Todays Markets

Bloomberg: Asian Stocks Advance; Dollar, Treasuries Steady: Markets Wrap
Stocks in Asia recovered some of their recent losses, with Chinese shares bouncing from recent declines, as traders put on hold concerns about U.S. tax reforms and European political issues in a holiday-shortened week in America. Treasuries and the dollar were little changed. [more...]

Bloomberg: China's $15 Trillion Problem: Investors Don't Believe in Losses
When China unveiled plans on Friday to end the implicit guarantees underpinning asset-management products worth trillions of dollars, it should have been a bombshell for the nation’s savers. [more...]

Bloomberg: Bitcoin Falls After $31 Million Theft of Cryptocurrency Tether
Bitcoin fell the most in a week after the company behind cryptocurrency tether reported a $31 million theft. [more...]

Bloomberg: China's Debt Surge May Increase Risk of Financial Crisis
China’s debt is poised to soar over the next five years, severely reducing the chances the nation can avoid a financial crisis. [more...]

Bloomberg: AT&T, U.S. Prepare to Battle in Court Over Time Warner Merger
A defiant Randall Stephenson told antitrust enforcers that AT&T Inc. would see them in court after the Justice Department sued to block the company’s $85.4 billion bid to buy Time Warner Inc. [more...]

Bloomberg: Morgan Stanley Sees Aussie Sliding to 65 Cents
Australia’s dollar is set to fall to the weakest since the aftermath of the global financial crisis in 2009 as it loses its standing as a high-yielding currency, according to Morgan Stanley. [more...]

Reuters: Asia stocks hit 10-year high on global growth optimism, dollar strong
Asian stocks rose to a 10-year high on Tuesday as investors took heart from further evidence of strength in the global economy, while the dollar hovered near a one-week high against its peers thanks to higher U.S. yields and a floundering euro. [more...]

Reuters: Dollar near highs as German political impasse pressures euro
The dollar gave back some of its gains in Asian trading on Tuesday but stuck close to a one-week high against a basket of currencies as a German political deadlock continued to pressure the euro. [more...]

CNBC: The debt time bomb that keeps growing and now equals nearly half of US GDP
Corporate debt is at its highest level relative to U.S. GDP since the financial crisis , and while not now a concern, that mountain of corporate IOUs could quickly turn into a heap of worry under the right circumstances. [more...]

CNBC: Finance chiefs say bitcoin is 'real' but many think it's in a bubble right now
Bitcoin is a "real" asset but it's currently in a bubble, according to a CNBC survey of global finance bosses, with many calling it a "fraud." [more...]