Sep 19 (Saturday)
YRI
Morning Briefing PDF
Daily Markets
Markets
Stocks Finish Week Lower as S&P 500 Dragged Down by Tech Shares | W
The Fund-Flows Indicator Is Behaving Strangely | Morningstar
Platinum, Palladium Prices Diverge as Car Makers See Uneven Recovery | W
Corporate debt frenzy rolls on as worries loom over markets | R
Central banks
Fed’s new framework met with a confused shrug by the public: survey | R
Fed’s Bullard says ‘biggest growth quarter of all time’ will lift inflation | C
Fed’s Kashkari says warnings of runaway inflation are just ‘ghost stories’ | MW
Fed to add pandemic-recession scenarios to next round of big banks’ stress tests | MW
Kashkari Urges Big Investors to Demand Banks Hold More Capital | B
Fed Hires BlackRock to Help Calm Markets. Its ETF Business Wins Big. | W
US
Millions Are House-Rich but Cash-Poor. Wall Street Landlords Are Ready. | W
US politics
Fiscal fizzle saps U.S. economic recovery, a possible boost to Biden | R
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Liberal Voice on Supreme Court, Dies at 87 | W
Europe
Europe Is Falling Behind on 5G Rollout, Top Companies Warn | W
Geopolitics & trade
U.S. Bans Chinese Apps TikTok and WeChat, Citing Security Concerns | W
Trump to block downloads of TikTok, WeChat on Sunday | C
Industries & companies
Autos: The Incredible Shrinking GM: Mary Barra Bets That Smaller Is Better | W
Virus
Trump says U.S. will manufacture enough coronavirus vaccine doses for every American by April | C
How to Ship a Vaccine at –80°C, and Other Obstacles in the Covid Fight | N
‘Pandemic fatigue’ leads to resurgence of coronavirus in Europe | C
CDC Reverses Relaxation of Covid-19 Testing Recommendations | W
Lancet Medical Journal Changes Peer-Review Process Amid Flurry of Covid-19 Research | W
Corporate finance
SoftBank Sells Brightstar, Carrying On Its Divestiture Spree | W
Chime is now worth $14.5 billion, surging past Robinhood as the most valuable U.S. consumer fintech | C
Sequoia had a $9 billion week from three IPOs and helped on TikTok | C
Offbeat
Lake Tahoe Booms in Tech’s Work-From-Anywhere Shift | B