Be in the know. 20 key reads for Monday…

  1. Great Reopening Trade Is Back as Hedge Funds Add Stock Longs (Bloomberg)
  2. Warren Buffett used the ‘Mona Lisa’ to explain why art is a terrible investment – but then compared Berkshire Hathaway to an art museum (Business Insider)
  3. Europe’s Energy Crisis Is Coming for the Rest of the World, Too (Bloomberg)
  4. What History Says a Shutdown Means (Barron’s)
  5. Oil Prices Surge. Here’s How High Goldman Sachs Says They Can Go. (Barron’s)
  6. How China Plans to Avert an Evergrande Financial Crisis (New York Times)
  7. New Limits Give Chinese Video Gamers Whiplash (New York Times)
  8. Rolls-Royce Surges on Report of $2 Billion ITP Unit Sale to Bain (Bloomberg)
  9. UPDATE 1-Rolls-Royce chosen by U.S. for new B-52 engines in contract worth up to $2.6 bln (Yahoo! Finance)
  10. The ‘Dividend Aristocrats’ With the Safest Payouts (Barron’s)
  11. Debt-Limit Standoff Could Force Fed to Revisit Emergency Playbook (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Individuals Embrace Options Trading, Turbocharging Stock Markets (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Cargo Piles Up as California Ports Jostle Over How to Resolve Delays (Wall Street Journal)
  14. S.-EU Trade Summit in Pittsburgh Aims to Deepen Economic Ties (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Orders for U.S. Business Equipment Rise for Sixth Straight Month (Bloomberg)
  16. China’s Tech Tycoons Pledge Allegiance to Xi’s Vision (Bloomberg)
  17. Anthony Scaramucci says people claiming big institutions are keen on crypto aren’t being totally honest (Business Insider)
  18. It’s hard to be bearish on the stock market as risk-happy millennials inherit $2 trillion per year, Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says (Business Insider)
  19. Fed’s Evans: U.S. economy “close” to meeting bond taper threshold (Street Insider)
  20. 5 European Dividend Aristocrats Offer Huge Income and Growth Potential (247wallst)