Be in the know. 15 key reads for Christmas Eve…

  1. Inflation Slowed, but Holiday Spending Didn’t Keep Up (barrons)
  2. New home sales rise 5.8% in November — but not in the Northeast and South (nypost)
  3. Bloomberg eyes buying WSJ parent Dow Jones, Washington Post: report (nypost)
  4. Robots Are Replacing Workers Lost in the Pandemic. They’re Here to Stay. (barrons)
  5. How a Santa Claus rally, or lack thereof, sets the stage for the stock market in first quarter (marketwatch)
  6. Buffett’s Investment Aides May Be Having a Tough Year (barrons)
  7. Equity funds suffer largest ever weekly outflows: BofA Global (marketwatch)
  8. 3 Big Vaccine Developments Investors Should Watch in 2023 (barrons)
  9. A Semiconductor Renaissance Is Under Way. It Will Change the World. (barrons)
  10. Cheap? Maybe. But These Stocks Have Been Dead Money for Decades (barrons)
  11. Consumer Spending Tapered Off Ahead of the Holidays (wsj)
  12. Chinese Cities Reveal Covid Cases Surpassing National Tally (bloomberg)
  13. Speculators Slash Bets Against the Yen as BOJ Leaves Carry Traders Gasping (bloomberg)
  14. “Cranking up the pressure now will help us hold China’s feet to the fire and keep investors protected as we continue demanding complete access moving forward,” PCAOB Chair Erica Williams said in a statement. (bloomberg)
  15. Here’s why a bull market may have already started even though it doesn’t feel like it, according to eToro’s investment analyst (businessinsider)