TOP MARKETS NEWS: Week 12/26 – 01/01

Weekend 12/31 % 01/01

Lagarde Says Croatia in Euro Shows Currency’s Appeal Endures – bbg
Market Misery Deals Sovereign Wealth Funds Historic Setback in 2022 -Study – Reuters
US Jobs Report Likely to Show Still-Tight Labor Market – bbg
China Stock Investors Eye Better 2023 After $3.9 Trillion Rout – bbg
Tesla Kicks Off New Year in China by Extending Incentive Offers – bbg

European Bond Markets Were Roiled This Year In Ways Few Imagined – bbg
2022 Greatest Hits: The Most Popular Articles Of The Past Year And A Look Ahead – Zerohedge
Treasuries Post Biggest Annual Loss Ever as Inflation Takes Toll – bbg
Tesla Stock Had the Worst Year Ever. That Doesn’t Make It Cheap – bbg
ECB Must Stop Quick Wage Growth From Fuelling Inflation, Lagarde Says – Reuters
As Roads Split in 2022 Stocks, One Trade Made All the Difference – bbg
Treasury Strategists Expect Lower Yields, Steeper Curve in 2023 – bbg

Friday 12/30

Stocks End 2022 With a Thud; Treasury Yields, Oil Prices Rise – Reuters
Worst Year Ever’ For Stocks & Bonds – Global Inflation Fight Bursts ‘Everything Bubble’ – Zerohedge
Stocks fall to end Wall Street’s worst year since 2008, S&P 500 finishes 2022 down nearly 20% – cnbc
Nasdaq closes out its first four-quarter slump since dot-com crash – cnbc
Morgan Stanley’s Top 10 Surprises For 2023 – Zerohedge
Cathie Wood’s Grim 2022 Is Almost Over. Next Year Also Looks Bad – bbg
Stumbling Treasury Rally Clouds Bond Market Outlook for 2023 – Reuters
Bond Traders’ Inflation Outlook Cooled in ‘22 for First Time in Years – bbg
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: TG Therapeutics, Micron Technology, ChargePoint and more – cnbc
Euro Zone’s Worst Year of Inflation Probably Ended With Respite – bbg
Chicago PMI Bounces But Remains Worst December Since 2015 – Zerohedge
New Fed Research Flags Rising Risk of U.S. Recession – Reuters
Bank of Japan may raise inflation forecasts to near 2% target, report says – cnbc
European Shares Fall, Record Worst Year Since 2018 – Reuters

Futures Slide On Final Trading Day Of 2022 – Zerohedge
Hedge Funds Set to Mark Worst Returns in 14 Years – Reuters

Thursday 12/29

Business Live – guardian

Yardeni Says Stock Bulls Have ‘Narrow Path’ to Victory in 2023 – bbg

Stocks, Bonds, Gold Rally Into Dismal Year-End – Zerohedge
Goldman’s 10 Questions For 2023, Its “Most Out-Of-Consensus” Forecast, And The “Biggest Political Risk” – Zerohedge
US Jobless Claims Rise Slightly But Remain Near Historic Lows – bbg
Euro Zone Business Lending Growth Slows Sharply in November – Reuters

Futures Rebound On Tech Rally Despite China Covid Surge Fears – Zerohedge
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Tesla, Cal-Maine, Southwest and others – cnbc
Big Oil and Tanks Top Europe’s Stock Markets, as Real Estate Lags – bbg
European markets choppy as caution abounds to end the year – cnbc

China Stocks Retreat as Covid Outbreak Renews Growth Fears – bbg
China Vows ‘Appropriate’ Fiscal Expansion To Aid Economic Growth – bbg
Analysis-China’s Services Sector Eyes Recovery After Reopening, but Challenges Loom – Reuters
Chinese Lithium Miner Sees Prices Down 25% in Balm For EV Makers – bbg
BOJ Announces More Unscheduled Bond Purchases to Cap Yields – bbg
Korea’s Chip Output Falls Most Since Global Financial Crisis – bbg

 

Wednesday 12/28

Business Live – guardian

European Shares End Lower, Britain Outpaces as China-Exposed Miners Jump – Reuters
A long-term illness crisis is threatening the UK economy – cnbc
What Investors Watch Out for in Emerging Markets in 2023 – Reuters
Inflation, Recession and Earnings Among Factors to Drive U.S. Stocks in 2023 – Reuters

Inflation, Recession and Earnings Among Factors to Drive U.S. Stocks in 2023 – Reuters
Gemini, Winklevoss Twins, Sued for Fraud Over Interest Accounts – bbg
Five Scenarios That Threaten More Strife for Global Markets – bbg
Global Bonds Slide as China Reopening Fuels Inflation Angst – bbg

Asia markets mixed as investors look ahead to 2023 headwinds, Hong Kong stocks rise on China reopening – cnbc
China Stocks Rally in Hong Kong as Nation Reopens Borders – bbg
China’s Electric Car Exports Surge to Record on European Demand – bbg
Chinese Stocks Are Suffering Massive Foreign Exodus as Covid Bites – bbg
Global Bonds Extend Losses Prompting BOJ to Boost Purchases – bbg
BOJ Members Flag Bond Market Dysfunction, Not Policy Change Need – bbg

Asia Stocks to Fall After US Shares Close Lower: Markets Wrap – bbg

 

Tuesday 12/27

China COVID-180 Sparks Hawkish Shift In US; Bonds & Stocks Dumped, Gold Jumps – Zerohedge
S&P 500 closes lower, Nasdaq sheds 1% as bond yields pop – cnbc
Tesla’s stock is headed for its worst month, quarter and year on record – cnbc
Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Southwest, Peloton, Tesla, Herbalife and more – cnbc


US PREMARKET

Home Prices Slip for Fourth Month With US Sales Market Slowing – bbg
Spain Unveils €10 billion Package of Anti-Inflation Measures – bbg
What’s behind the rise in sovereign yields today – forexlive
Exclusive-Tesla to Run Reduced Output in Shanghai in January, Plan Shows – Reuters
Recession, Rate Hikes, Diversity: What’s Ahead for Banks in 2023 – bbg
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Southwest, Tesla, Peloton and others – cnbc
For the better part of the last decade, this would’ve been laughed off – forexlive
7 biggest crypto collapses of 2022 the industry would like to forget – cointelegraph
Bond Watch: Who will buy all these bonds? – nordea
European markets head for positive open as upbeat sentiment continues – cnbc

 

ASIA NEWS
Asia markets rise as China says it will end quarantine for inbound travelers – cnbc
Korea, Japan Reopening Stocks Gain on End of China’s Quarantine – bbg
Japan to Make Raising Wages a Top Priority, Says Senior Govt Official – Reuters
Taiwan Set to Extend Mandatory Military Service, Report Says – bbg
China ends Covid quarantine for travellers in January – bbc
China Says Economy Grew Faster Than Thought in 2021 – bbg
Top Japan Bankers See Negative Rates to Stay as BOJ Roils Market – bbg
China to scrap quarantine for international travelers in an essential end of zero-Covid – cnbc

Investors Look to Inflation Path, China Reopening: Markets Wrap – bbg

 


Monday 12/26

World Economy Is Headed for a Recession in 2023, Researcher Says – bbg

China stocks rise as top brokerages Citic, CSC and Everbright predict swift economic recovery from Covid impact – scmp
China Banks Rush Traders Back to Office Amid Covid Disruptions – bbg
China to End Quarantine for HK Border Soon as Jan. 3, SCMP Says – bbg

Investor Focus on Inflation Path, China Covid Woes: Markets Wrap – bbg