Feb 19 (Friday)

YRI
Daily Markets Overview
Today’s Morning Briefing

Markets
Traditional Analysts Have New Metrics to Compete With the Rush to Themes | B
Lumber prices top $1,000 as single-family housing starts drop 12% | C
Janet Yellen: May be parts of market where investors should be careful | C

Central banks
Fed’s Brainard: Climate Change Already Affecting Economy, Financial System | W

US
Mortgage rates soar to highest level in months amid inflation concerns | MW

US politics
Yellen Defends Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Covid-19 Relief Package | W
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen makes push for major stimulus, sees bigger risk in not doing enough | C
Biden’s Coronavirus Relief Package Has Almost Nothing to Do With the Coronavirus | Reason.com
The Biden Team Wants to Transform the Economy. Really. | N
Should the Feds Guarantee You a Job? | N

Texas
Texas grid failure ignites feud over GOP oversight of energy industry | C
Texas power plants back online, but 325,000 households still in the dark | R

Industries & companies
Retail: Walmart Promises Raises for 425,000 Workers After Strong Holiday Sales | W
Technology: Delta Taps IBM to Move More Applications to the Cloud | W

Cybersecurity & cryptocurrency
North Korea Turning to Cryptocurrency Schemes in Global Heists, U.S. Says | W
Dogecoin whale? Why Robinhood may be the biggest owner, according to reports | MW

Technology
Mars landing: NASA’s Perseverance rover lands successfully on surface | C

GameStop
Citadel’s Ken Griffin defends controversial Wall Street practice, says firm would adapt if it were outlawed | C
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman defends platform’s role in GameStop surge | C

Virus
In Hunt for Covid-19 Origin, WHO Team Focuses on Two Animal Types in China | W
Covid safety: Food and its packaging are highly unlikely to transmit virus | C