[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Drop on Manchin Shock, Virus: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Lira Slides After Erdogan Says Islam Demands Lower Rates [...]

[Reuters] Manchin gives thumbs down to Biden’s $1.75 trillion investment bill [Reuters] Omicron coronavirus cases surge in UK, scientists see [...]

Assessing the Powell Pivot The US Federal Reserve took center stage this week in a highly anticipated FOMC meeting on Wednesday. There, the central [...]

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead Narrowing market breadth may be worrying signal for stocks [Reuters] Fed policymakers make case for rate hikes after end [...]

The Fed doubled monthly taper to $30 billion, which, if uninterrupted, will wind down QE by the FOMC’s March 17th meeting. The S&P500 briskly [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Skid on Tech as Policy Tightening Saps Mood: Markets Wrap [AP] Turkey’s lira sinks to new low, prompting bank to [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise as Central Banks Weigh In: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Turkish lira slumps to new low after interest rate cut [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Steady as Fed Decision Looms: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Falls Further on Looming Surplus, China Demand [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Decline Before Central Banks Meet: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Developers Tumble on Shimao ‘Red Flag’: [...]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Rise Before Central Banks Meet: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Turkish lira plummets to new low, dragging cenbank to the rescue [...]

[CNBC] Biden says his administration will do ‘whatever is needed’ to help states reeling from tornadoes [AP] Crews search for the missing after [...]

Weekly Hard Asset Insights By David McAlvany A Santa Rally; or the Fed Who Stole Christmas? It was another eventful week in financial markets. Major [...]