January 25 (Tuesday)

YRI
Daily Markets Overview
See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing.
Replay of Dr. Ed’s webinar on January 24.

Markets
Stocks mount stunning comeback on Monday with Dow closing in the green after earlier 1,000-point loss | C
Stocks Rocket Back to Finish Higher After Deep Slump | W
Nasdaq Days Like This Once Were Common. During the Dot-Com Crash | B
ESG Investing Can Do Good or Do Well, but Don’t Expect Both | W
Oil falls 2% as Fed rate hike talk spooks risk markets | R

Global
Omicron Slows the Global Economy, Hitting the U.S. Particularly Hard | W

Central banks
The stock market slide is unlikely to budge the Fed from tightening | C
Inflation is soaring. Should the Fed unleash ‘shock and awe’? | NN
Inflation Poses Risks of Faster, Less Predictable Fed Rate Increases | W
Fed Steps Up Deliberations on Shrinking Its $9 Trillion Asset Portfolio | W
Fed Should Focus on Balance Sheet First, Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd Says | B
Jim Chanos says the notion that the Fed will always bail out the stock market is dangerous | C

US
Why shoplifting is soaring in the US — and will get worse | P
Opinion | President Biden’s Economy Is Failing the Big Mac Test | N
With Paperwork Locked Underground, Thousands of U.S. Citizenship Applicants Wait and Wait | W

Geopolitics & trade I
As Putin Lines Ukraine Border with Russian Troops, Is There a China Factor?
How Events in the U.S., Germany and China Embolden Putin | W
On the Brink of War With Russia, Ukrainians Are Resigned and Prepared | W
Russia-Ukraine Tension: EU to Talk With Blinken Over Border Escalation | B

Geopolitics & trade II
How China spies on the West | The Spectator
NATO to Send Ships, Jet Fighters to Eastern Europe Amid Standoff With Russia | W
Deterrence Message to Moscow | W
 
Industries & companies
Autos: Ford Shuts Off Orders for New $20,000 Maverick Pickup | W
Media: Netflix shares fall to lowest since April 2020 on subscriber concern | C
Pharma: FDA halts use of antibody drugs that don’t work against Covid omicron | C
Retail: Kohl’s shares surge as takeover offers emerge, suitors include Sycamore | C
Tech: Google Deceived Users About Location Tracking, States Allege | W
 
Corporate finance
Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet set more deals in 2021 than last 10 years | C
 
Technology & crypto
Meta Unveils New AI Supercomputer | W
Ex-Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein says ‘crypto is happening’ despite plunge in digital assets | C
We’ll Know Crypto Is For Real When Its Coins Start Collapsing | FO

Virus
Omicron Leaves Nurses Stretched Thin and Seeking Help From Burnout | W