Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Blistering Metals Rally Sends Gold, Silver and Copper to Records

[CNBC] Stocks lose ground as traders weigh more bank earnings: Live updates

[Axios] Oil prices climb as markets weigh Trump's potential Iran strike

[AP] Retail sales rose a better-than-expected 0.6% in November as the holiday season kicked into gear

[AP] Producer prices rise a mild 0.2% in November, government says in report delayed by federal shutdown

[Axios] Grocery prices jump in Dallas-Fort Worth and nationally

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Growing Number of Options Traders See No Fed Cuts in 2026

[Yahoo/Reuters] Fed's Kashkari says Trump administration's threats are 'about monetary policy', NYT reports

[NPR] How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart

[AP] Trump says anything less than having Greenland in the United States’ hands is ‘unacceptable’

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Reasserts Greenland Claim as Diplomats Arrive in US

[Politico] Europe goes all out to make a deal with Trump on Greenland

[AP] Iran signals fast trials and executions for protesters as death toll in crackdown goes over 2,500

[AP] China had a record $1.2 trillion trade surplus in 2025, as exports rose 6.6% in December

[AP] Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives in Beijing for landmark 4-day visit to China

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Xi Welcomes Stream of Leaders Shaken by Trump’s New World Order

[Reuters] Ukraine drone attack sparks industrial fire in Russia's Rostov-on-Don, officials say

[Bloomberg] Japan’s Five-Year Bond Sale Demand Weaker Than 12-Month Average

[Bloomberg] Pirro Defends Powell Subpoena, Saying ‘No One Is Above the Law’

[Bloomberg] JPMorgan Sets Major US Bank Bond Sales in Motion After Earnings

[Bloomberg] US Mortgage Rates Slide to One of Lowest Levels Since 2022

[NYT] ‘We’re Not Stupid’: What Greenlanders Would Say to Trump

[NYT] A Top Fed Official Says the Trump Administration’s Threats Are ‘About Monetary Policy’

[NYT] Caught Between Superpowers, Canada Seeks a New Path in Beijing

[NYT] China Announces Record Trade Surplus as Its Exports Flood World’s Markets

[WSJ] The Collapse of a Car-Parts Supplier Puts Spotlight on How Cash Flow Can Lie

[WSJ] U.S. Blows Up China’s Latin America Ambitions With Maduro Ouster

[WSJ] The Obscure Bank Collapse That Sent Iran Into a Tailspin

[WSJ] Market Underprices Geopolitical Uncertainties, ECB’s Vice President Says

[FT] Iran’s chief justice urges regime to swiftly ‘punish’ protest detainees

[FT] China blames US for trade imbalances as surplus hits record $1.2tn in 2025

[FT] Why the world has started stockpiling food again

Tuesday Evening Links

[CNBC] Stock futures are flat as traders look ahead to more bank earnings: Live updates

[AP] Denmark, Greenland leaders stand united against Trump’s Greenland takeover call ahead of key meeting

[Bloomberg] Trump Credit Card Cap Would Hit $70 Billion Market for the Debt

[Bloomberg] Trump Says Dimon ‘Wrong’ to Criticize DOJ Probe of Fed’s Powell

[NYT] Blowback Builds Over Criminal Investigation of Powell

[NYT] In a Risky Gambit, Trump Tries Brute Force to Lower Prices

[WSJ] Wall Street Is Suddenly on the Defensive With the President

[WSJ] Trump Tells Iranian Protesters ‘Help Is On Its Way’

[FT] Donald Trump warns Iran to ‘show humanity’ or face ‘very strong action’

[FT] Trump says ‘help is on its way’ for Iranian protesters

[FT] Jay Powell sent senators details on $2.5bn Fed project following testimony

Tuesday Afternoon Links

[CNBC] S&P 500 pulls back from record as JPMorgan shares fall, traders deal with barrage of Trump demands: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Hits Two-Month High as Trump Amps Up Rhetoric Against Iran

[AP] Wall Street CEOs warn Trump: Stop attacking the Fed and credit card industry

[Yahoo/Reuters] US new home sales fall marginally in October

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Trump Says Furor Over Powell Probe Won’t Delay Fed Nomination

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Exxon’s Truth-Telling on Venezuela Shows Risk of Crossing Trump

[Yahoo/WSJ] Jamie Dimon Warns Political Interference With Fed Would Push Up Rates

[Reuters] Trump declines to clarify his 'help is on its way' comment on Iran protests

[Axios] Trump urges Iran protesters to "take over" government institutions

[AP] Tensions flare in Minnesota as protesters and federal agents repeatedly square off

[AP] Greenland official calls it ‘unfathomable’ that the US is considering taking over the island

[AP] Death toll from Iranian protests surpasses 2,000, activists say, as chaos recalls 1979 revolution

[Bloomberg] Sales of New US Homes Hold Close to Fastest Pace Since 2023

[Bloomberg] Greenland Says It Chooses Denmark and Rules Out Joining US

[Bloomberg] New York Tells Data Centers They Must Pay More for Power

[NYT] Food Prices Were Stubbornly High Last Year

[WSJ] Greenland or NATO? Trump Can’t Have Both