Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. Oil prices plunge as China steps up efforts to contain delta variant outbreak (MarketWatch)
  2. Goldman downgrades China growth, citing delta variant’s spread (MarketWatch)
  3. Global Markets Caught Between Delta Spread and U.S. Recovery (Barron’s)
  4. Berkshire Reports Strong Earnings, Boosted by Manufacturing and Buybacks (Barron’s)
  5. Cash Is Flooding Into Short-Term Markets Like Never Before. Is That a Bad Sign? (Wall Street Journal)
  6. China’s Export Machine Still Hums Despite Covid-19, Extreme Weather (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Rising Rents Pose Risks to the Fed’s Inflation Outlook (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Record Pace for Corporate Earnings Keeps Stocks Buoyant (Wall Street Journal)
  9. China’s Covid-Zero Strategy Risks Leaving It Isolated for Years (Bloomberg)
  10. More Than 4.45 Billion Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker (Bloomberg)
  11. Chinese Air Travel Posts Biggest Drop Since Start of Pandemic (Bloomberg)
  12. Goldman Sachs Says These 3 Top Energy Stocks Deliver Unique and Rising Dividends (24/7 Wall Street)
  13. Last year saw 96,000 inground pools built in the U.S. (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Disney’s Combined Strength Across Sectors Remains ‘Unparalleled’ In Global Media Industry, Says Dan Loeb (Benzinga)
  15. Alibaba Fires Manager As Sexual Assault Case Rocks China (Yahoo! Finance)