Be in the know. 18 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. February Home Sales Rose After Mortgage Rates Eased (wsj)
  2. First-Time Homebuyers Return to the Market. For How Long? (barrons)
  3. Signs emerge of a thaw in the housing market (marketwatch)
  4. Weekly mortgage demand from homebuyers increased despite big interest rate volatility (cnbc)
  5. Boeing increases jet deliveries in February despite ongoing 787 seat headaches (reuters)
  6. Boeing Says Wiring Issue Will Delay Some 737 Max Deliveries (nytimes)
  7. Boeing Gets $298 Million Israel Deal for 5,000 Smart Bombs (bloomberg)
  8. IEA Proposes Largest Ever Oil Release From Strategic Reserves (wsj)
  9. G-7 Says It Supports Use of Strategic Reserves as IEA to Meet (bloomberg)
  10. Japan to Unilaterally Release Oil From Reserves, PM Says (bloomberg)
  11. $100 oil seen as ‘not particularly bad news’ for the U.S. economy (streetinsider)
  12. Exclusive: Chevron, Shell closing in on first big oil production deals in Venezuela since US captured Maduro, sources say (reuters)
  13. Alibaba, Other Chinese Stocks Jump. Beijing Export Boom Defies Trade Tensions. (barrons)
  14. Disney names Disneyland Resort President Thomas Mazloum chair of parks group (reuters)
  15. Dividend Stocks Are Getting a Boost From the HALO Trade. Can It Last? (morningstar)
  16. More pain in private credit as JPMorgan reportedly tightening lending while a $33 bln fund sees heavy redemptions (marketwatch)
  17. Dentsply at Leerink Conference: Strategic Shift to Growth (investing)
  18. PayPal at Wolfe FinTech Forum: Strategic Focus and Challenges (investing)