Bloomberg:
- Huarong Posts $15.9 Billion Loss as Leverage Hit 1,333 Times.
- China to Sell 150,000 Tons of Metals From Reserves on Sept. 1.
- Biden’s Rushed Afghan Exit Adds Strains to U.S.-Pakistan Ties.
- Stocks Set to Climb on Powell’s Dovish Fed Stance: Markets Wrap.
- Kuwaiti Stocks Lead Middle East Gains Helped by Banks: Inside EM.
- U.S. Gasoline Jumps With Oil After Hurricane Ida Roils Supplies.
- White House Rushes Boosters; China Rejects Report: Virus Update.
- Ida Is Hitting With Stronger Winds, But Katrina Was Bigger Storm.
- Hospitals in U.S. South Run Low on Oxygen Amid Covid, Storm.
- High-Frequency Charts Show U.S. Economy Softening From Delta.
- U.S. Gulf Oil Producers, Refiners Shutting Ahead of Ida.
- Hottest Crypto Coins Are Now the Bitcoin and Ether Alternatives.
- U.S. Jobs Recovery Cools in Shadow of Delta Variant: Eco Week.
- One Stuck Box of Fertilizer Shows the Global Supply Chain Crisis.
- U.S. Port Problems Reach Worst of Pandemic Amid Crush of Imports.
- New Orleans Facing Weeks of Darkness on Hurricane Damage.
- Baxter Nears $10 Billion Deal to Buy Hill-Rom, Dow Jones Says.
Wall Street Journal:
- Who Abandoned Bagram Air Base?
- How the Biggest Firms Have Fared During the Pandemic.
- The Kabul Airport Massacre.
- The Covid Origin Muddle.
- Fed Faces Challenge Spelling Out Employment Goals.
- China Curbs Steel Output, but Familiar Economic Pressures Test Its Mettle.
- CVS Wants to Be Your Therapist, Too.
- You Are Living in the Golden Age of Stupidity.
- Keep the ‘Pineapple Express’ Rolling.
- European Union Set to Recommend Halting Nonessential Travel From the U.S.
- North Korea Appears to Have Restarted Yongbyon Nuclear Reactor.
- Covid-19 in Malaysia Threatens
to Prolong Chip Shortage.
Fox News:
- Gulf Coast braces for landfall as Ida nears Category 5 strength.
- After deadly Kabul attacks, retired Army general warns of terrorism threat already in the US.
- Taliban rule will be 'long slow death' for women facing lives of sexual slavery.
- Biden walks away after one question he doesn't want to answer at FEMA.
NY Post:
- US companies riddled with members of Chinese Communist Party: Devine. Boeing(BA), Qualcomm(QCOM) and Pfizer(PFE) are just three US companies that have employed dozens of CCP members in their Chinese facilities, the database reveals.
CNBC:
- Oil firms slash U.S. Gulf of Mexico output by 91% ahead of powerful Hurricane Ida.
- Peloton investors face a new reality as fitness company’s costs eat into profits.
- Weapons proliferation risk in Afghanistan ‘very worrying,’ former Saudi intel chief says.
Zero Hedge:
- Hurricane Ida Weakens To Cat 3 As It Pummels Louisiana With Strong Wind, Rain And Storm Surge; Half Million Without Power.
- Viral Infographic Reveals The Shocking Amount Of Military Hardware Biden Handed To The Taliban.
- China Has a Grand Strategy to Displace US: China Expert.
- Gov. DeSantis Demands Biden Administration Cease Resettlement Of Illegals In Florida.
- Moderna Vaccine Halted In Okinawa After Contamination From "Black Substances".
- The SNAP Boost Will Make The Poor Appear Poorer.
- Morgan Stanley: This Fall We Expect The Mid-Cycle Transition To End With A 10%+ S&P 500 Correction.
- Americans Have Traded Their Freedoms For Safety From COVID, And Now We Have Neither.
- Apple CEO Receives $750 Million Payout, Begins To Dump Stock.
- Vaccinated Australians To Be Granted New "Freedom"; Government-Sanctioned "Hour Of Recreation".
- US Air Strike Reportedly Takes Out Suicide Bomber Near Airport, Explosion Heard Across Kabul.
- Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Berenson After Viral COVID Tweets.
- Fed Says Taper Is Coming. Bulls Hear "No Taper Now".
- "Extremely Dangerous" - Hurricane Ida Almost Category 5 Strength As It Nears Louisiana.
- The Bear Case In 12 "Charts Of Darkness".
- COVID Bailouts Have Nothing To Do With COVID.
- Green Card Applicants Will Soon Need COVID-19 Vaccine To Be Eligible: CDC.
- Hipster Climate Change Protesters Left Behind 120 Tons Of Trash In London.
- US State Dept Urges US Citizens To "Immediately" Leave Kabul Airport Area Due To "Specific, Credible" Threat.
- "Backdoor Gun Control" - How Biden Banning Russian Ammo Will Make Range Ammo "Hard To Come By".
- What The Polio Vaccines Can Teach Us About The COVID Ones.
- China Blacklists Billionaire Actress, Cracks Down On 'Unruly' Internet Fan Culture.
- Foreign Syndicates May Have Stolen Up To $400 Billion In COVID Benefits.
- Holy Cow - Australian Beef Prices Hit Record High As Food Inflation Concerns Persist.
- "He's Failed": Students Disown Joe Biden After Endless "Disaster".
MarketWatch.com:
NewsMax:
TheGatewayPundit.com:
- EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Scientists Continue Their Treachery in Assisting China’s Biowarfare Program Unabated.
- Report: Biden Regime Targets “ISIS-K” Terrorists in Kabul Missile Strike – Kill 3 to 6 Children Instead.
- Secretary of State Blinken Claims US Never Gave Taliban Kill List – Then Admits US Gave Names of American Citizens to Taliban (VIDEO).
- Secretary of State Blinken Vacationed in the Hamptons as Kabul Fell to the Taliban.
- Joe Biden Checks Watch During The Dignified Transfer Of 13 American Heroes Killed By His Incompetence.
- SURVEILLANCE STATE: “Identify and Disrupt” Bill will Give Australian Authorities Access to Any Citizen’s Social Media, Email Account Without Consent; Allow Them to Add, Delete Information and Send Messages.
- STRANDED: Congressmen and Others Accuse Biden of Blocking US Citizens from Kabul Airport, Leaving Them to be Beaten by Taliban Terrorists.
- Kamala Harris Poses In Front Of Communist Ho Chi Minh Bust – “The WORST Photo Op For An American In That Country Since Jane Fonda Donned A Helmet There In 1972.”.
- Talibans Begin Shake Down of Joe Biden: Offer to Extend Deadline if Biden Will Unfreeze Their Funds.
- Obama Administration Officials Are Torching Biden Over Failed Afghanistan Withdrawal (VIDEO).
- Woke CDC Publishes Guide With ‘Preferred Terms’ Americans Should Use; Suggest Citizens Refrain From Using “Dehumanizing Language” Like “Inmate” or “Foreigners” In the Name of Public Health.
The Epoch Times:
- Over Half of Americans Favor Defending Taiwan If China Invades: Poll.
- China Will Soon Surpass Russia as a Nuclear Threat, Senior US Military Official Says.
- China’s Celebrity Fan Clubs the Latest Target Under Beijing’s Widening Crackdown on Internet Sector.
- Our World in Data: New Global Covid-19 Cases(7-day rolling average graphs). New US Covid Hospital Admissions/ICU Admissions/Deaths
- FT.com: Fully Vaccinated by Country(graph). Global Lockdown Stringency Index(map).
- Bloomberg.com: International Travel Restrictions. Case Graphs by State.
- NYTimes.com: County Trends and Clusters. Local ICU Occupancy.
- Brown School of Public Health: Covid Severity by State/County(map). US Hospital Capacity(region).
- CovidActNow: Covid Severity/Infection Rate by Metro Area.
- KFF: US Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity.
- Carnegie Mellon: Covid-Like Symptoms in Community. Covid Symptom Searches on Google. Covid-Related Dr.Visits. Restaurant Visits. Wearing Masks. (graphs)
- Safegraph.com: Commerce Patterns(graphs).
Night Trading
- Asian indices are +.25% to +.75% on average.
- Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 70.75 -.25 basis point.
- China Sovereign CDS 33.25 -1.5 basis points.
- Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 60.06 +.03%.
- Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 2,826.0 +6.0 points.
- Volatility Index(VIX) futures 18.9 -.28%.
- Euro Stoxx 50 futures n/a.
- S&P 500 futures +.09%.
- NASDAQ 100 futures +.15%
Earnings of Note
Company/Estimate
Before the Open:
Before the Open:
- (CLDR)/.09
After the Close:
- (ZM)/1.16
Economic Releases
10:00 am EST
- Pending Home Sales MoM for July is estimated to rise +.5% versus a -1.9% decline in June.
10:30 am EST
- The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Activity Index for August is estimated to fall to 22.9 versus 27.3 in July.
Upcoming Splits
- None of note
- The Japan Unemployment Rate, China Manufacturing PMI and the Germany Inflation report could also impact trading today.
- 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST
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