Sunday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Inflation is proving sticky as Fed Chair Powell heads to the Hill

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump’s Second Term Requires a New Playbook for Equity Investors

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Consumer Inflation Picks Up as Holiday Boosts Spending

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump-Driven Volatility Sends Asian Funds Searching for Shelter

[WSJ] Vought Moves to Defang CFPB, Telling Staff to Halt All Supervision

[FT] US and China teeter on edge of trade war as tariff deadline looms

[FT] Japan’s borrowing costs soar to 14-year high

[FT] US endowments join crypto rush by building bitcoin portfolios

Saturday's News Links

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead Inflation data to test market as tariff talk swirls

[Reuters] Central banks grapple with uncertainty in 2025's foggy economic landscape

[CNN] The world’s second-largest gold storage suddenly has very long lines to withdraw bars

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Foundering Trump Trades Put Wall Street Risk Fixation to Test

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] King dollar emerges as fresh threat for Big Tech earnings views

[Reuters] Trump’s aid freeze sparks mayhem around the world

[Reuters] Judge temporarily blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing payment systems

[Yahoo/WSJ] Musk Brings His Business Playbook to Washington: Move Fast and Claim Victory

[Yahoo Finance] Team Trump’s fight to convince Wall Street that Musk's DOGE is good for markets

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Why Trump Wants Canada’s Wealth of Critical Minerals

[NYT] How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump

[WSJ] Trump Is Changing the World Order With Unprecedented Speed

[FT] Trump should not take bond investors for granted

[FT] The real threat to American prosperity

[FT] Can anyone stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover of the US government?