Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Thursday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Stocks Bounce After Four-Day Losing Run: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Advances After 27% Annual Gain as Traders Eye US Rate Path

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Chinese stocks tumble in worst start to a year since 2016

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil climbs in year’s first session with US stockpiles in focus

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Euro Falls to Weakest Versus Dollar Since 2022

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Europe’s Cold Snap to Further Deplete Gas Inventories

[AP] US unemployment claims fall to 211,000, the lowest level since March

[Reuters] Morning Bid: Markets usher in 2025 with Trump trepidation

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Mortgage Rates Rise to Highest Since Early July, Suppressing Demand

[CNBC] Mortgage demand dives nearly 22% to end 2024

[Yahoo/Reuters] ETFs could face obstacles in 2025 after bumper year

[Axios] Arctic blast tied to polar vortex puts U.S., Europe in deep freeze

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] PBOC Boosts Support for Yuan After Currency’s Year-End Tumble

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] PBOC Seen Delaying Reserve Ratio Cut After $233 Billion Cash Injection Last Month

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asia's factories end 2024 on weak footing as Trump 2.0 risks mount

[Bloomberg] Why US Port Workers Are Threatening to Strike, Again

[Bloomberg] Politics, Economics and Markets Create a 2025 Three-Body Problem

[Bloomberg] A ‘Made in China’ Crisis Awaits Big Auto

[NYT] China Hits Dozens of U.S. Companies With Trade Controls

[NYT] The Bull and Bear Case for 2025

[WSJ] Businesses Preparing for Another Year of Geopolitical Tumult

[FT] Gold set to rally further this year, say Wall Street banks

[FT] Crypto industry dreams of a golden era under Trump