Dec 28 (Monday)
YRI
Morning Briefing PDF
Daily Markets
Markets
Market Edges Toward Euphoria, Despite Pandemic’s Toll | N
What Will 2021 Bring for Investors? Less Epidemiology, More Economics. | BR
Do record-low interest rates justify the stock market’s overvaluation? Here’s the answer | MW
Global
One Vaccine Side Effect: Global Economic Inequality | N
Monetary & fiscal policy
Neel Kashkari on Interest Rates, Inequality, and Government Debt | BR
The [MMT led] Boom of 2021
US politics
Covid stimulus: Unemployment benefits run out as Trump refuses to sign | C
Pelosi Sets Up Showdown on Trump’s $2,000 Checks After GOP Balks | B
$300 unemployment benefits: Covid bill revives return to work argument | C
Digital currency
Digital Currencies and US Dollar Dominance | AIER
China Envisions Its Digital-Currency Future, With Lotteries and a Year’s Worth of Laundry | W
China
China Tells Ant Group to Refocus on Its Payments Business | W
Alibaba Shares Tumble on Regulatory Crackdown in China | BR
Industries & companies
Autos: Japan to Phase Out Gasoline-Powered Cars, Bucking Toyota Chief | W
Consumer: Consumer Brands Bet Working From Home Is Here to Stay | W
Energy: 2020 Was One of the Worst-Ever Years for Oil Write-Downs | W
Media: Disney Looks Unstoppable. How to Play the Stock Before Earnings. | BR
Media: Wonder Woman 1984 opening weekend leads to fast-tracked third film | C
Travel: Try These 6 Travel and Leisure Stocks to Play a Vaccine-Driven Rebound in Demand | BR
Virus I
More Than 4.2 Million Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker | B
Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna Covid-19 vaccine: Will the U.S. trust it? | C
EU kicks off Covid-19 vaccine campaign | C
Covid vaccine: NY healthcare provider under investigation after obtaining doses | C
Virus II
Covid-19 in 2020 – The year when everything changed | E
How the Covid-19 pandemic affected our privacy in 2020 | Vox
U.S. to require people flying from the UK to test negative for Covid, CDC says | C
Corporate finance
DoorDash and Airbnb Were Hot in 2020. IPOs Will Remain Robust in 2021. | BR
Offbeat
Investigators Identify Person of Interest in Nashville Explosion | W
