Bloomberg:
- Virus Controls Undercut China’s Holidays, Economic Recovery.
- Australia Central Bank Faces Taper Quandary as Peers Stand Pat.
- U.K. Businesses Call for Clear Roadmap to Reopening the Economy.
- Governments Exploit Covid Data for Other Uses, Risking Backlash.
- Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Detained, Her Party Says Army Stages ‘Coup’.
- Cases Slow Across Globe; Variant Worries Remain: Virus Update.
- U.S. Stock Futures Slide; Silver Contracts Surge: Markets Wrap.
- Dubai Stocks Lead Gulf Selloff Amid Travel Curbs: Inside EM.
- Oil Drops Below $52 as Virus Resurgence Weighs on Demand Outlook.
- Biden’s First U.S. Jobs Report to Show Challenge Ahead: Eco Week.
- OPEC+ Sees Almost Full Compliance With January Oil-Supply Cuts.
- The Reddit Army Bailout: Desperate Companies Get New Lifelines.
- Biden Health Adviser Warns of Virus Variants, Future Lockdowns.
- ‘Trillion Dollar’ Mt. Gox Demise as Told by a Bitcoin Insider.
- Silver Retail Sites Grind to Halt as Reddit Horde Moves to Coins.
Wall Street Journal:
Fox News:
- Biden adviser shrugs off concerns about jamming through massive stimulus package.
- Doctor issues new warning about COVID vaccines and evolving virus.
CNBC:
- GameStop mayhem hits close to home for co-founder’s son, who’s active on WallStreetBets.
- It’s likely going to take a constant stream of excited buyers to keep the GameStop, AMC rally going.
- Russia arrests over 4,500 at nationwide protests backing jailed Putin critic Navalny.
- Hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen leaves Twitter after family receives threats amid GameStop backlash.
- Robinhood to continue trading limits on Monday, customers can still only buy one GameStop share.
- Melvin Capital, hedge fund that bet against GameStop, lost more than 50% in January.
Zero Hedge:
- Lincoln Project Denounces Co-Founder After Allegations Of Pedophilia, Sexually Provocative Messages To 21 Young Men.
- Silver Futures Soar 8%, Rise Above $29 As Reddit Hordes Pile In.
- Make Standard Oil Great Again: Exxon, Chevron Have Discussed A Merger.
- Ray Dalio: Recent Market "Rebellion" Shows Growing "Anger" And "Intolerance" In U.S.
- Why Hasn't The House Held Hearings To Establish "Incitement To Insurrection"?
- This Is The Stunning Way Some Desperate Funds Covered Their Gamestop Shorts.
- Religious Books Seized And Burned In Communist China, 'Believers' Given Jail Terms.
- "Everyone Is Afraid Ahead Of The Open" - Reddit-Raiders Spark Nationwide Physical Silver Shortage.
- GOP Senators Offer $600 Billion Compromise For COVID Relief.
- "So You Just 'Raided' Your First Company" - A Letter To Non-Professional Traders.
- Reddit Outages Reported As r/WallStreetBets Experiences Surge In Web Traffic.
- The Stock Market, Fatally Wounded By The Truth, Will Stumble And Crash.
- "Biggest Storm In 5 Years?!" - More Than A Foot Of Snow Could Blanket Northeast.
- Melvin Capital Lost A Stunning $7 Billion In January, 53% Of Its Capital; Here's How Everyone Else Did.
- Gordon Johnson: Tesla Lost Money Selling Cars For The Fourth Straight Quarter.
- Stimulus Checks Helped Fuel GameStop Stock Surge: Billionaire Gundlach.
- Extremely high fear.
- Only You Can Beat Big Tech Censorship.
- WHO Team 'Tightly Controlled' By CCP During COVID-19 Origins Investigation.
- 'Black Lives Matter' Nominated For The Nobel Peace Prize.
- Caveat Emptor - Are You A WSB 'Useful Idiot'?
- Virginia Task Force Drops Gang Database After Complaints It Has Too Many Minorities In It.
NewsMax:
TheGatewayPundit.com:
- Perfect. Kamala Harris Tells Unemployed Coal Miners That After Biden Kills Their Jobs They Should Work Reclaiming Abandoned “Land Mines” (VIDEO).
- Americans Learn Those Involved in the Russia Collusion Coup Will Walk Confirming The Evolution of the Deep State and the Two Tiered Justice System.
- Unity: Biden White House Fired Trump Officials in Pentagon Who Were Out on Maternity and Paternity Leave (VIDEO).
- Biden KILLS Trump Order Expanding Access To Opioid Abuse Treatment.
- SNL Runs Disgusting Hit Piece on Mike Lindell, Mocks Him for Previous Drug Addiction and His Support for Donald Trump (VIDEO).
- Never Trump Lincoln Project Co-Founder John Weaver Busted For Grooming Underage Teen Boys – Lincoln Project Responds.
- A Miracle! Only 23 Americans Tested Positive for Flu Last Week Compared to 14,657 Cases Reported Last Year at Same Time.
- Bill Gates Surprised Over “Crazy Conspiracy Theories” About Him and Dr. Fauci — Blames Social Media Companies and Not His Creepy Ideas.
- Note to Arizona Senate from a Former International Audit Executive: If Audit Resources are Limited – FOCUS ON THE BALLOTS.
- Rep. Elise Stefanik Calls for Federal Investigation on Criminal Acts Committed by Gov. Cuomo in COVID Nursing Home Scandal (VIDEO).
- Five of Trump’s Impeachment Lawyers Leave Defense Team 9 Days Before Senate Trial.
- Rapper Tom MacDonald’s “Fake Woke” that RIPS Cancel Culture Reaches #1 on Hip-Hop, Rap and All-Genre US iTunes Song Sales.
The Epoch Times:
- US Can Draw Lessons From Taiwan on Fighting China’s Disinformation: Report.
- Popular Fertility App Sued Over Allegedly Sharing Personal Data With Chinese Firms.
HereIsTheEvidence.com:
Digital Blackboard:Worldometer:
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KFF:
Night Trading
- Asian indices are -.5% to +.5% on average.
- Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 63.5 +2.25 basis points.
- China Sovereign CDS 32.50 +.75 basis point.
- Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 62.15 +.11%.
- Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 1,178.0 +34.0 points.
- Volatility Index(VIX) futures 32.55 +.40%.
- Euro Stoxx 50 futures -.17%.
- S&P 500 futures -56%.
- NASDAQ 100 futures -.71%.
Earnings of Note
Company/Estimate
Before the Open:
Before the Open:
- (ON)/.28
- (TMO)/3.88
- (OTIS)/.59
After the Close:
- (CRUS)/1.86
- (FN)/1.04
- (KMT)/.09
- (NXPI)/2.11
- (VRTX)/2.58
Economic Releases
10:00 am EST
- Construction Spending MoM for Dec. is estimated to rise +.8% versus a +.9% gain in Nov.
- ISM Manufacturing for Jan. is estimated to fall to 60.0 versus 60.7 in Dec.
- ISM Prices Paid for Jan. is estimated to fall to 76.0 versus 77.6 in Dec.
Upcoming Splits
Normal:
- None of note
- The Eurozone PMI report and the RBA rate decision could also impact trading today.
Normal:
- 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST