Bloomberg:
- Johnson Musters G-7 to Press Biden for More Time in Afghanistan.
- China Has Improved Accuracy of Its Missile Force, U.S. Army Finds.
- China’s Biggest Fears Are Giving Dollar All the Support It Needs.
- Asia Stocks to Gain on Vaccine Boost; Dollar Falls: Markets Wrap.
- Oil Jumps by Most in Nine Months as Commodities, Stocks Rally.
- U.S. Holds Largest Sale of Strategic Oil Reserves in 7 Years.
- Dry Bulk Shipping Rates Are Soaring and the Rally Looks Set.
- Covid Optimists See U.S. Nearing Delta Peak, But Risks Abound.
- Aviation Rebound Stalls; U.S. Mandates Multiply: Virus Update.
- Apple’s Tim Cook, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Plan to Visit White House.
- Digital Identity Startup ForgeRock Files IPO as Losses Shrink.
Wall Street Journal:
- The Taliban’s Aug. 31 ‘Red Line’.
- Police Vindicate the ‘Thin Blue Line’ Patch Every Day.
- The Deeper Crisis Behind the Afghan Rout.
- A Taliban 9/11.
- The Agony of the ‘Centrist’ Democrats.
- U.S. Struggles to Count Citizens in Afghanistan as Biden Weighs Pullout Delay.
- Fed Chairman Powell Navigates the Inflation Debate.
- Cryptocurrency’s Surge Leaves Global Watchdogs Trying to Catch Up.
- Democrats Near Showdown on Infrastructure, Spending Packages.
- Iron-Ore Prices Tank as China’s Steel Output Slows.
Fox News:
- Psaki gets heated when pressed about rescuing 'stranded' Americans in Afghanistan.
- Veterans issue 'gut-wrenching' message to Biden over Afghan 'mess'.
- Listen to caller's hateful tirade slamming Pledge of Allegiance in schools.
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.com:
- Wall Street is telling investors to prepare for the two big spending bills Congress is set to pass.
- Elon Musk says Tesla’s latest beta self-driving software is ‘not great’.
- Office building prices tumble in heart of big American cities.
- These 15 stocks of retailers are expected to rise up to 97% over the next year.
- Doctors question the optics and the scientific rationale behind the plan for COVID-19 booster shots in the U.S.
- Employers face a dilemma: keeping workers safe with vaccine mandates — and holding onto their employees.
Zero Hedge:
- Biden Celebrates FDA Approval With Message To Unvaxxed: "The Time For You To Get Your Vaccine Is Here".
- As Pentagon's Afghan Debacle Unfolds, Russia Announces Joint War Drills With China & Iran In Gulf.
- America's Latest COVID Wave Appears To Have Peaked As "Hot Spots" Turn The Corner.
- SEC Gives Chinese Companies New Requirements For US IPO Disclosures.
- NY Still Needs To Come Clean On COVID-19 Nursing Home Deaths Scandal.
- Peak Retail Season: Let The Chaos Commence.
- Pentagon To Mandate Covid Vaccine For All Service Members; One-Third Have Refused Jab.
- No, CBS News, Global Warming Did Not Create Taliban Victory.
- 7 Afghans Killed Outside Kabul Airport As Unrest Worsens.
- 'We Must Not Squander Our Majority': Pelosi Assembles House Dems As Infighting Threatens To Derail Trillions In Spending.
- Crypto, Gold, Oil, & Stocks Soar On Dismal Data As Dollar Dumps.
TheGatewayPundit.com:
- FDA Approval of Pfizer Vaccine Sparks Wave of Mandates: Pentagon, New York City Public Schools Announce Requirements.
- BREAKING: Taliban Won’t Extend Aug. 31 Deadline for US Withdrawal – Threatens Biden Regime, “Complete the Evacuations by Aug. 31 or Face Consequences” (VIDEO).
- Thanks to Joe Biden the Taliban Now has Over 200 Military Aircraft — Ranks them as #26 in List of Nations in Combat Aircraft Strength.
- China News Taunts United States for Afghanistan Failure — Mocks Afghans Falling from Planes (VIDEO).
- Biden Admin Asks Overworked US Border Patrol Guards to Deploy to Afghanistan to Process Afghan Citizens Fleeing Taliban.
The Epoch Times:
Covid-19(Data, Maps, Graphs):
- 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
Morning Preview Links
Earnings of Note
Company/Estimate
- Asian equity indices are +.25% to +1.25% on average.
- Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 73.0 -.25 basis points.
- China Sovereign CDS 34.75 -.5 basis point.
- Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 59.42 unch.
- Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 2,638.0 +33.0 points.
- Volatility Index(VIX) futures 19.75 -.49%.
- FTSE 100 futures +.15%.
- S&P 500 futures +.18%.
- NASDAQ 100 futures +.18%.
Earnings of Note
Company/Estimate
Before the Open:
- (AAP)/3.05
- (BBY)/1.89
- (MDT)/1.32
- (EDU)/.03
After the Close:
- (INTU)/1.59
- (JWN)/.30
- (SCSC)/.57
- (TOL)/1.53
- (URBN)/.80
Economic Releases
10:00 am EST
- The Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index for Aug. is estimated to fall to 24.0 versus 27.0 in July.
- New Home Sales for July is estimated to rise to 700K versus 676K in June.
Upcoming Splits
- None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
- The 2Y T-Note auction, weekly US Retail Sales reports, Eurozone GDP report, Raymond James Industrials Conference and the BMO Tech Summit could also impact global trading today.
- 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST
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