Monday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Tick Higher Before Earnings Test: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Oil falls over 2% as China demand woes erase last week's gains

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Chinese Stocks Climb as Traders See Hope in Beijing’s Promises 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Commodities Steady as China Pledges More Support for Growth

[Reuters] Morning Bid: China doubts as economy struggles, US bonds closed

[CNBC] Nobel economics prize for 2024 awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson

[Reuters] Inside China's bid to build sway over global metals pricing

[Reuters] China's exports miss forecasts as lone bright spot fades

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Chinese LGFV Bonds Rally After Beijing’s Funding Pledge

[Politico] ‘No red lines’ in conflict with Israel, Iran foreign minister says

[BBC Live] China encircles Taiwan as 'punishment' for president's speech

[AP] China holds large naval and air force exercises around Taiwan as a warning against independence

[Reuters] Senior Taiwan security official says pressure on Taiwan from China is 'not light'

[Reuters] India's Sept retail inflation accelerates at its fastest pace in 9-months

[Bloomberg] Why America’s Housing Shortage Is So Hard to Fix

[Bloomberg] Putin Bent on Testing West’s ‘Red Lines,’ German Spy Chief Says

[WSJ] The Fed Has a Dependency Problem That Needs Fixing

[WSJ] Used EVs Sell for Bargain Prices Now, Putting Owners and Dealers in a Bind

[WSJ] Costco Members Are Buying Platinum. Should You?

[WSJ] China Keeps World Guessing on Size of Fiscal Stimulus

[WSJ] China Is Turning Japanese

[FT] Corporate debts mount as credit funds let borrowers defer payments

[FT] Why have Americans been moving closer to climate risk?

[FT] Inside Israel’s push into the undergrowth of southern Lebanon

[FT] China deploys record number of warplanes in drills around Taiwan