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EUROPE
Greece’s membership of the euro is still tenuous – FT
A bare majority want to
remain on the single currency -- and most of those do so out of fear rather
than love.
Key ECB Policy Makers Are Said to Have
Challenged QE Pledge – BB
Key officials Coeure,
Weidmann, Villeroy said to back shift * ECB currently plans to buy until
inflation goal is in sight
Real exchange rate
misalignments in the euro area – ECB
UNITED STATES
Multinationals Scurry to Defuse House Tax Bill’s
‘Atomic Bomb’ – BB
Tax writer offers
changes amid range of industry complaints * Bill aims at offshore
profit-shifters, hits many others too
OTHER
Yield Curve & Credit Markets Flash Red, Small
Caps Slump On Tax Turmoil – ZH
Bond-Market Phenomenon Unseen Since '04 Explains
Curve Conundrum – BB
Stock Market Jitters Suggest Fading Optimism on
Tax Cuts – BB
Do Portfolio Factors or Characteristics Drive Expected Returns? – Alpha Architect
A Reality Check on Stock-Market ‘Anomalies’ – WSJ
Private-equity fund to
focus on U.S. manufacturing industry * Goldman CEO Blankfein in China this week
along with Trump
SAUDI ARABIA
Three of the kingdom’s
richest people are under arrest * Authorities say suspects are innocent until
proven guilty
Saudi Arabia Says Only Private Accounts
Suspended in Crackdown
– BB
Central bank says
accounts of ‘persons of interest’ frozen * Princes, businessmen, officials
arrested in anti-graft drive
Saudi mass arrests jolt markets but many see
overdue swoop on corruption
– Reuters
A revolution happening
in Saudi Arabia that could change the kingdom forever * This is the new way. There's going to be one
family
REGULARS
Disney’s Fox hunt, Weinstein army of spies, Snapchat’s disappearing act
Saudi Crackdown Raises Stakes for Investors, U.K. Retail Sales Fall, Time
for Market Caution?
New equity records; Chinese FX reserves ahead; EUR weakness * Negative
valuation effects on China’s FX reserves, but change likely to be small Oil
prices remain elevated
APAC share markets rose in a determined manner overnight with Australia
up 1.02% Hong Kong up 1.24% and Japan up by 1.74% on the back of rising
commodities prices.
Daily Market Comment – Marc Chandler
Summit troubles — Finance ministers gather — Eurobonds
Global Stock Meltup Sends Nikkei To 25 Year High
FINNISH
Suomen vienti
vahvassa vedossa * Ruotsin teollisuustuotanto kasvoi kolmannella neljänneksellä
* Saksan tehdastilaukset yllättivät positiivisesti * Öljyn hinta nousi 64,27
dollariin tynnyriltä