Bloomberg:
- Japan’s Suga Set to Win Ruling Party Race in Landslide, NHK Says.
- China Clamps Down on Finance Arms of Ant, Other Giants.
- Germany Is Calling the Shots in Europe and Merkel Isn’t Sorry.
- Googling for Gut Symptoms Predicts Covid Hot Spots, Study Finds.
- SoftBank Officials Revive Talks to Take Company Private: FT.
- SoftBank Selloff Hits $17 Billion After Tech Exposure Fear Grows.
- Stocks, Futures Push Higher After Two-Week Slide: Markets Wrap. Asian stocks started the week with gains and U.S. futures pointed higher as investors looked ahead to a Federal Reserve meeting that could provide clues on the policy outlook. The dollar and Tre.asuries were little changed. Shares saw modest gains in Japan, Australia and South Korea. S&P 500 futures climbed about 0.8%. Helping to buoy sentiment were comments from the Pfizer Inc. CEO about the likely deployment of a vaccine to Americans by year-end and reports that the sale of TikTok in the U.S. was nearing a conclusion. Gold was steady and crude oil ticked higher. S&P 500 futures rose 0.8% as of 9:05 a.m. in Tokyo. The index ended Friday little changed. Japan’s Topix index gained 0.4%. South Korea’s Kospi index added 0.9%. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 0.2%.
- Oil Traders Snap Up Tankers in Sign Second-Wave Glut Is Near.
- BP Says the Era of Oil-Demand Growth Is Over.
- Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day.
- Treasury Traders Are Doubtful Powell Can Drive Inflation Higher.
- ByteDance Tells U.S. It Won’t Sell Tiktok’s Algorithm: SCMP.
- Michael Bloomberg to Spend $100 Million in Florida to Aid Biden.
- Tropical Storm Sally Is Heading North, Stalking New Orleans.
- Oracle Picked as Winning Bid for TikTok U.S. Over Microsoft: WSJ.
- Gilead Close to Deal to Buy Immunomedics for More Than $20 Billion.
- The Wildly Popular Trades Behind the Market’s Swoon and Surge.
- Bad Teaching Is Tearing America Apart.
- Would a TikTok Ban Make the App Disappear? It’s Complicated.
- Remote Schooling Out of Reach for Many West Virginia Students Without Internet.
- U.S., China Spar Over Mainland Detention of 12 Hong Kong Activists.
Fox News:
CNBC:
- United CEO says demand unlikely to recover until vaccine is widely distributed
- Pfizer coronavirus vaccine could be given to Americans before end of the year, CEO says.
- At least 33 dead as wildfires scorch millions of acres across Western U.S. — ‘It is apocalyptic’.
Zero Hedge:
- "We Hope They Die!" Protesters Chant, Block Hospital ER Entrance As Ambushed LA Cops Remain Critical.
- "I've Never Seen Anything Like This": Shippers Using West Coast Ports Can't Book Rail On BNSF And Union Pacific.
- China Injects $500 Billion In New Monthly Credit As Surge In US Real Yields Looms.
- Facebook And FBI Wage Infowar On West Coast Wildfire Arson "Conspiracy Theories".
- Czech Republic Suffers Another Record Jump In COVID-19 Cases As Florida Deaths Drop To Just 8: Live Updates.
- "Fishy As Hell": Graham Slams ActBlue Over Anonymous Donations After Group Drops Nearly $200 Million On Biden Campaign.
- DEA Busts Drug 'Superhighway' Across America, Seizes 28,000 Pounds Of Meth.
- Oracle Reportedly Passes Microsoft As New 'Frontrunner' In Race To Buy TikTok US.
- Princeton Math Prof Dares To Challenge University's "Systemic Racism" Narrative.
- On The Edge Of Another Historic Inversion: Retail Traders Set To Surpass 50% Of All Call Buying.
- Enter Austin "At Your Own Risk" - Texas Billboards Warn Motorists Amid Police Cuts.
- Retail Worshipers Routed By Last Week's Tesla Tumble Remain Faithful To The Church Of Musk.
- It's Far Too Late To Think Lockdowns Can Make COVID-19 Go Away.
- People Are Rolling Cars In Neutral Down The Hill Where The Nikola One Semi Was Allegedly Filmed "In Motion".
- A Permanent Shift In Valuations?
- LA Deputies Shot In Compton Ambush, Suspect At Large.
- The Millennials Are Coming For The Boomers' Money: One Bank Sees Generational Conflict Breaking Out This Decade.
- Author Of Dystopian Classics Predicted 'Use Of Face Masks To Enforce Conformity' 70 Years Ago.
- DHS Proposes Massive Expansion Of "Biometric Modality" Collection.
- Chinese Government Combines "Track & Trace" COVID-System With Social Credit Score.
- New System In Gulf Could "Strengthen" Into Hurricane Sally; New Orleans In Crosshairs.
- How To Protect Your Children From Indoctrination.
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Night Trading
- Asian indices are -.25% to +.5% on average.
- Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 58.75 -.75 basis point.
- China Sovereign CDS 36.50 -.75 basis point.
- Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 60.53 +.02%.
- Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 222.0 +27.0 points.
- Volatility Index(VIX) futures 31.10 -2.4%.
- Euro Stoxx 50 futures +.15%.
- S&P 500 futures +.88%.
- NASDAQ 100 futures +1.1%.
Earnings of Note
Company/Estimate
Before the Open:
Before the Open:
- None of note
After the Close:
- (LEN)/1.58
Economic Releases
- None of note
Upcoming Splits
Normal:
- None of note
- The Euzozone Industrial Production report, RBA minutes, Barclays Financial Services Conference, RBC Industrials Conference, Morgan Stanley Healthcare Conference, Jefferies Software Conference, JPMorgan Gaming/Lodging/Restaurant/Leisure Forum, (PFE) investor day and the Deutsche Bank dbAccess Conference could also impact trading today.
Normal:
- 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST
