Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Thursday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise as Traders Eye Peak Rates: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Futures Rebound as Dollar Declines and Equities Advance

[CNBC] Jobless claims edge up to 198,000, higher than expected

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Pickleball Bar Loan Portends US Small-Business Credit Crunch

[Reuters] Signs of pain as easy cash era ends are growing

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] San Francisco Fed’s Daly Stays Mum While Criticism Mounts Over SVB Oversight

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Closest Stock and Bond Correlation Since 1997 Hinders Diversity

[Reuters] Global derivatives industry defends CDS after banking blow-ups

[Reuters] Russia detains Wall Street Journal reporter on suspicion of spying

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Average Wall Street Bonus Plunges 26% to $176,700

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] A $3 Trillion Threat to Global Financial Markets Looms in Japan

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Sugar Getting Even Pricier Poses New Threat to Food Inflation

[Reuters] Taiwan president starts sensitive U.S. stopover; China warns against meetings

[Reuters] Analysis: Hiring spree by China's debt-laden local governments fuel fiscal fears

[Reuters] China seeks to woo foreign firms as tensions with West swirl

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Xi’s New Vice Premier to Oversee Finance, Housing in Shake-Up

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Spain Inflation Halves But Core Pressures Highlight ECB Bind

[Foreign Affairs] Xi Jinping Says He Is Preparing China for War

[Reuters] Chile detects first case of bird flu in a human

[Bloomberg] China’s Biggest Builder Posts First Loss Since 2007 Listing

[Bloomberg] Worried About Shadow Banking? Don’t Look at China

[WSJ] Venture Capitalists Stare Into the Post-SVB Abyss

[WSJ] Small Banks Are Losing to Big Banks. Their Customers Are About to Feel It.

[WSJ] China Wants to Be at Center of New World Order, Top EU Official Says

[WSJ] Nuclear Plant at Risk as Ukraine and Russia Gear Up for Spring Offensive

[FT] Germany reports higher than expected inflation

[FT] How wild was Treasury trading this month?

[FT] The risks of China’s regulatory shake-up

[FT] China’s premier warns against conflict in Asia amid US tensions

Wednesday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise as Risk-On Rally Lifts Banks, Tech: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] FDIC Faces $23 Billion in Costs From Bank Failures. It Wants Big Lenders to Pay

[Reuters] Fed's Powell discussed FDIC limits with House Republicans -lawmaker

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ukraine Latest: Yellen Backs US Aid as Republicans Express Doubt

Wednesday Afternoon Links

[Reuters] Wall St climbs as bank fears ease, rate-hike pause hopes grow

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Pending Home Sales Unexpectedly Rise to Highest Since August

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BofA Sees Risk of Another FX Liquidity Crunch After Bank Crisis

[Reuters] Activity stalls in top U.S. oilfields, outlook sours -Fed survey

[Reuters] US aims to counter China's influence in global institutions, Yellen says

[Reuters] Cargill plans to halt grain export activities in Russia

[Reuters] Rising Antarctic ice melt will dramatically slow global ocean flows, study finds

[Bloomberg] Degenerate Gambling' in Zero-Day Options Thrills Retail Traders