Monday's News Links

[CNBC] Stocks rise as traders look ahead to holiday-shortened week: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Tech Stocks Rally as Gold, Copper Hit Records: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold and Silver Hit All-Time Highs as Geopolitical Tensions Rise

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Netflix Refinances Part of $59 Billion Loan for Warner Bros.

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen wallows near record lows on cautious BOJ stance despite intervention warnings

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Hassett says Supreme Court risks creating tariff refund problem

[Reuters] Debt boom signals yuan's arrival as a funding currency

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Says US Violating Law by Seizing Oil Tankers Off Venezuela

[Politico] No breakthrough after Ukraine talks in Miami

[Bloomberg] Vanke Averts Default as Bondholders Approve Longer Grace Period

[Bloomberg] Gold Rises to Record High on Rate-Cut Bets and Venezuela Tension

[Bloomberg] Japanese Bonds Extend Fall as Weak Yen Spurs Rate Hike Bets

[Bloomberg] Japan Has ‘Free Hand’ for Bold Action in FX Market If Needed

[Bloomberg] AI Data Center Gold Rush Driven by Thousands of Newcomers

[Bloomberg] Retail Money Is Pouring Into Private Markets. What Could Go Wrong?

[NYT] The Economy Survived 2025, but Many Americans Are Reeling

[WSJ] Gold Rockets to Record High on U.S. Rate-Cut Hopes, Haven Demand

[WSJ] Trump Appointment of Greenland Envoy Draws Angry Response From Denmark

[WSJ] China Vanke’s Brewing Crisis Suggests Limited Property Easing to Come

[FT] Japan official warns on yen’s ‘sudden’ weakness

[FT] JPMorgan questioned Tricolor’s accounting a year before its collapse

[FT] Trump’s new special envoy says Greenland should be part of US

Sunday's News Links

[CNBC/Reuters] Fed’s Hammack says there’s no need to change interest rates for months, WSJ reports

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] AI Boom Brings Flood of Debt to Ultrasafe Market: Credit Weekly

[Yahoo Finance] How Oracle became a ‘poster child’ for AI bubble fears

[AP] Power restored to most in San Francisco after massive outage

[AP] These are Americans’ biggest priorities for the government in 2026, according to a new AP-NORC poll

[Reuters] US intercepts another vessel near Venezuela, officials say

[Reuters] US intelligence indicates Putin's war aims in Ukraine are unchanged

[Bloomberg] US Is Said to Board Third Tanker Off Venezuela as Tensions Mount

[Bloomberg] The Stock Market’s Wild 2025 Roller-Coaster Ride in Six Charts

[NYT] From A.I. to Tariffs, 14 Charts That Explain 2025

[WSJ] Fed’s Hammack Is Inflation-Wary and Prefers Holding Rates Steady Into the Spring

[WSJ] The Fight Over the Next Fed Chair Is Spilling Out Across D.C. and Wall Street

[WSJ] The Private-Credit Party Turns Ugly for Individual Investors

[FT] Market upheavals drive biggest gains since 2008 for macro hedge funds

[WSJ] Mortgage Rates Are Falling but Owners Still Won’t Sell