Early Headlines: Asia Stocks Mostly Up, Dollar, Oil, And Yields Up, Gold Down, Pres. Candidates' Net Worth, New Russian Opposition Leader, Plus More - 18 Articles Total, 5 Graphics

Early Bird Headlines 23 August 2019

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Asia stocks rose as Japan-South Korea tensions escalate; yuan dips to fresh low (CNBC) Major Asia Pacific markets rose by the close on Friday, as investors looked ahead to an important speech from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later in the day. The U.S. dollar last traded higher at 98.334 against a basket of its peers, jumping from an earlier session low of 98.181. The onshore yuan dipped to a fresh low since 2008, trading at 7.0930 per dollar. U.S. crude traded up 0.14% at $55.43 a barrel, while Brent rose 0.27% to trade around $60.08 per barrel. Spot gold was down 0.2% to $1,495.80 per ounce, as of 0805 GMT. Treasury yields were mostly higher.

U.S.

The Presidential Candidates – What Are They Worth? (Elliott Morss, Morss Global Finance) EM contributes to GEI. The Center for Responsive Politics reports on these financial disclosures for all Presidential candidates.:

Russia

‘The Government Is Very Afraid’: Meet Moscow’s New Opposition Leader, Lyubov Sobol (NPR) Lyubov Sobol looks frail after ending a monthlong hunger strike. The unexpected protagonist of equally unexpected anti-government demonstrations in the Russian capital this summer, she speaks softly and chooses her words deliberately.

This spring, the 31-year-old lawyer, a longtime ally of opposition politician Alexei Navalny, decided to run for Moscow’s city council. When the city’s election commission barred her and other opposition candidates from the Sept. 8 ballot, Sobol declared a hunger strike and called on supporters to take to the street.
Her tenacity in standing up to the authorities, combined with the savvy use of social media, has put her at the center of attention as a new protest leader.