Monday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Decline Amid Inflation, Tax Concerns: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Wall Street flat; tech shares shrug off G7 tax deal

[Reuters] Gold firms as dollar dips; focus on U.S. inflation data, Fed

[Reuters] AMC jumps 19% as funds eye bearish bets

[CNBC] The Fed is in the early stages of a campaign to prepare markets for tapering its asset purchases

[CNBC] SEC says it’s monitoring the ongoing volatility in certain stocks, vows to protect retail investors

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ‘Gamma Squeezes’ Are In Play as Options Drive a Two-Faced Market

[CNBC] Deutsche Bank warns of global ‘time bomb’ coming due to rising inflation

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bond ETFs With $1 Trillion Shrug as Fed Starts to Pull Out

[CNBC] U.S. reports fewer than 15,000 Covid cases per day, averaging about 1 million daily vaccinations

[Reuters] Russian May inflation accelerates to 6.0%, above forecast