wiar 09-30-19

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September 30 (Monday)

Markets
Fewer Stocks Are Participating in the Market’s Rally (W)
U.K. Experience Suggests Inverted Yield Curve Isn’t All Gloom and Doom (W)

Central banks
‘Why Were They Surprised?’ Repo Market Turmoil Tests New York Fed Chief (W)

Europe
Sturgeon Urges Parliament to Remove Boris Johnson: Brexit Update (B)

China
Xi’s historic power grab has cost China a great deal of stability (C)
Slowing Economy and Deflation Cause China’s Company Profits to Drop (B)

US politics
House intel committee has reached an agreement for Trump-Ukraine whistleblower to testify ‘very soon,’ Schiff says (C)
Pelosi Tells Trump to Not Make Impeachment Inquiry ‘Any Worse’ (B)
Giuliani Lashes Out as Biden Camp Demands He Be Dumped From TV (B)

Geopolitics & trade
China Vows to Continue Opening Financial Markets (B)
Constricting investments into Chinese companies could hit the US as hard as it hits China (C)
China’s tech ambition is ‘unstoppable’ — with or without the trade war, analyst says (C)
Street fires burn in Hong Kong amid running battles between protesters and police (C)

Industries & companies
Aerospace: Boeing omitted safeguards on 737 Max that were used on military jet (C)
Biotech: Biotech Funds Are a Belt-And-Suspenders Play on a Volatile Industry (BR)
FAANGs: Why Facebook and Amazon have joined the race to bring computing to your face (C)
FAANGs: Google Draws House Antitrust Scrutiny of Internet Protocol (W)
FAANGs: Apple Watch Series 5 Review: A Smartwatch That’s More Like a Watch (W)

Corporate finance
The Easy Ride Is Over for the IPO Market (BR)