Thursday, January 7, 2016

Friday's News Links

[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Pare Climb Amid Payroll Gains, Stability in China

[Bloomberg] China Halts Run of Yuan Fixing Cuts That Rattled Global Markets

[Reuters] China regulator orders some banks to limit dollar buying: sources

[FT] China steps up capital controls to stem outflows

[Bloomberg] China State Funds Said to Buy More Shares After $1 Trillion Rout

[Reuters] Chinese firms step up dollar debt redemptions as yuan weakens

[Dow Jones] Brazil Inflation Reaches Highest Level in 13 Years

[Reuters] China's currency stance tests world policymakers' sense of perspective

[Bloomberg] China Finds $3 Trillion Just Doesn't Pack the Punch It Used To

[Reuters] US high-yield bond market stumbles out of the gate

[Bloomberg] Bond Insurers File Suit to Halt Puerto Rico Revenue Diversion

[Bloomberg] Yen Pares World's Best Performance This Year as Yuan Drop Halted

[Bloomberg] Noble Group Bonds at 53 Cents Push Debt From Junk to Distressed

[Bloomberg] SNB Suffers Record 23 Billion-Franc Loss on Strong Currency

[FT] Boeing passenger jet orders for 2015 point to sales slowdown

Thursday Evening Links

[Bloomberg] China's Stocks Climb After Circuit Breakers Cut, Yuan Fix Steady

[CNBC] People's Bank of China sets yuan fix at 6.5636 versus 6.5646 Thursday

[Bloomberg] Asian Stocks Rout Deepens as China Abandons New Circuit Breakers

[Bloomberg] Japan's Nikkei 225 Extends Retreat After Worst Start Since 1970

[Reuters] U.S. stock funds bleed: see biggest outflows since September - Lipper

[Bloomberg] China Flip-Flops on Stock Crash Rule and Adds to Chaos

[Bloomberg] Late-Night U.S. Futures Trading Soars on China Fixation: Chart

[Bloomberg] China Woes Send Traders Running From Germany's Once-Mighty DAX

[MarketWatch] Marc Faber’s forecast for the U.S. stock market is frightening

Thursday Afternoon News Links

[Reuters] Sources: China wants quick, sharp currency decline

[Bloomberg] Yuan Plunge Could Spur Devaluation Race, Mexico Minister Says

[Bloomberg] S&P 500 Caps Worst-Ever Start to Year on China Woes, Oil Slump

[Reuters] Devaluation fears hit Saudi riyal as oil slides

[FT] ECB under fire as Portugal hits Novo Banco bondholders

Thursday's News Links

[Bloomberg] Stocks Extend Rout, Oil Slides on China as Soros Warns of Crisis

[Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Plunge at Open for Second Day

[Bloomberg] George Soros Sees Crisis in Global Markets That Echoes 2008

[Bloomberg] China Suspends Stock Circuit Breaker Rule, CSRC Says on Weibo

[Bloomberg] $30 Oil Just Got Closer as WTI Slides to 12-Year Low on China

[Bloomberg] Junk-Bond Risk Gauge Jumps as China Meltdown Adds to Energy Rout

[Bloomberg] China Reserves Post First Yearly Drop Since 1992 Amid Yuan Slide

[Bloomberg] China's 29 Minutes of Chaos: Stunned Brokers and a Race to Sell

[CNBC] Chinese yuan: Here's what's happening to the currency

[WSJ] Why China Shifted Its Strategy for the Yuan, and How It Backfired

[Bloomberg] Gold Is Turmoil's Beneficiary as Soros Reminded of Market Crisis

[Bloomberg] Deepening Metals Rout Sends Copper Below $2 First Time Since '09

[Bloomberg] Brazil Industry Drop Signals Recession Deepened at Year-End

[Bloomberg] Swap Spreads Are Falling Again, and Analysts Are Blaming China

[NYT] Chinese Stock Plunge Forces a Trading Halt, and Global Markets Shudder

[Bloomberg] How Central Banks Gained More Control Over The World's Major Currencies

[Bloomberg] Charts to Make You Go: 'ARGGHHHH'

[Reuters] British Chancellor Warns of 'Dangerous Cocktail' of Threats for 2016

[Reuters] Merkel wants authorities to get to bottom of Cologne attacks

[Washington Post] Iran claims Saudi airstrikes on Yemen embassy amid deepening tensions