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[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Keep Rate-Cut Faith as Bond Rally Falters: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Oil drops as markets mull OPEC+ cuts’ efficacy, China demand concerns [Yahoo/Bloomberg] PBOC Steps Up Yuan Support Via Fixing After Moody’s Outlook Cut [CNBC] Private payrolls increased by 103,000 in November, below expectations, ADP says [Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Mortgage Rate Drops to Four-Month Low, […]

Indian Gold Demand Rises 60% In Year Eastern Gold Buyers Buy Value, Western Buyers Chase Momentum Gold Exploration Budgets Double, Yet There Are No Recent Large Gold Finds “We’ve been at this place where apathy and complacency with the gold market in the West is on display. In the East, every opportunity to buy cheap […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Slip as Doubt Swirls Over Soft-Landing Bets: Markets Wrap [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Repo-Market Spikes Conjure Memories of September 2019 US Funding Turmoil [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Edges Higher After Swinging Dramatically on Fed Rate Bets [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Stock Slump Deepens as Traders Fret Over Economy’s Health [Yahoo/Bloomberg] El-Erian Says Fed Risks Losing Control of Messaging on US […]

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bonds, Stocks in Retreat as Rate Realism Seeps In: Markets Wrap [Reuters] Oil falls on demand fears and doubts over OPEC+ cuts [AP] This Week: Job openings, consumer borrowing, nonfarm payrolls [Reuters] Fed, with rates at a peak, now looks at a hold and an eventual pivot lower [Reuters] Central banks ‘not out of […]

Americans, we are repeatedly told by the rest of the world, are idiots for not adopting the metric system. And perhaps our retention of American customary units is not among our most stellar decisions. However, as in much of life, what’s obvious is not all that matters. It’s incredibly easy to use a system based […]

Out of the Gate and Ready to Run HAI’s working thesis is that global financial markets are in the late stages of a massive confidence bubble. Amid the insecurity of an incredibly complicated financial market set-up, tucked neatly within an exceptionally complex world of geopolitical fracturing and dramatic secular change, many market participants appear anxious […]

[AP] Israeli offensive shifts to crowded southern Gaza, driving up death toll despite evacuation orders [Yahoo Finance] Homebuyer conundrum: If mortgage rates fall, bidding wars will follow, expert says [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Evergrande Faces Final Chance to Avoid Liquidation by HK Court [Yahoo/Bloomberg] China Frames ‘One Province, One Policy’ Plan for Financial Risk [Reuters] ‘Way too early’ […]

[Reuters] Wall St Week Ahead Tax-loss selling, ‘Santa rally’ could sway U.S. stocks after November melt-up [Reuters] Israel bombards southern Gaza as residents fear new ground offensive [Yahoo Finance] Fed officials are warning the Fed may not cut rates as soon as investors think [Yahoo/Bloomberg] Meme-Stock Crowd Plows Into Cross-Asset Rally Lifting Risky Bets [AP] […]