October 13 (Saturday) Markets U.S. Stocks Advance in Roller Coaster Session (W) Here’s how much damage has been done to the stock market during a powerful rout (MW) Behind Market Turmoil, Potentially Good News (W) Here’s why stock-market investors suddenly freaked out over rising bond yields this week (MW) Credit & commodities Wall Street Sees Treasuries Yield Curve Flattening Into 2019 (B) Record Exodus From Credit Funds Outpaces Flight From Stocks (B) Corporate Loans Help Investors Fight the Fed (W) Plenty of Oil, Just Not in the Right Places (W) IEA Cuts Oil Demand Forecasts But Sees Prices Staying High (B) Central banks There’s another big reason why Trump could blame the Federal Reserve for rising interest rates (C) US U.S. Consumer Sentiment Cooled Slightly in Early October (W) Strong economy has a downside for Main Street: Fewer workers means higher wages (C) Europe Merkel, Already Wobbling, Faces Fresh Blow in Historical Stronghold (W) China China’s Auto Sales Face First Annual Decline in Decades (W) US politics Trump Considers a Successor for Sessions (W) Geopolitics & trade U.S. and China Edge Closer to a Cold War (W) U.S.-China trade talks must cover currency, U.S. Treasury chief says (R) U.S. Opens Probe Into Alleged Chinese Mattress Dumping (W) Jamie Dimon sounds warning about ‘geopolitical issues bursting all over the place’ (C) Russia hits a snag in developing a hypersonic weapon after Putin said it was already in production (C) Industries & companies FANGs: Facebook Says Hackers Stole Detailed Personal Data From 14 Million People (B) Financials: Rates Are Rising, But Banks Aren’t Worried About Consumers (W) Financials: JPMorgan Profits Rise 24% Despite Trading Dip (W) Financials: Wells Fargo Posts Surprise Revenue Rise With Consumer Loan Boost (B) Industrials: GE Delays Release of Quarterly Results Until Oct. 30 (W) Retail: Retail’s New E-Commerce Headache: Delivering Workers to Warehouses (W) Corporate finance Timeline: The rise and fall of Sears (C) Sears, Lenders Nearing Deal to Keep Some Stores Open (W) Technology IBM earnings: Investors want to see how Watson holds on to AI, machine learning market (MW) Offbeat Cryptocurrencies suffer $18 billion drop in value over three days (C) Alan Greenspan on How to Fix the American Growth Machine (W)
wiar 10-12-18
October 12 (Friday) Markets The sell-off by the numbers: Stocks post worst 2-day stretch in eight months (C) S&P 500 drops below key level watched by traders, signifying the bull market could be broken (C) The Stock-Market Meltdown That Everyone Saw Coming (B) Markets II US stock futures open higher, pointing to rebound on Friday from this week’s massive sell-off (C) Secular trends haven’t changed overnight, so don’t fear tech stocks, portfolio manager says (C) Market timers say it’s still too early to jump back into stocks (MW) In addition to the Fed, Trump can blame his tariffs for the latest market slump (C) Credit & commodities Junk-Bond Buyers Head for Hills, Pulling $4.9 Billion From Funds (B) U.S. Treasury Staff Finds China Isn’t Manipulating Yuan (C) Oil prices shed more than 5% during two-day stock market sell-off (C) Central banks Fed Officials See Strong Economy Justifying Interest Rate Rises (W) Fed’s ‘glacial’ normalization not enough to cope with inflation risks: Stephen Roach (C) Call ’em crazy, but Fed likely to keep raising rates (R) US The ‘pain threshold’ approaches for the housing market, analyst warns (MW) Social Security Benefits to Get 2.8% Boost, Largest Since 2012 (W) US politics Dina Powell leaning toward staying at Goldman Sachs instead of becoming Trump’s UN ambassador (C) Gov. Scott Walker trails, Sen. Tammy Baldwin leads in Wisconsin midterm races: NBC News/Marist poll (C) Geopolitics & trade Trump and Xi Plan to Meet Amid Trade Tension (W) Trade Tensions Take a Toll on Germany’s Economy (W) Canada sees little chance of quick end to U.S. metals tariffs: sources (R) Corporate finance Tencent Music will reportedly postpone IPO due to global market sell-off (C) Lenders Make Push to Liquidate Sears (W) Offbeat When Markets Tank, Do This (W) SEC Says Quarterly Reporting Won’t Change ‘Anytime Soon’ (W)
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October 11 (Thursday) Markets Dow skids 500 points, Nasdaq 200; S&P risks longest losing streak in 2 years (MW) More than half of the S&P 500 is already in a correction as sell-off worsens (C) Traders See Bad Day as `Slightly Overdue,’ Not a Reason to Panic (B) Amazon, Alphabet, Twitter tumble as Barclays warns of choppy earnings season ahead (MW) Central banks & IMF IMF Warns of Possible Emerging-Markets Crisis (W) Fed’s Evans sees a pause after lifting rates to around 3 percent (R) Cramer thinks the Federal Reserve is behind the sell-off: ‘I really miss Janet Yellen’ (C) US U.S. producer prices rebound, wholesale inventories rise (R) Business Prices Firmed Up in September (W) Rents Flat Year-Over-Year for First Time Since 2012 (Zillow) The Decade-Long Growth in Rentership Is Reversing (Zillow) Rising health-care costs are eating away at your wages and you may not even realize it (MW) China China’s Huawei Seeks to Chip Away at Silicon Valley’s AI Supremacy (W) Geopolitics & trade Chinese finance ministry official says ‘optimistic’ on trade war breakthrough (R) FBI director on whether Apple and Amazon servers had Chinese spy chips: ‘Be careful what you read’ (C) Industries & companies Autos: Tesla Is Closing In on $145 Million Plot for China Factory (B) Pot: Altria rises on report company buying stake in marijuana producer; Other pot stocks climb (C) Corporate finance Sears crashes to record low after report says a bankruptcy filing could come as soon as this week (BI) BlackRock Makes Private-Equity Bet (W) Technology For Next Census, Cameras in Space Replace Workers (W) Offbeat Michael Makes Landfall as Strongest Mainland Storm in 14 Years (B)
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October 10 (Wednesday) Markets Tech Snaps 3-Day Skid But Stocks Can’t Hold Gains: Markets Wrap (B) Stocks Slip, Dragged Lower by Materials Sector (W) This touted market predictor screams sell, but here’s why you might want to ignore it (MW) Why investors shouldn’t fear the dominance of FAANG stocks (MW) Yuan Lending Rate Surges as China Struggles to Stem Currency’s Slide (W) Global IMF Lowers Global Growth Forecasts for 2018 and 2019 (W) Central banks Trump says he doesn’t like what the Fed is doing, central bank is going too fast in raising rates (C) Rising yields suggests ‘conflicting factors’ over U.S. growth: Fed’s Kaplan (R) Fed’s Kaplan Is ‘Comfortable’ With Another Three Rate Rises (W) US Mortgage rates jump past 5%, signaling more home price cuts ahead (C) Europe Italian Yields Would Need to Rise Much Further to Trouble Banks (B) France’s Macron: Celebrated Abroad, Isolated at Home (W) US politics Health Care Crowds Out Jobs, Taxes in Midterm Ads (W) Trump officials have talked to Goldman Sachs’ Dina Powell about possibly replacing Haley in UN role (C) Interest Groups Compete for Trump’s TV Attention (W) Geopolitics & trade Trump repeats threat of more tariffs if China retaliates on trade (R) Metal Tariffs Haven’t Cost Jobs (Yet) (B) China slashes U.S. LPG imports amid trade war (R) P&G gets steel tariff exemption for Gillette, Venus razors (R) Cyber-security New Evidence of Hacked Supermicro Hardware Found in U.S. Telecom (B) Industries & companies Autos: Ford Falls Below $9 for the First Time in More Than Six Years (B) Chemicals: PPG’s Warning on Costs Reverberates (W) Energy: Here’s what Trump’s ethanol plan means for farmers, refiners and motorists (MW) Energy: Big Oil’s Bet on Natural Gas Is a Slow Burn (W) Energy: Exxon Puts Up $1 Million to Boost Carbon Tax (W) FANGs: Google Appeals $5 Billion EU Fine in Android Case (W) Financials: Bank Earnings: Expect Big Profits, But Buyer Beware (W) Home Builders: U.S.’s Largest Home Builder in Talks to Offload Lending Unit (W) Pot: Pot stocks pull back as Aurora Cannabis applies to trade on the NYSE (MW) Corporate finance Lyft Asks Banks for Pitches to Underwrite 2019 IPO (B) Snap Is ‘Quickly Running Out of Money,’ Analyst Says (B) Bill Ackman reveals $900 million bet on Starbucks, sees shares doubling in three years (C) Technology Google Reveals New Pixel Phone, Speaker to Chase Apple, Amazon (B)
wiar 10-09-18
October 09 (Tuesday) Markets Selloff in Tech Shares Deepens, Drags Down Market (W) Dow rises for first time in 3 days, but gains capped amid fear of higher rates (C) Volatility Surge Has Strategists Asking What’s Next for Stocks (B) Emerging Markets Look to Contain Damage (W) Tech ETFs Carry On Without Big Names (W) Credit & currencies Rising yields could be a big problem for booming corporate profits (C) U.S. Treasury still concerned about yuan depreciation: official (R) Yields on Italian Bonds Hit 4½ Year High on Budget Concerns (W) Central banks Emerging markets ‘as prepared as they can be’ for U.S. rate moves: Fed’s Bullard (R) US politics Trump Says He Has No Plans to Fire Rosenstein (W) Geopolitics & trade Pence Unloaded on China; Here’s Why That’s Important (W) U.S.-China Tensions Break Out in Beijing (W) Chinese Exporters Find 18,927 Ways to Avoid U.S. Trade Tariffs (W) Rising U.S.-China Tensions Threaten North Korea Efforts (W) Industries & companies Autos: Tesla’s Value Sinks by $10 Billion in a Week as Rout Deepens (B) FANGs: A Google bug exposed the information of up to 500,000 users (C) FANGs: Google did not disclose security bug because it feared regulation, says report (C) FANGs: Alphabet to shut Google+ social site after user data exposed (R) FANGs: Some advertisers are moving half of their search budget from Google to Amazon: ad industry sources (C) Technology Facebook launches home video chat—and promises it won’t spy on you (MW) Cocaine, Reefer and the F-Word: Sometimes Alexa Goes a Little Crazy (W) Offbeat Two Top U.S. Economists Win Nobel for Work on Growth and Climate (W) The Price of Financial Advice Is, Finally, Falling (W) Fox Hires Former White House Official Hope Hicks (W) MBA enrollment is down again. What’s the future of the degree? (WP)
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October 08 (Monday) Markets Wall Street Earnings Season Gets Under Way With Profitability at Decade High (B) All the Nightmares for Stock Investors Start in the Bond Market (B) Rising Treasury Yields Could Batter Stocks (BR) Yes, Junk Bonds Are Pricey. But a Bear Market Isn’t Near (BR) Chinese Tech Shares Tumble on Spying Concerns (W) Central banks China slashes banks’ reserve requirements as trade war imperils growth (R) Global U.S. Economy Isn’t Bright Enough to Offset Global Growth Slowing (B) US Investment in Infrastructure Is Booming (W) A top economy watcher believes a ‘potentially lethal combination’ could unleash inflation (C) US politics Brett Kavanaugh sworn in as Supreme Court justice after raucous debate, narrow Senate victory (C) Trump Wins Big on Kavanaugh and Blasts Democratic ‘Mob’ (B) Democrats’ advantage in recent polls may not bring the ‘blue wave’ they’re hoping for (C) Why No One Cares about Trump’s Inheritance Scandal Krugman: Trump and the Aristocracy of Fraud (N) Geopolitics & trade Trump’s trade deal bodes well for these companies — and their investors (MW) Trump’s Tariffs on China Aren’t a Short-Term Strategy (W) Exclusive: U.S. Commerce’s Ross eyes anti-China ‘poison pill’ for new trade deals (R) Why China Is Growing More Belligerent (BR) Japan’s Abe says would welcome Britain to TPP: FT (R) Cybersecurity Apple tells Congress it found no signs of hacking attack (R) US Homeland Security says no reason to doubt firms’ China hack denials (C) Industries & companies Retail: Retailers Rush to Fill Holiday Hole Left by Toys ‘R’ Us (W) Retail: Target Pushes New Brand of Consumer Staples (W) Retail: Why Barnes & Noble Has Untapped Potential (BR) Tech: Data-Center Gold Rush Boosts Eaton and Terex (BR) Corporate finance & Wall Street Elastic’s Soaring IPO Stretches Valuation to $4.9 Billion (B) The Future of Fidelity (BR)
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October 06 (Saturday) Markets Tech Stocks Tumble as Market Momentum Stalls (W) These stocks are the biggest winners when interest rates rise (C) Here’s the number everyone in the financial markets is obsessing about and why [10-year yield] (C) Bond Investors Catch Up With Fed’s Plans (W) Central banks Fed’s Williams sees ‘ways to go’ before rates pinch growth (C) Fed’s Bostic Not Ready to Call for Restrictive Monetary Policy (W) US U.S. job growth cools; unemployment rate drops to 3.7 percent (R) Here’s where the jobs are — in one chart (C) Exclusive: U.S. Commerce head Ross sees wage increases for steel workers (R) Europe The Achilles’ Heel for Italy’s Populists: Weak Banks (W) US politics Confirmation vote could come as early as Saturday (NN) Key Republican Jeff Flake will support Kavanaugh’s confirmation barring big changes (C) Facing pressure at home, Manchin and Murkowski buck party lines in key vote on Kavanaugh (C) Geopolitics & trade China Expands Cybersecurity Rules, Heightening Foreign Concerns (W) America First is hurting China’s business (R) Auto Makers Consider Shifting Manufacturing to North America (W) Europe Tells Trump: Don’t Bully Us on Trade (W) Industries & companies Autos: Tesla is down 7% thanks to Musk’s tweets, wiping out the gains Tesla got for settling with the SEC (C) Autos: Einhorn on Tesla: ‘Like Lehman, we think the deception is about to catch up’ (C) Autos: Ford is planning cuts to its salaried workforce (C) Autos: Toyota Recalls More Than 2 Million Autos Over Hybrid-System Fault (W) Consumer: LaCroix faces suit for mislabeling its sparkling water as natural (C) FANGs: David Einhorn dumps Apple on fear of ‘Chinese retaliation against America’s trade policies’ (C) FANGs: Netflix is down 15% from its high, and there could be more pain ahead (C) Financials: Banks Are Getting Squeezed by the Fight Against Dirty Money (W) Retail: Mattress Firm is about to close more than 200 stores. Here’s a map of where they are (C) Corporate finance Saudi Crown Prince Vows Aramco IPO by 2021, Keeps to $2 Trillion (B)
wiar 10-05-18
October 05 (Friday) Markets U.S. Stocks Fall as Treasury Yields Extend Climb (W) Technology Stocks Bear Brunt of Selling in Broader Market Slump (B) Credit & commodities 3 reasons why U.S. government bond yields are soaring (MW) Corporate Bond Buyers Seeking Yield Take Treasury Rout in Stride (B) Natural gas prices are on fire this month — here’s why (C) Central banks Kudlow Says Trump Not Trying to Exert Pressure on Fed (W) US With the rise in interest rates, Friday’s jobs report just got a lot more important (C) Why So Many Americans Still Work Multiple Jobs in Strong Market (B) China Private Businesses Built Modern China. Now the Government Is Pushing Back. (N) US politics GOP Confidence in Kavanaugh Confirmation Grows (W) Some Democrats Want Medicare for All. Others Aren’t So Sure. (W) Geopolitics & cybersecurity The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies (B) China is secretly hacking computer motherboards. The economic fallout is huge. (WP) Pence Calls on Google to Drop Mobile Search Project in China (W) West Accuses Russia of Persistent Campaign of Hacking by the Kremlin (W) Spy Bust Exposes Methods of Putin’s GRU Military Hackers (B) Pence to Step Up U.S. Criticism of Beijing (W) Trump Aims to Model New Trade Deals on Revised Nafta (W) Renaming Nafta Just Might Work (B) Industries & companies FANGs: Amazon quietly launched a new ‘accelerator’ program to create more exclusive brands for its website (C) Financials: Buy the market dip on interest rates fears and bet on bank stocks, Bernstein says (C) Retail: Here’s how Target plans to beat Amazon and Walmart in the shipping wars this holiday season (C) Retail: Bed Bath & Beyond Struggles to Clear the Clutter, Close the Price Gap (W) Retail: Why You’re Buying Products From Companies You’ve Never Heard Of (W) Corporate finance Why Biotech Deal-Making Has Dried Up (W) Technology From Reindeer to Robots, Automation Set to Deliver This Holiday Season (W) Toyota, SoftBank Join Forces to Build Self-Driving Cars That Deliver Meals, Health Care (W) You can now ask Google to book you an Uber or Lyft by voice — here’s how (C) Offbeat CEO Tenure Is Getting Shorter. Maybe That’s a Good Thing. (W) Mark Cuban reportedly urged Tesla’s Musk to settle SEC fraud charges (C)
wiar 10-04-18
October 04 (Thursday) Markets Dow Industrials Close at New Record (W) U.S. Stocks Gain on Central Bankers’ Upbeat Views (W) Treasuries Slide Pushes 10-Year U.S. Yield to Highest Since 2011 (B) An Earnings Roadblock for Stocks (W) Central banks & IMF Powell says we’re ‘a long way’ from neutral on interest rates, indicating more hikes are coming (C) Fed Should Press Ahead With Gradual Rate Rises, Evans Says (W) Cleveland Fed President Warns Against Rolling Back Regulatory Reforms (W) IMF Says Crisis Legacy Is Slower Growth, More Debt, Fewer Babies (B) US U.S. Private Sector Adds 230,000 Jobs in September (W) Services-Sector Activity Hits Record High. Thank Tariffs, Local Governments (W) Employer-Provided Health Insurance Nears $20,000 a Year (W) White House Economist Turns to Alternative Data to Boost Trump (B) | Report Companies Lure Workers With College Coaching, Debt Help (W) Europe May Beats Back Her Critics Over Brexit (W) Italy Sets Lower Budget-Deficit Targets (W) US politics Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes (N) New York Tax Department Reviews Allegations of Trump Family Transactions (W) Trump’s Tax Returns in Spotlight if Democrats Capture a Majority (W) Geopolitics & trade China to Raise Billions in Rare U.S. Debt Deal as Trade Tensions Persist (W) How the U.S. and Canada Ended Their Feud and Clinched a Nafta Deal (B) Trade Pact Shows Limits of ‘America First’ (W) Industries & companies Autos: Honda to Invest $2.75 Billion in GM’s Self-Driving Car Unit (W) FANGs: Facebook Briefs Lawmakers on Breach to Guard Against Backlash (W) FANGs: Amazon’s Wage Increase Pressures Employers to Follow (W) FANGs: Amazon Warehouse Workers Lose Bonuses, Stock Awards for Raises (B) FANGs: EBay Accuses Amazon of Illegally Poaching Sellers (W) Homebuilders: A Bull’s Case for Homebuilders as Their Record Losing Streak Continues (B) Retail: Express is the latest retailer to launch a clothing rental service (C) Trucking: Supreme Court, missing a justice, considers a trucking case that could rattle the economy (C) Corporate finance Aston Martin’s Trading Debut Flops as Shares Tumble on Listing (B) China’s biggest streaming-music service files for a US IPO (BI) Technology Six Technologies That Could Shake the Food World (W) Brain Scans Can Detect Who Has Better Skills (W) Offbeat Letters Sent to Pentagon Contained Castor Seeds, Not Ricin (W)
wiar 10-03-18
October 03 (Wednesday) Markets Dow Hits New Record as U.S. Shares Lead Peers (W) Credit Suisse CEO Says He Feels ‘Nervousness’ in Markets (B) Central banks Fed’s Powell Sees Little Sign of Labor Market Overheating (W) | Speech Powell’s Effort to Blur ‘Neutral’ Gains a Prominent Supporter (W) Powell Sees Muted Inflation Risk in ‘Extraordinary’ Economy (B) The Risk of Yield Curve Inversion—and How to Avoid It (FRB-SL) Whatever it takes. What’s the impact of a major nonconventional monetary policy intervention? (BIS) US Amazon Boosts Wages, Pepsi Raises Prices and Consumers Are Caught in Between (B) 5 myths about millennials (MW) Emerging Will Brazil’s Economy Survive Its Presidential Election? (B) US politics Trump Adviser Accuses Goldman of Partisan Points in Research (B) FBI Probe on Kavanaugh Won’t Go to the Public, McConnell Says (W) Trump Directed Action to Enforce Stormy Daniels’s Hush Agreement (W) Geopolitics & trade U.S., China May Resume Trade Talks in December, White House Says (W) North Korea Ramps Up Pressure on U.S. in Nuclear Talks (W) Industries & companies Autos: Tesla Model 3 Deliveries Surge, Overcoming Elon Musk’s Controversies (B) FANGs: Amazon to Raise Its Minimum U.S. Wage to $15 an Hour (W) FANGs: Apple Watch Series 4: Why I Finally Fell For This Wearable (W) Financials: Climate Change Is Forcing the Insurance Industry to Recalculate (W) Industrials: GE’s New ‘Game Changer’ CEO Inspires Confidence and Two Analyst Upgrades (B) Pot: Marijuana beverages are the new thing, but investors should only take sips:Nigam Arora (MW) Corporate finance Tencent Music Files for U.S. IPO (W) Technology & cyber-security Robots Head for the Fields (W) Cyberespionage Experts Want to Know Who’s Exposing China’s Hacking Army (W) Offbeat Jamie Dimon Says Shareholder Meetings Have Become ‘a Farce’ (B) Ricin Detected in Mail Sent to Pentagon Facility (W) Is It Ethical to Choose Your Baby’s Eye Color? (W)
