Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Stocks Rise After Five-Day Losing Streak: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rally Stalls With China Woes After Breakout From Tight Range

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Lets Yuan Weaken After Defending 7.3 Per Dollar for Weeks

[Yahoo/Reuters] US manufacturing PMI rises to nine-month high in December

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Biden Blocks Nippon Steel’s $14.1 Billion Takeover of US Steel

[Axios] Trump's uphill trade battle with China

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Reserves at Fed Sink Below $3 Trillion to the Lowest Since 2020

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Rebound in Food Prices Set to Be Followed by Trade Uncertainty

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fast-Money Quants Saw Big Year Go Bust in Wild Cross-Asset Ride

[Yahoo/Reuters] 2024 US new-car sales rise to five-year high, but Tesla and Stellantis lag

[Yahoo/Reuters] US equity inflows cool on higher bond yields

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF Posts Record Outflow After Banner Year

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Flexes Lithium Dominance With Plans for Tech-Export Curbs

[Yahoo/Reuters] China will sharply increase funding from treasury bonds to spur growth in 2025

[CNBC] Foreign phone sales plunge 47% in China spelling trouble for Apple

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] South Korea Faces Resistance in Attempt to Arrest President Yoon

[Bloomberg] Economy in Counties Trump Won Points to Governing Challenges

[WSJ] China Adds to Sanctions of U.S. Defense Contractors Over Taiwan Arms Sales

[FT] 2025 will be the year of investing dangerously

[FT] Antony Blinken: ‘China has been trying to have it both ways’

Thursday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Wall Street Rattled by Rough Start to New Year: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Set for Second Weekly Advance as US Crude Stockpiles Shrink

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Blue-Chip Firms Sell $15 Billion of Debt in January Spree

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Big Tech Stocks’ Reign May Falter in 2025, Morgan Stanley’s Shalett Says

[FT] China’s central bank plans policy overhaul as pressure mounts on economy

Thursday Afternoon Links

[CNBC] Dow reverses course and drops 200 points in volatile start to 2025: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Cattle Futures Rise to Record With Cold Blast to Hit Beef Supply

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Ford, General Motors Kick Off January High-Grade Bond Binge

[Yahoo/Reuters] Hedge funds deliver double-digit returns in 2024

[Yahoo Finance] Why Trump is antsy about the coming debt ceiling fight

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Charter Schools and Colleges Post Record Year for Muni Distress

[Bloomberg] Treasuries Start 2025 in Familiar Bind as Oil Rally Lifts Yields

[WSJ] Gold Posts Biggest Jump in Nearly Two Weeks

[FT] Dollar surges against the euro and sterling

[FT] Hedge funds Citadel and Millennium gain 15% in 2024