Be in the know. 20 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. OPEC drama threatens oil production promises (FoxBusiness)
  2. Xi Is Forgetting the Very Thing That Made China Great Again (Bloomberg)
  3. Why Wynn Resorts’ Stock Could Jump 40% (Barron’s)
  4. Xi Jinping Approves Action on Everything From Monopolies to Pollution (Bloomberg)
  5. Covid Hasn’t Let Up, but These Stay-at-Home Stocks Have (Barron’s)
  6. ‘Hybrid Meetings’ Will Become the Norm. This Cheap Stock Could Be a Winner. (Barron’s)
  7. China’s New Curbs Aren’t Game Over for Tencent, Netease (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Gaming Stocks Pare Losses as Traders Weigh China’s Online Curbs (Bloomberg)
  9. Xi Jinping Shows China He’s the Ultimate Tiger Mom (Bloomberg)
  10. Millions of Americans will lose unemployment benefits this weekend (CNBC)
  11. China’s services activity contracts for the first time since 2020, data shows (CNBC)
  12. Citi Starts Occidental (OXY) at Buy, Sees 40% Upside (StreetInsider)
  13. BofA Maintains Buy on Netflix (NFLX) as Rich Content Schedule Likely to Drive Subscriber Growth (StreetInsider)
  14. Now, August is good for stocks: Morning Brief (Yahoo! Finance)
  15. 9 Cash-Rich Stocks That Can Better Weather the Fed’s Taper Risks (Barron’s)
  16. Consumer-Service Stocks Have Underperformed. Why It’s Their Time to Shine. (Barron’s)
  17. Oil Industry Surveys Damage After Hurricane Ida Slams Louisiana (Wall Street Journal)
  18. Krispy Kreme Focuses on Reducing Debt, Delivering Fresher Doughnuts (Wall Street Journal)
  19. Common Prosperity: Decoding China’s New Populism (Wall Street Journal)
  20. The S&P 500 hasn’t seen a year-to-date rally this strong since 1997. What’s next? (MarketWatch)