as OPEC+ and War Fail to Prevent Annual Drop

[Reuters] Hapag-Lloyd, Japanese shipping firms continue to re-route from Suez Canal

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Tries to Persuade Shippers to Sail Red Sea Despite Houthi Attacks

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Musk Leads World’s Richest to $1.5 Trillion Wealth Gain in 2023

[CNBC] U.S. intelligence officials determined the Chinese spy balloon used a U.S. internet provider to communicate

[Reuters] Mortgage rates slide to lowest since May - Freddie Mac

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Plans Strategy to Challenge America’s Global Leadership

[Reuters] China Wants to Boost Efforts That ‘Shape’ Global Events Under Xi

[AP] Russia fires 122 missiles and 36 drones in what Ukraine calls the biggest aerial barrage of the war

[Reuters] Kremlin says it has list of Western assets to be seized if Russian assets are confiscated

[NYT] How China’s Property Crisis Blew Up Bets That Couldn’t Lose

[WSJ] China Confronts a New Political Reality in Taiwan: No Friends

[FT] Israel’s Benny Gantz threatens to intensify military action against Hizbollah