Monday, February 15, 2021

Tuesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Extend Rally; Treasury Yields Rise: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Wall Street set to join global stocks party as investors dump bonds

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Treasury Yields Surge as Rising Energy Costs Spur Reflation Bets

[Reuters] Oil prices near 13-month highs, supported by Texas cold snap

[Reuters] Copper rises to near 9-year high on likely demand growth, tight supply

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Democrats Pivot Back to Biden Stimulus With Trump Trial Done

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Bonds Are Suffering the Worst Start to a Year Since 2013

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Power Crisis Leaves Millions Cold, Dark as Blackouts Expand

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ‘This Is Extremely Dangerous’: No Safe Place in Frigid Texas

[AP] Officials: 2 dead in Texas as subfreezing cold sweeps US

[CNBC] China overtakes U.S. as Europe’s main trading partner for the first time

[CNBC] Covid live updates: U.S. sees decline in new cases, CVS earnings get boost from vaccine rollout

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BofA Clients With $614 Billion Hike Risk-Taking to New Records

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Mexico Blames U.S. as Energy Crisis Spills Across the Border

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Energy Crisis Deepens With About 5 Million in the Dark

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Natural Gas Skyrockets Again to $500 as Blackouts Spread in U.S.

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] The World Will Pay More for Meat as Food Inflation Deepens

[NYT] Biden and the Fed Leave 1970s Inflation Fears Behind

[WSJ] In Texas, Winter Storm Forces Rolling Power Outages as Millions Are Without Electricity

[WSJ] SEC Signals a More Aggressive Stance Toward Wall Street

[WSJ] Lumber Prices Notch Records on Building, Remodeling Boom

[FT] Joe Biden’s huge bet: the economic consequences of ‘acting big’

Monday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Stocks Gain, Oil Climbs Amid U.S. Cold Snap: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Euro zone bond yields jump as reflation trade bites 

[AP] Millions without power in Texas as snow storm slams US

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Blackouts Cascade Beyond Texas in Deepening Power Crisis

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Biggest U.S. Oil Refineries Closing Because of Frigid Air

[CNBC] U.S. enters NATO meetings as China and Russia threats loom and war in Afghanistan drags on