[Reuters] U.S.-China trade talks to resume next week, Trump hints at extension [AP] Trump’s new trade decision: Impose tariffs on imported cars? [...]

The world is now fully embroiled in a most precarious period. I wonder if the Fed is comfortable seeing the markets dash skyward – the small caps [...]

[Reuters] Wall St higher as U.S.-China trade talks advance [Reuters] China says reached consensus on some key issues during U.S. trade talks [...]

[Reuters] Shares and oil at three-month highs but no love for euro [Reuters] Yields fall after weak retail sales data [AP] Retail sales drop the most [...]

[Reuters] Global stocks greet sign of trade truce extension with glee [Reuters] Oil rises 1 percent on deepening OPEC supply cuts, sanctions on [...]

[Reuters] Global stocks ride high as ‘risk-on’ reigns supreme [Reuters] Oil prices rise on OPEC output cuts, as U.S. sanctions bite [...]

[Reuters] Stocks inch higher as investors look ahead to trade talks, Brexit [Bloomberg] Swiss Franc Slumps in Mini ‘Flash Crash’ as Japan Curse [...]

[Bloomberg] Congressional Talks on Border Security Have Broken Down [Reuters] Talks to avert shutdown ‘stall’ over immigrant detention [...]

[Bloomberg] China Says Vice Premier Liu He to Join U.S Trade Talks Next Week [Reuters] U.S. fund managers brace for consumer slowdown [Reuters] China [...]

February 8 – Bloomberg (Brian Chappatta): “Bond traders are dusting off their tried and true post-crisis playbook after the Federal Reserve’s [...]

[Reuters] Darkening ‘global economic skies’ pull stocks lower [Reuters] As growth fears mount, German Bund yield lurches towards zero [...]

[Reuters] World shares go weak as dollar extends power surge [AP] Fed Chairman Powell urges plain speaking at Fed [Reuters] Fed’s Powell [...]