Thursday, October 31, 2024

Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise With Payrolls Cap Volatile Week: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Oil climbs 2% on reports of Iran preparing strike on Israel

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Climbs Ahead of US Jobs Data as Investors Focus on Election

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] UK Bond Rout Abates as High-Stakes Budget Week Draws to a Close

[CNBC] U.S. economy added 12,000 jobs in October, far less than expected; unemployment rate at 4.1%

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bond Traders Scour US Jobs Data for Clues on Fed’s Rate Plan

[Yahoo/Reuters] Hedge funds search for trades in dead-heat US election

[Reuters] Big Tech's AI splurge worries investors about returns

[AP] Will people leave Florida after devastating hurricanes? History suggests not

[Reuters] Asia's factory activity stagnates, taking shine off rebound in China

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Stimulus Gives Manufacturing a Shot in the Arm

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Home Sales See First Monthly Rise in 2024 on Stimulus

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan’s Potential Kingmaker Says BOJ Shouldn’t Hike Before March

[Yahoo/Reuters] IMF warns of risks to Asia's economy as trade tensions, soft China growth bite

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] A $6 Trillion FX Pile Is Asia’s Shield From Resurgent Dollar

[AP] US calls on a silent China to use its sway over Russia and North Korea

[Bloomberg] Big Money Is Ruining Politics

[Bloomberg] Squeezed Homebuilders Are Bad News for the Housing Market

[WSJ] Iran Warns It Will Retaliate for Israel’s Attack

[WSJ] China Policy Meeting Next Week Can Tip Economic Recovery Scales, or Disappoint Again

[FT] Wall Street frets over Big Tech’s $200bn AI spending splurge