November 18 (Friday)
Latest Morning Briefing Executive Summary: On Consumers, Chips & The Oceans
Consumers are still spending robustly in many categories, as the surprisingly strong retail sales report for October showed. But Walmart and Target brass speaking on Q3 conference calls described heightened budget consciousness across income demographics. And while consumers have income, their balance sheets have been weakening as they take on more debt. … Are semiconductor stocks becoming attractive at their depressed valuations? Perhaps, but news this week reminds us why valuations are so depressed—demand is weak and analysts pessimistic. … Also: The oceans are about to get greener if innovative solutions employing AI, 3D printing, and low-tech dragnets succeed.
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Daily Markets Overview
Replay of Dr. Ed’s webinar on November 15.
Markets
Wall Street seen opening higher but U.S. recession priced in | R
‘Exhausted’ sellers are behind the market’s strength | C
Central banks
Fed’s Bullard says rate hikes have had ‘only limited effects’ on inflation so far | C
ECB begins great cash mop-up as banks repay 296 bln euros of loans | R
Energy
Nord Stream: Sweden says explosives found at site of Russian pipelines | C
Oil heads for second weekly decline as demand concerns weigh | R
‘Indiscriminate use of hydrogen’ could slow energy transition: Report | C
US
Stagnant Scientific Productivity Holding Back Growth | W
Inflation and Unemployment Both Make You Miserable, but Maybe Not Equally | W
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck heading into 2022 holiday | C
Fearing Future Losses, More Republicans Look to Move On From Trump | W
China
Column: China’s fast-growing renewables limit coal generation | R
Industries & companies
Autos: GM investor day: Barra expects EV profit to be comparable to gas vehicles by 2025 | C
Media: What Elon Musk memo to Twitter workers means for his FTC troubles | MSNBC
Media: After Elon Musk’s ultimatum, Twitter employees start exiting | R
Retail: Early Black Friday ‘deals’ abound, but actual bargains are scarce | R
Tech: Meta Employees, Security Guards Fired for Hijacking User Accounts | W
Crypto
Opinion | Is This the End Game for Crypto? | NYT
Crypto firm Multicoin says contagion fallout from FTX will continue | C
Interview: Fallen crypto CEO Sam Bankman-Fried opens up about FTX, Alameda Research, and his regrets | Vox
FTX filing reveals slipshod accounting, freewheeling expenses, perks | C
FTX Disclosed Related-Party Transactions but Didn’t Name Names | W
Beyond markets
Taylor Swift public ticket sale canceled over extreme demand, Ticketmaster says | C
