Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Tech Giants Weigh on US Stocks; Dollar Retreats: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Big Tech tumbles as results sound alarm bells

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Dollar Drops to Three-Week Low as Traders Weigh a Fed Pivot

[Reuters] Chinese state banks sold dollars to support yuan late on Tuesday - sources

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Stock Rally Fizzles as Covid Woes Return to Sour Sentiment

[Reuters] BOJ ramps up bond buying ahead of policy meet, yields fall sharply

[CNBC] Microsoft drops 6% after revealing weak guidance on its earnings call

[Reuters] U.S. mortgage interest rates jump to 7.16%, highest since 2001

[CNBC] Mortgage demand from homebuyers is now nearly half what it was a year ago

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Goods-Trade Deficit Widens for the First Time Since March

[Reuters] Poor report cards at U.S. companies fan recession fears

[Reuters] Putin accuses Ukraine of 'dirty bomb' plans, says risks of world conflict high

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ukraine Latest: Russia Holds Nuclear Drills After Biden Warning

[CNBC] Live: Putin says risk of world conflict is ‘high’; Moscow official calls for ‘de-Satanization’ in Ukraine

[Reuters] Russia digging in for 'heaviest of battles' in Kherson - Ukrainian official

[Reuters] UK's Rishi Sunak delays plan on public finances until Nov 17

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan Expected to Keep Last Central Bank Negative Interest Rate

[Reuters] Australia inflation races to 32-year high, sounds rate alarm

[Reuters] SK Hynix says chip industry woes "unprecedented", to slash investment

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Hedge Funds Are Slashing Leverage to Weather Market Slump

[Reuters] Explainer: COVID, flu and RSV this U.S. winter: Why experts are worried

[Reuters] China likely to ramp up diplomatic 'attacks' on Taiwan, island's foreign minister says

[Reuters] U.S., Japan, S. Korea warn of 'unparalleled' response if N. Korea holds nuclear test

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] The World’s Biggest Source of Clean Energy Is Evaporating Fast

[Bloomberg] Xi's Total Control Over Foreign Policy Is a Big Problem

[Bloomberg] China Says It’s Historically ‘Closer Than Ever’ to Taiwan Unity

[Bloomberg] Europe Is Running Out of Time to Act on Gas Before Winter

[Bloomberg] Xi’s Vow of World Dominance by 2049 Sends Chill Through Markets

[WSJ] China’s Xi Jinping Set to Give ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomacy More Bite

[FT] ECB to start talks on shrinking balance sheet amid bond market turmoil

[FT] First bitcoin ETF loses record amount in its initial year

Tuesday Evening Links

[CNBC] Stock futures fall after Alphabet reports earnings miss

[Reuters] Wall St extends rally on signs of ebbing Fed rate hikes 

[Reuters] Alphabet's miss fans inflation fears across digital advertising

[Reuters] Chipmaker TI forecasts dour fourth-quarter estimates on slowing demand

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Visa’s Spending Growth Slows as Consumers Hit by Inflation

[Guardian] Xi Jinping has purged China of hope – but he can’t stamp out small acts of resistance

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Australia Sees Higher Debt, Deficits Even as Spending Curbed

[AP] Ukraine alleges Russian dirty bomb deception at nuke plant

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ukraine Latest: Biden Warns Russia Against False Flag Nuke Use

[Bloomberg] What a More Powerful Xi Means for the World

[Bloomberg] Homebuilder’s Orders Plunge 65% in Canadian Market’s Deep Freeze

[FT] Alphabet sends tremor through digital ads sector as growth slows

Tuesday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Stocks Rise and Treasuries Rally; Dollar Drops: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Nasdaq leads Wall St higher on hopes of less-hawkish Federal Reserve

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Holds Onto Gains as Experts Warn Winter Fuel Crisis Looms

[Reuters] Inflation worries hurt U.S. consumer confidence; house prices decelerating

[Reuters] Analysis: UK's Hunt faces triple threat from debt, recession and Conservative rebels

[Yahoo Finance] Oil: Consumers could pay 20%-25% more to heat their homes this winter

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BofA's Client Flows Into Single Stocks Near Historic Levels

[Reuters] Hyundai says new U.S. EV plant could begin production in 2024, produce 500,000 vehicles annually

[WSJ] Home Prices Fell in August in Biggest Monthly Decrease Since 2011

[WSJ] Surging Rents Push More Americans to Live With Roommates or Parents

[FT] Russia’s nuclear rhetoric ‘requires full attention’, Estonia’s spy chief says