Todays Markets

Bloomberg: Euro Drops on German Impasse, China Stocks Slide: Markets Wrap
The euro declined after German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s push to form a coalition government collapsed. Chinese equities tumbled after regulators unveiled a fresh initiative to curb shadow banking. Treasuries advanced. [more...]

Bloomberg: Bitcoin Soars Past $8,000 as Technology Shift Concern Vanishes
Bitcoin topped $8,000 for the first time, as investors set aside technology concerns that had derailed its advance earlier this month. [more...]

Bloomberg: Here's Initial Market Analysts' Take on Merkel's Talks Failure
A collapse in German political talks to set up a coalition government triggered a swift reaction in the currency market, where the euro at one point fell the most in three weeks, though Asia-based analysts were less clear on the implications. [more...]

Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs Sees Four 2018 Fed Rate Hikes as U.S. Growth Gains
The U.S. economy is heading into 2018 with strong momentum that’s likely to boost wages and inflation more broadly, requiring the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates four times next year, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. economists said in a research note. [more...]

Bloomberg: Norway Oil Bosses Insist End Isn't Nigh After $35 Billion Shock
Can Norway dump $35 billion in oil and gas investments, and simultaneously convince that same industry to throw money into the country’s own fossil-fuel future? After the initial shock of learning that Norway’s $1 trillion wealth fund wants nothing to do with it, the petroleum industry says both are in fact possible. [more...]

Reuters: Euro slips as German coalition talks fail, heightens uncertainty
The euro hit a two-month low against the yen on Monday, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s efforts to form a three-way coalition government failed, stoking political uncertainty in the euro zone’s largest economy. [more...]

Reuters: 'The fear is gone': boom-time complacency tops the worry list for investors
The biggest risk for investors since the end of the 2008 financial crisis has been, well, ducking risk. Not anymore, say analysts who think the easy money has been made. [more...]

CNBC: 10 of the most innovative fintech firms right now, according to research
Financial technology — a sector focused on developing new technologies to disrupt traditional financial markets — is growing rapidly. [more...]

CNBC: The stock market's 'split personality' could set off a correct
Art Cashin, UBS' director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange, says a "split personality" is manifesting itself in the stock market, and it could hit Wall Street where it hurts at any moment.ion at any moment, Art Cashin warns. [more...]