Evening Headlines
Bloomberg:
- PBOC Pledges to Avoid Credit Collapse: Evergrande Update.
- Xi Jinping’s Covid Defense Gets Weaker With Every Omicron Case.
- Australia Consumer Sentiment Slips in January on Omicron Surge.
- Stocks Extend Drop as Treasury Yields Stay Higher: Markets Wrap.
- Oil Jumps Higher After Hitting 8-Year High on Iraq Pipe Blast.
- Dwindling OPEC+ Spare Capacity Sets Oil Up for Sizzling Summer.
- Five Reasons Microsoft Is Making Activision Blizzard Its Biggest Deal Ever.
- Activision’s CEO Is Looking at $375 Million Payday in Microsoft Sale.
- NYC Property Values Projected to Rise 8.2% as Homebuyers Return.
- Goldman’s Record Expenses Show Ballooning Costs of Talent War.
- Ford Sees $8.2 Billion Gain on Its Investment Following Rivian’s IPO.
Wall Street Journal:
- Cancel Culture Targets Charity. Left-wing political activists want to destroy America’s long tradition of private philanthropy.
- Gilead Alleges Counterfeiting Ring Sold Its HIV Drugs.
- Microsoft Expands Its Videogame Business With Activision Deal.
- U.S. Aims Sanctions at Pro-Russian Agents as Blinken Plans Ukraine, Russia Meetings.
- Sanders Says He Is Open to Supporting Primary Challenges to Sinema, Manchin.
Fox News:
- Suspect caught on camera just minutes after UCLA student sent 'bad vibe' text and was horrifically killed.
- Stunning stat about murder in US today as major cities shatter bloody records.
- Watchdog says Fauci 'profited' from COVID and vows to expose more records.
CNBC.com:
- Rising interest rates could keep a choke hold on tech and growth stocks.
- Microsoft sets record for biggest tech deal ever, topping Dell-EMC merger.
- SoFi stock soars after clearing final regulatory hurdle to become a bank.
- Peloton hires McKinsey to review cost structure; cycle maker may cut jobs, close stores.
MarketWatch:
Zero Hedge:
- Despite Dem Theatrics Over 'Voting Rights' And Racism, Most Blacks Strongly Support Voter ID.
- Rand Paul Wonders If YouTube Will "Kiss My... And Apologize" After CDC Admits Cloth Masks Aren't Effective.
- Will The Fed Surprise With A 50bps Rate Hike: One Bank Explains Why This Could Happen.
- WHO Crushes Biden COVID Plan, Says "No Evidence At All" That Healthy Kids Needs 'Booster' Jabs.
- Supreme Court To Hear Appeal By Christian High School Football Coach Fired For Praying On The Field.
- Oil Spikes To Fresh 7-Year High After Key Iraq-Turkey Pipeline Explosion.
- MIT-Educated Doctor Ordered To Undergo Psych Evaluation After Prescribing Ivermectin.
- World Anti-Doping Agency Warns Athletes Over Contaminated Chinese Meat Ahead Of Beijing 2022.
- US Gov't Probes Alibaba's Cloud Unit For National Security Risks.
- Experts Are Warning That Empty Shelves And Food Shortages Are Going To Continue For Many Weeks To Come.
- Buy the dip...or sell the dip?
- California Constitutional Amendment Seeks 18% Top Tax Rate For Universal Medicare.
- Fourth COVID Jab Won't Save Patients From Being Infected With Omicron, Study Finds.
- Foreign Holdings Of US Treasuries Hit A Record High In November.
- Psaki Says Russia Attack On Ukraine Coming "At Any Point"; US Sanctions 'Pro-Russian Agents'.
- Bonds, Stocks, & Bitcoin Battered As "Rage-Hike" Fears Grow.
Newsmax:
- Peter Navarro: Woke Corporations Silent on China Because of the Money.
- Liz Harrington: Dems Want Hillary in '24, as She's All They Have.
- Rep. Tenney: Schumer's Push for Doomed Voting Bill 'Bewildering'.
TheGatewayPundit.com:
- “I Am Upset Because We Don’t Talk Enough About the Side Effects” – Triple Vaccinated Swiss Olympic Athlete Sarah Atcho Develops Pericarditis.
- JUST IN: Pennsylvania Senate Pro Tempore Jake Corman Calls on Leaders of Pennsylvania House to Impeach Radical Philly DA Larry Krasner.
- President Trump Responds To DirecTV Canceling OANN: “Maybe What We Should Do Is NOT Use AT&T” (VIDEO).
- New Photos Show Ashli Babbitt Tried to Stop Protesters from Entering Pelosi’s Lobby — Was Shot Dead by Lt. Mike Byrd in Cold Blood Moments Later.
- Poll: Majority Of Democrats Support Fauci, Quarantine Camps, Fines And Prison Terms For Unvaccinated.
- Fulton County, Pennsylvania Responds to Secretary of State’s Request to Halt 2020 Election Investigation of Dominion Voting Machines in County.
- Media Blackout: Mueller’s Star Witness Pleads Guilty in Illegal Scheme to Funnel Foreign Money to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Campaign.
- VIDEO: Canadian Truckers Against COVID Tyranny BLOCK HIGHWAY to and From United States – With “Mandate Freedom” Signs.
- We All Know It’s True: 58% of Voters Now Believe Cheating was Likely in 2020 Election — Up from 54%.
Twitter:
- @Krommsan - In case anyone missed their beloved #PfizerCEO say the quiet parts out loud… Pfizer CEO: “Two
doses of the vaccine offers very limited protection, if any. 3 doses
with a booster offer reasonable protection against hospitalization and
deaths. Less protection against infection.” (video)
- @SKMorefield - Tucker Carlson & Dr. Scott Atlas discuss how the CDC is finally coming clean after their years-long deception about Covid death numbers. "This was an intentional inculcation of fear in the American public." (video)
OpenVAERS:
- VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 723,041 Reports(+7,185 from prior week) Through January 7, 2021.
SKirsch.com:
- Using the MGH numbers with our own VAERS queries, we have 247 cases per million doses from the MGH study divided by 5.97 cases per million doses from VAERS. 247/5.97 = 41. This suggests that the VAERS under-reporting factor (URF) is 41X.
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 -1.0% to unch. on average.
- Asia Ex-Japan Investment Grade CDS Index 89.25 -.25 basis point.
- China Sovereign CDS 50.0 unch.
- Bloomberg Emerging Markets Currency Index 54.02 -.01%.
- Bloomberg Global Risk-On/Risk Off Index 3,342.0 -25.0 points.
- Volatility Index(VIX) futures 23.1 -1.3%.
- Euro Stoxx 50 futures -.09%.
- S&P 500 futures +.08%.
- NASDAQ 100 futures +.03%.
Earnings of Note
Company/Estimate
Before the Open:
- (ASML)/3.77
- (BAC)/.76
- (CMA)/1.58
- (FAST)/.37
- (HTLD)/.26
- (MS)/1.96
- (PG)/1.65
- (STT)/1.89
- (USB)/1.10
- (UNH)/4.31
After the Close:
- (AA)/2.01
- (DFS)/3.64
- (FUL)/1.08
- (KMI)/.27
- (UAL)/-2.09
Economic Releases
8:30 am EST
- Housing Starts for Dec. is estimated to fall to 1650K versus 1679K in Nov.
- Building Permits for Dec. is estimated to fall to 1705K versus 1712K in Nov.
Upcoming Splits
- None of note
Other Potential Market Movers
- The UK CPI report, 20Y T-Bond auction, weekly US retail sales reports, weekly MBA Mortgage Applications report, CIBC Institutional Investor Conference and the Sidoti Small-Cap Conference could also impact global trading today.
- 9:30 am - 4:00 pm EST
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