Be in the know. 25 key reads for Monday…

  1. Chinese Stocks Glimpse Light at the End of the Tunnel (wsj)
  2. After Three Weeks Of Absence, Stock Buybacks Are Back… As Is VWAP Dip-Buying (zerohedge)
  3. BofA Reiterates Buy on Alibaba (BABA) as Consumption Recovery in 2H22 is Likely to Fuel Recovery (streetinsider)
  4. Hawkish Fed Doesn’t Mean Doom for Resilient Emerging Markets (bloomberg)
  5. Bitcoin Slumps Again. It Isn’t Just the Fed Putting Crypto Prices at Risk. (barrons)
  6. El Salvador’s president adopts McDonald’s uniform for Twitter profile after bitcoin plunge (marketwatch)
  7. A Digital Dollar Would Have Winners and Losers. Here’s What’s at Stake. (barrons)
  8. This Fed Meeting Is Crucial. Future Rate Hikes Are Just the Start. (barrons)
  9. Commentary: Vladimir Putin Senses Weakness (barrons)
  10. Tech Stocks Got Hit Hard. Where to Find Bargains Now. (barrons)
  11. GE Earnings Are Tuesday. Don’t Forget, There Is No More GE Capital. (barrons)
  12. Activist Investor Peltz Builds Up Stake in Unilever. The Stock is Up. (barrons)
  13. Foreign Executives in Isolated Hong Kong Head for Exit, Sick of Zero-Covid Curbs (wsj)
  14. Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen Produced One of the Greatest NFL Games Ever (wsj)
  15. Tech Rout Fueled by Bond-Market Turn (wsj)
  16. Wall Street’s Art Cashin says Monday’s plunge could be the ‘washout selling’ the stock market needs (cnbc)
  17. Dan Niles says market could see a near-term bounce and he might buy stocks (cnbc)
  18. S. economy slows sharply during omicron wave, Markit surveys show (marketwatch)
  19. CFA Study Casts Doubt on Whether Passing Test Is Key to Fund Manager Success (bloomberg)
  20. Russia plans to target Ukrainian capital in ‘lightning war’, UK warns (ft)
  21. Boeing pumps extra $450m into self-flying air taxi start-up (ft)
  22. China’s aviation authority says its 5G network plan for airports is safe (scmp)
  23. State-backed firms come to the rescue of embattled Chinese developers (scmp)
  24. Alibaba’s home province to offer preferential tax policies and promote ‘hard tech’ such as chips and digital security (scmp)
  25. Goldman Warns Earnings Guidance Is “Disappointing” With 5 of 6 Companies Lowering Expectations (zerohedge)