Be in the know. 25 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Fed Holds Rates Steady but Pencils In One More Hike This Year (wsj)
  2. Fed’s Dot Plot Told One Story, Powell Another (barrons)
  3. Iran’s Oil Exports Have Soared During Quiet Diplomacy With U.S. (wsj)
  4. Iger says Disney will ‘quiet the noise’ in culture wars during intense DeSantis feud (nypost)
  5. China Is in Trouble, but it Isn’t a Catastrophe. Investors Shouldn’t Run Scared. (barrons)
  6. This Busted Bank Merger Is Fixing Itself. Its Stock Is Worth Buying. (barrons)
  7. Oil Is Forcing Inflation Higher, But Relief Could Be Coming (barrons)
  8. 2 NYC hotels make list of world’s 50 best: ‘We are redefining luxury’ (nypost)
  9. China Tests New Property Model in Xi’s Flagship City Amid Crisis (bloomberg)
  10. For Starbucks, Target, and TJX, Now Is the Season. The Stocks Rarely Drop With the Leaves. (barrons)
  11. FedEx Earnings and Guidance Lift the Stock (barrons)
  12. The economy is about to slow down. That’s the time for retail stocks, says Goldman Sachs. (marketwatch)
  13. Sphere Las Vegas Opens Soon. Take a Peek Inside Before the U2 Concert. (barrons)
  14. Fed’s Message Is Louder Than Its Rate Call. Why That’s Critical for Investors. (barrons)
  15. GM, Ford Stocks Fall as Strike Threatens to Drag On (barrons)
  16. Utilities Won’t Stay Cheap. Their Dividends Are Shining. (barrons)
  17. Stocks Should Shrug Off a Government Shutdown. But There Are Wild Cards. (barrons)
  18. Cisco to Buy Splunk in Deal Valued at $28 Billion (barrons)
  19. Fed’s revised dot plot for interest rates makes wall of maturing debt a bigger worry (marketwatch)
  20. Latest UAW Threat: Strikes at More Ford, GM Plants If No ‘Serious Progress’ by Friday. (barrons)
  21. This former Fed insider has 3 big takeaways from Powell’s press conference (marketwatch)
  22. Fed predicts ‘soft landing’ for the economy — low inflation and no recession (marketwatch)
  23. American Labor’s Real Problem: It Isn’t Productive Enough (wsj)
  24. Corporate America Brings Its New Skinny Look to Stock Market (bloomberg)
  25. Hedge Funds Add China Stock Shorts Even As Growth Bottoms (zerohedge)