Be in the know. 18 key reads for Monday…

  1. Exclusive: China may announce 10 new COVID easing steps on Wednesday (reuters)
  2. Bargains begin luring big banks back to China bets for 2023 (reuters)
  3. Alibaba Sees Green Shoots of Recovery In China Discretionary Consumer Spending (alizila)
  4. Alibaba Pictures Reports 35% Revenue Growth Driven by Content Investment (alizila)
  5. Holiday Sale: Small-Cap Stocks Are at Bargain Levels (barrons)
  6. Alibaba, JD.com Rise in Chinese Stock Rally on Loosening of Covid-19 Restrictions (barrons)
  7. Hong Kong to be among top three IPO hubs in 2023 with US$26 billion in deals (scmp)
  8. Meta Platforms says metaverse could contribute over $3 trillion to global GDP by 2031 (streetinsider)
  9. US Dollar Erases More Than Half of This Year’s Gains on Fed Bets (yahoo)
  10. India signals it will continue to buy oil from Russia (marketwatch)
  11. S. economy won’t collapse under Fed’s ‘weight’ based on the performance of these sectors despite inflation and oil risks (marketwatch)
  12. Beijing Seeks Positive Spin on Covid Easing (wsj)
  13. China’s Covid Pivot Accelerates as Cities Ease Testing Rules (bloomberg)
  14. Morgan Stanley Upgrades China Stocks on Reopening Bullishness (bloomberg)
  15. Economists See Faster Reopening in China as Covid Curbs Ease (bloomberg)
  16. Economists Think They Can See Recession Coming—for a Change (wsj)
  17. Earnings Expectations Bottom With COVID-Zero Ending (zerohedge)
  18. Back To Basics. The Energy Report 12/05/2022 (Phil Flynn)