Dec 21 (Monday)

YRI
Morning Briefing PDF
Daily Markets

Markets
Will the Stock Market Continue to Recover in 2021? Expect Gains, Barron’s Experts Say. | BR
What could rattle markets in 2021, even as vaccines are rolling out | MW
The Pandemic Hammered Oil Prices. Vaccines Could Start to Boost Them Again. | BR

Central banks
Fed’s Daly Welcomes More Fiscal Aid as Stimulus Deal Nears | B

US
Worried About Inflation After Covid? Don’t Be | Yahoo
How COVID-19 has reshaped the economy’s balance sheet | FO

US politics
Congress Strikes Long-Sought Stimulus Deal to Provide $900 Billion in Aid | N
Amid Vaccine Rollout and Historic Hack, Trump Remains Focused on Reversing Election | W

China
How China Censored Covid-19 | N
China could restrict bank tie-ups with fintech platforms, official suggests | R

Europe
Locked and loaded – The EU gives itself a weapon to battle against rule-of-law violations | E
Britain, EU tell each other to give way in ‘difficult’ trade talks | R

Geopolitics & trade
U.S. lawmakers to back $1.9 billion to replace telecom equipment from China’s Huawei, ZTE – source | R

Industries & companies
Airlines: Airlines on track to get $15 billion in federal aid | C
Tech: Taming big tech – America and Europe clamp down on big tech | E
Tech: Chip Giants Intel and Nvidia Face New Threats From Amazon to Google to Apple | W

Virus I
Moderna starts shipping its COVID-19 vaccine in U.S. | MW
Covid-19 vaccine shortfalls due to confusion over FDA requirements | C
CDC panel says frontline essential workers, people 75 years and older should get Covid vaccine next | C

Virus II
Experts expect vaccines to protect against the UK’s fast-spreading Covid strain | C
The U.K. has identified a new Covid-19 strain that spreads more quickly. Here’s what they know | C
U.K. orders stricter Covid lockdown in London — ‘We cannot proceed with Christmas as planned’ | C
Belgium, Austria, Italy, Netherlands halt UK flights over new coronavirus strain | C
Hospitals Retreat From Early Covid Treatment and Return to Basics | W

Technology
How jetpacks, flying motorcycles could be next for human flight | C

Cybersecurity
Biden chief of staff says hack response will go beyond ‘just sanctions’ | R
Massive cyber attack that hit government agencies and Microsoft, explained | C

Corporate finance
Wall Street Looks Ready to Service a Pent-Up Demand for Deal Making | BR
Banks Have Begun to Merge. Next Year Could See Even More Deals. | BR
Jack Ma Makes Ant Offer to Placate Chinese Regulators | W

Offbeat
Barry Ritholtz and Josh Brown Won’t Predict The Market, But They’ll Talk About Anything Else. | BR
A Christmas Star? Jupiter and Saturn Alignment Sparks Comparisons | W