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October 25 (Monday)

YRI
Daily Markets Overview
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Markets
The 1929 Stock Market Crash Caught Nearly Everyone Off Guard. Are We Headed for a Similar Fate? | BR
As active investing surges, ‘Trillions’ author discusses power of indexing | C
New Preferred Stocks Offer Yields of 4%. What You Need to Know. | BR
Four Utility Stocks With Dependable Earnings and Bond-Beating Yields | BR

Climate & energy I
Energy-Stock Surge Leaves Climate-Focused Investors Behind | W
Coal Stocks Rise, Even as the Planet Warms | N
ESG Gains Could Buy Better Terms in Insurance Program | W
Transition to Nowhere

Climate & energy II
Carbon Offsets Are Used by Companies Seeking ‘Net Zero,’ but Concerns Persist | W
Niall Ferguson: Climate Discussion Nobody Wants to Have at COP26 | B
The U.K. Ditched Coal and Left Itself With a New Set of Challenges | W
Another Reason for Rising Food Prices? Droughts. | BR

Global
Supply Chain Shortages: Your Questions Answered | N
Why the Cargo Is Stuck: Letter from a Trucker | Brownstone Institute

US I
Yellen says U.S. is not losing control of inflation | R
Yellen: regulations strengthened under Fed chief Powell, predecessors | R
U.S. Companies Bet Shoppers Will Keep Paying Higher Prices | W
Home Prices Rise, and Single People Are Running Out of Houses to Buy | W
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey says ‘hyperinflation’ will happen soon in the U.S. and the world | C

US II
Pelosi says Congress is close to a deal on Biden’s social spending plan | C
Schumer and Manchin are in infrastructure talks at Biden’s Delaware home | C
Tax on Billionaires’ Unrealized Gains Will Likely Be in Budget Package, Democrats Say | W
Millions of Workers Stay Home to Watch Young Children as Daycares Struggle | W

Europe
Talks Collapse Over Sale of Troubled Italian Bank Monte dei Paschi | W

China
Covid-19 Sets Back China’s Plans to Rebalance Its Economy | W
China’s debt-ridden Evergrande resumes work on more than 10 property projects | C
Time for orderly resolution for Evergrande is running out | E

Industries & companies
Communication services: Facebook’s Internal Chat Boards Show Politics Often at Center of Decision Making | W
Media: Despite hybrid release, ‘Dune’ draws well on the big screen | C

Technology
Xpeng launches XPILOT 3.5 semi-autonomous driving features | C

Corporate finance
WeWork Goes Public. Here’s What You Need to Know. | BR

Virus
Covid: U.S. officials keep close watch on the ‘delta plus’ mutation as it spreads in the U.K. | C
China Expects New Covid Outbreak to Widen in Coming Days | B
Endemic Covid-19 Has Arrived in Portugal. This Is What It Looks Like. | W
The impact of vaccine mandates is modest, but potentially crucial | E

Beyond markets
A real-time revolution will up-end the practice of macroeconomics | E
Return to Office Makes a Big Difference for Budding Lawyers | N