Be in the know. 31 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Alibaba Stock Is Soaring. What’s Driving Its Big Move. (barrons)
  2. CEO of Alibaba’s Grocery Chain Freshippo Shares Views on Europe Trip (pandaily)
  3. Ant Group moves key step forward in restructuring, as consumer finance unit wins approval to expand capital base (scmp)
  4. China’s Central Bank Pledges ‘Targeted, Prudent’ Monetary Policy (bloomberg)
  5. Fed Minutes to Reveal Source of Inflation Angst Pushing Up Rates (bloomberg)
  6. Alibaba Leads Rally in US-Listed China Stocks on Ant Capital Nod (bloomberg)
  7. China Markets Start 2023 With a Bang as Policy Shift Hastens (bloomberg)
  8. GM reclaims title as America’s top automaker after a 2.5% jump in sales last year (cnbc)
  9. Take It Down. The Energy Report 01/04/2023 (Phil Flynn)
  10. Fed Minutes Could Hint at When Rate Hikes Will Stop (barrons)
  11. GE HealthCare Starts Trading Today. Here’s What to Do With the Stock. (barrons)
  12. Apple Has Been a Problem for PayPal. This Analyst Says That’s Changing. (barrons)
  13. Salesforce will lay off 10% of staff as part of restructuring (marketwatch)
  14. Metaverse Offers $1 Trillion Commerce Opportunity By Late 2025, Accenture Says (barrons)
  15. Fed Minutes Are Just the Warm-Up Act. The Main Event Lies Ahead. (barrons)
  16. There’s a better recession indicator than the yield curve and it is not flashing danger (yet) (marketwatch)
  17. How PayPal and Block Stock Could Be Comeback Stories (barrons)
  18. Etsy’s ‘Secret Sauce’ Lands a Buy Rating (barrons)
  19. Google and Meta’s Advertising Dominance Fades as TikTok, Streamers Emerge (wsj)
  20. 3M Tries to Contain Legal Battles Over ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Earplugs (wsj)
  21. Boeing Stock Gets Bump as Analyst Sees Blowout Deliveries in December (yahoo)
  22. Tokyo Gas unit close to $4.6B deal for US natgas producer: report (foxbusiness)
  23. Resurgent Chinese travel would reset the country’s global image (ft)
  24. Here’s exactly what needs to happen for the stock market to soar in 2023, according to Ned Davis Research (businessinsider)
  25. Expect a US ‘slowcession’ rather than a recession in 2023 as the Fed will successfully control inflation, Moody’s Analytics says (businessinsider)
  26. Goldman Sachs: Buy stocks in these 15 emerging market countries that are set to outperform the US as earnings weaken in 2023 (businessinsider)
  27. China Resumes Residential Real Estate Funds in Further Support (bloomberg)
  28. These Will Be The Best 9 Stocks In 2023, Analysts Say (investors)
  29. Ant taps Alibaba veteran for key post, spurs change after funding nod (scmp)
  30. Chinese property shares surge on rumours of support for ‘healthy’ developers (scmp)
  31. Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel outlines the 3 big surprises that could shake up the stock market in 2023 (businessinsider)