Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. US Inflation Runs Cooler Than Forecast, Easing Pressure on Fed (bloomberg)
  2. Boeing Delivers Its First 787 to American Airlines in More Than a Year. (barrons)
  3. Alphabet and 7 More Stocks Wall Street Loves That Aren’t Too Pricey (barrons)
  4. Ken Griffin on Why He Spent $43 Million to Buy the U.S. Constitution (wsj)
  5. Ford’s New F-150 Lightning Truck to Get Price Hike (wsj)
  6. Pace of Inflation Eased in July as Energy Costs Dropped (wsj)
  7. China Ends Taiwan Drills (wsj)
  8. Why China’s Confidence Could Turn Out to Be a Weakness (nytimes)
  9. Biden ‘Cautious’ on China Tariffs After Pelosi’s Trip, Commerce Chief Says (bloomberg)
  10. Meyers Manx Dune Buggies Are Reborn Yet Again—This Time Electric (bloomberg)
  11. Investors are betting there’s a 60% chance of a smaller Fed rate hike in September after July inflation cooled (businessinsider)
  12. History shows the bear market is almost over as length of most declines are typically 21% of the prior bull run, Fundstrat says (businessinsider)
  13. The Nasdaq is on track to exit a bear market — and the Dow to leave correction territory — after July CPI reading (marketwatch)
  14. China’s factory inflation hits 17-month low, consumer prices speed up (reuters)
  15. Alibaba’s Softbank Overhang Clarified as Foreigners Fret (chinalastnight)