Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Boeing Stock Leaps On Report 737 MAX To Return To Service In China Later This Month (thestreet)
  2. Delta Air Lines Earnings Beat Expectations. (barrons)
  3. Shell’s Buybacks and Low-Carbon Energy Shift Make This a Buying Opportunity (barrons)
  4. Wall Street Is Talking About the Fed’s Balance Sheet. What to Know About ‘QT.’ (barrons)
  5. Inflation Surge Is on Many Executives’ List of 2022 Worries (wsj)
  6. Fed’s Brainard to Tell Congress That Reducing Inflation Is Top Priority (wsj)
  7. U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose to Highest Since Mid-November (bloomberg)
  8. Smaller Gain in U.S. Producer Prices Is Hint of Cooler Inflation (bloomberg)
  9. Sell Dollar for Everything Else Is Echoing Across Trading Rooms (bloomberg)
  10. Discovery Shares Poised for Gains After Rough 2021 (bloomberg)
  11. Biogen Prepares to Fight Medicare Over Alzheimer’s Drug Limits (bloomberg)
  12. Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel sees the S&P 500 jumping 9% this year, saying stocks are the place to be when inflation is rising (businessinsider)
  13. These are the types of companies Warren Buffett says you should invest in during times of inflation (marketwatch)
  14. Saudi Sovereign Wealth Fund To Buy $10 Billion In Stocks This Year (zerohedge)
  15. Wells Fargo expects four U.S. rate hikes this year, cuts growth forecast (streetinsider)
  16. AT&T (T): UBS Expects WarnerMedia Sale Completed in 2Q, Seen as a Catalyst for Shares and Paving the Way for Buybacks in 2023 (streetinsider)
  17. Susquehanna Upgrades Delta (DAL) and United (UAL) to Positive, Downgrades Southwest (LUV) and Sprint (SAVE) to Neutral (streetinsider)
  18. Stabilisation signs emerge after inflation palpitations (reuters)
  19. J.P. Morgan: Hedge Funds Could Be the Go-To Investment for 2022 (institutional nvestor)
  20. Short sellers tuck into Beyond Meat (ft)