Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. From commodities to retail, China’s economy is showing signs of life after Beijing’s stimulus frenzy (businessinsider)
  2. Trump bemoans high interest rates and indicates he might pressure Fed to lower (cnbc)
  3. Have Million-Dollar Gene Therapies Finally Reached An Inflection Point? (investors)
  4. Ford Lays Off 600 Workers at Plant Targeted by UAW Strike (barrons)
  5. This Highflying Defense Stock Stumbled. That’s a Reason to Buy. (barrons)
  6. 20 stocks of aerospace and defense companies expected to grow sales most quickly through 2025 (marketwatch)
  7. 1-800-Flowers Executives Bought Up Stock (barrons)
  8. Hunting Season on Banks Might Be Over (barrons)
  9. The Big Question for the Fed: Not How High Rates Will Go but How Long They’ll Stay There. (barrons)
  10. Auto Stocks Rise as UAW Strike Gets Reaction From Wall Street (barrons)
  11. ‘Sell Rosh Hashanah, buy Yom Kippur’ stock-market pattern is just a calendar event (marketwatch)
  12. Small-Cap Stocks Are in the Doghouse. What Could Lift Them Out. (barrons)
  13. ‘Dumb Money’: The Movie vs. What Really Happened (wsj)
  14. Demands for Tips Are Up. Actual Tipping, Not So Much. (wsj)
  15. Amazon Searches for Its Next Big Hit (wsj)
  16. UAW Strike Exposes Detroit’s Dysfunction (wsj)
  17. Whatever the UAW Strike Outcome, Elon Musk Has Already Won (wsj)
  18. Striking UAW Can’t Bring Back the 1950s or Wish EVs Away (bloomberg)
  19. Warren Buffett poured $3 billion into Dow Chemical during the financial crisis. Here’s the story of how he helped the manufacturing titan – and doubled his money. (businessinsider)
  20. Battle Over Electric Vehicles Is Central to Auto Strike (nytimes)