Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Edge Lower as Traders Track Earnings Rush: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Declines as Traders Look to US Stockpiles and Middle East

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Japan’s 40-Year Yield Rises to Highest Since 2008 on Fed Outlook

[CNBC] September home sales drop to lowest level since 2010

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US mortgage activity gauges drop to lowest levels since August

[AP] Boeing reports $6 billion quarterly loss ahead of vote by union workers who have crippled production

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Blackstone Says ‘Very Early Days’ in Shift to Private Credit

[CNBC] IMF warns on China’s property market worsening as it cuts country’s growth outlook

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Think Tank Urges $281 Billion for Market Stabilization

[Reuters] Chinese blockade would be act of war, Taiwan says

[Yahoo/Reuters] Brazil's Lula urges BRICS to create alternative payment methods

[AP] US defense chief Austin says there’s evidence North Korea has sent troops to Russia

[Reuters] BRICS leaders tout joint finance, trade projects at Russian summit

[Reuters] Xi, Modi and Putin discuss Ukraine war amid BRICS expansion talks

[Axios] What to know about the Russia-North Korea alliance

[Bloomberg] Putin Says BRICS Summit Shows a ‘Multipolar World’ Is Emerging

[NYT] As Election Looms, Disinformation ‘Has Never Been Worse’

[WSJ] Watch Out: Wall Street Is Finding New Ways to Slice and Dice Loans

[WSJ] The Quarter-Trillion Dollar Rush to Get Money Out of China

[WSJ] North Korean Troops Train in Russia as Moscow Deepens War Coalition

[FT] French growth at risk from belt-tightening budget

[FT] Xi Jinping tightens stranglehold on China’s academia

[FT] The Federal Reserve should beware of wishing on an R-star

Tuesday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] S&P 500 Flounders as Wall Street Mulls Fed Outlook: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Climbs to a Fresh Record as Geopolitics Drive Haven Demand

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Cost to Hedge Against Treasuries Losses Soars to Highest of 2024

[Reuters] Xi tells Putin the world is in chaos but friendship with Russia will endure

[Bloomberg] Treasuries Plunge Like It’s 1995 as Traders See Soft Landing

[CNBC] Paul Tudor Jones says market reckoning on spending is coming after election: ‘We are going to be broke’

[Bloomberg] Banks Are Dumping Exposure Onto Investors and Posing Risk to Financial Stability, IMF Says

[Bloomberg] Credit Markets Largely Indifferent to US Election, JPMorgan Says

[Bloomberg] Xi’s Stimulus Won’t Stay All Thunder, No Rain Forever

[FT] Antony Blinken holds inconclusive talks with Benjamin Netanyahu in US push for Gaza ceasefire

[FT] IMF warns of ‘round-tripping’ fears