What I Am Reading
Monday, December 8, 2025
Markets
- The Fed meeting this week will determine if investors get new all-time highs or coal for ChristmasMarketWatch
- Stock Funds Up 12.6% as Year Nears an EndWall Street Journal
- Why Nvidia and Other AI Stocks Have Lost Their ‘Quality’ StatusWall Street Journal
- The New Private-Equity Billionaires Who Are Taking Over Wall StreetBarron's
- Dollar finds footing ahead of Fed meetReuters
- Gold Gains on Fed Rate Cut ExpectationsWall Street Journal
Central Banks
- Will the Federal Reserve deliver a dovish message?Financial Times
- Central bankers take center stageFinancial Times
Commodities
US
- America's widening economic divide endangers Trump's midterm hopesFinancial Times
- Compromise defense bill stymies Trump on Europe troop withdrawalsPolitico
- Productivity Is Heading for a Slump. Why AI Won’t Come to the Rescue.Barron's
- Why Healthcare Is More Important Than AI for the U.S. EconomyBarron's
- Trump Lashes Out at Democrat for ‘Lack of Loyalty’ After PardonWall Street Journal
China
- China’s Growth Is Coming at the Rest of the World’s ExpenseWall Street Journal
Geopolitics & Trade
- See How a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Could UnfoldWall Street Journal
- Chinese fighter jets directed radar at Japanese aircraft, Japan saysReuters
- German foreign minister to discuss rare earths, steel in China visitReuters
- Netanyahu to discuss second phase of Gaza plan with TrumpReuters
- Kremlin says new US security strategy accords largely with Russia's viewReuters
- Zelenskiy says Ukraine's peace talks with US constructive but not easyReuters
- Enough dithering. Europe must pay to save UkraineEconomist
Corporate Finance
AI
- How AI is rewiring childhoodEconomist
- Putin Wanted AI Supremacy. Now Russia Is Struggling to Stay in the Race.Wall Street Journal