Monday's News Links

[Reuters] Ukraine talks to resume; Kremlin calls Biden remarks "alarming"

[Reuters] Ukraine insists on territorial integrity as talks loom 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Advance as Global Bond Yields Stabilize: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Stocks Fall as Shanghai Lockdown Deepens Growth Concerns

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Yen Tumbles to Seven-Year Low as BOJ Diverges Further From Fed

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Bond Rout Deepens on Fear Rate Hikes Will Stoke Recession

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Falls With China’s Worsening Virus Flare-Up, Growth Concerns

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Russian Weekly Oil Exports Drop 26% as Buyers Look Elsewhere

[MW] U.S. trade deficit in goods slips for first time in three months after setting record

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Shanghai Locks Down Half of City to Fight Covid Outbreak

[Reuters] China's Shanghai split in two for COVID lockdown as asymptomatic cases surge

[Reuters] BOJ offers to buy unlimited 10-year bonds to defend yield ceiling

[Reuters] Bank of England's Bailey sees risks from commodity trading frenzy

[CNBC] India is snapping up cheap Russian oil, and China could be next

[CNBC] Xi’s gamble on Putin may be the most dangerous and short-sighted of his nine years in power

[Bloomberg] Russia Signals Payments Coming for Bonds Due in April 2022, 2042

[WSJ] Oil Prices Stay High as Russian Crude Shortage Hits Market

[WSJ] A Middle East Geopolitical Realignment Accelerates to Confront and Contain Iran

[FT] Russia sanctions snarl global financial system in legal wrangling

[FT] Ukraine war accelerates the stealth erosion of dollar dominance

[FT] Shanghai split by lockdown as officials struggle to contain Covid outbreak

Sunday's Evening News Link

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bonds Slide, U.S. Equity Futures Dip; Crude Drops: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Falls as China’s Virus Flare-Up Worsens, Yemeni Rebels Pause

[Reuters] Ukraine willing to be neutral, says Russia wants to split nation

[Reuters] Uncertain path for oil markets in coming days

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Best Hope Increasingly Looks Like a ‘Semi-Hard’ Landing

[MSN/WP] Western heat wave sets records, fuels fire near Boulder, Colo.

[Reuters] Shanghai to lock down in two stages for testing as COVID cases spike

[FT] US companies buy back shares in record volumes

[FT] Fertiliser inflation presages a global food supply crisis

Sunday's News Links

[Reuters] Ukraine says Russia wants to split nation, calls for more arms

[AP] Zelenskyy: West needs more courage in helping Ukraine fight

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Labor Powers On as Price Gauge Hits 40-Year High: Eco Week

[Reuters] Shanghai reports new daily record for asymptomatic COVID cases

[WSJ] The Riskiest Bets in the Stock Market Are the Most Popular

[WSJ] Ukraine War Drives Up Cost of Wind, Solar Power

[WSJ] Putin Stokes Nuclear Fears With Atomic Weapons Warnings

[FT] Expectations grow that Fed will deploy jumbo-size rate rises

[FT] Shanghai outbreak poses big test for Xi Jinping’s Covid-zero policy