Be in the know. 21 key reads for Monday…

  1. Pre-Election Year Januarys Stellar – #1 S&P 500 and NASDAQ, #2 DJIA (Almanac Trader)
  2. New China Foreign Minister Seeks Better US Ties in Blinken Call (bloomberg)
  3. China’s Central Bank Pledges Support for Domestic Demand (bloomberg)
  4. ‘Somebody who doesn’t read lives one life, somebody who reads an unlimited number of lives.’ (Mark Cuban)
  5. China’s low profile tech bosses may become more visible and vocal (scmp)
  6. For U.S. Stocks, 2022 Is a Year With Almost No Record Highs (wsj)
  7. Some in China return to regular activity after COVID infections (yahoo)
  8. We’re in the second biggest home price correction of the post-WWII era—here’s the latest data (fortune)
  9. Soon-To-Be Grandfather Bill Gates Is Betting On AI, Gene Therapy And Other New Technologies To Solve Global Problems (forbers)
  10. Alibaba’s DingTalk records 600 million users, works to accelerate monetization (technode)
  11. Lula Is Back. What Does That Mean for Brazil? (cfr)
  12. Why the Price of Plastic Is Crashing After a Record Surge (bloomberg)
  13. The Best Cars We Drove in 2022 (roadandtrack)
  14. You Can Drop 20 Shots in 2 Weeks?! (SagutoGolf)
  15. Big Banks Predict Recession, Fed Pivot in 2023 (wsj)
  16. Xi Warns of Tough Covid Fight, Acknowledges Divisions in China (bloomberg)
  17. More social media regulation expected in 2023, members of Congress say (nypost)
  18. Buy Medtronic Stock. Shares of the Dividend Aristocrat Look Attractive. (yahoo)
  19. Shopify in advertising push to fill void left by Apple privacy crackdown (ft)
  20. Turkish stocks soar as local investors seek refuge from blistering inflation (ft)
  21. Paul Krugman Says Controlling Inflation By Inducing Recession Is Like ‘Stopping The Action On The Field Until Everyone Sits Down’ (benzinga)