Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. UAW says it reached a deal with Ford (marketwatch)
  2. A famed trader known as ’50 Cent’ is making a big bet that the world’s worst-performing currency is about to surge ‘violently’ (businessinsider)
  3. China Is Starting to Get Serious About Stimulus (bloomberg)
  4. Are We Closing In On Capitulation Levels For Chinese Stocks? (zerohedge)
  5. US Economy Grew at a 4.9% Pace Last Quarter, Fastest Since 2021 (bloomberg)
  6. ‘Guided Missile Drugs’ Could Be Big Pharma’s Secret Weapon (wsj)
  7. Amazon Reports Earnings Today. Wall Street Expects an AWS Bounce. (barrons)
  8. Microsoft Gets Another Leg Up on Google in AI Race (wsj)
  9. Intel Is the First Major Chip Maker to Report Earnings. Wall Street Is Focused on This Stat. (barrons)
  10. PayPal, Square Stocks Face a Moment of Reckoning After Worldline Panic (barrons)
  11. ECB Follows Fed With Pause on Interest Rates. Watch for Talk on Cuts. (barrons)
  12. Republican Speaker Nominee Mike Johnson Has a Plan to Avoid a November Shutdown (bloomberg)
  13. Ford Earnings Are Coming. What the UAW Deal Means for Its Stock. (barrons)
  14. US Durable Goods Orders Soared In September By Most In Over 3 Years (zerohedge)
  15. Royal Caribbean (RCL) jumps on beat and raise quarter amid robust cruise demand (streetinsider)
  16. Higher Interest Rates and Depressed Stock Prices Have the Convertible Bond Market Buzzing (institutionalinvestor)
  17. The Incredible Rise of the Celsius Energy Drink (bloomberg)
  18. Amazon’s $400 Billion Rally Hinges on Cloud Results: Tech Watch (bloomberg)
  19. 7 Dividend ‘Strong Buy’ Monsters That Warren Buffett Can’t Get Enough Of (247wallst)
  20. Injectable version of breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi shows promising results in study (cnbc)