Be in the know. 20 key reads for Monday…

  1. Chinese Companies Boost Returns to Shareholders (wsj)
  2. Investors are too bearish about the US stock market (ft)
  3. Goldman’s Hatzius calls peak as firm trims core inflation forecast (marketwatch)
  4. Coronavirus: China’s central bank lends support as Shanghai eyes reopening after Covid-19 cases drop for 15th straight day (scmp)
  5. 4 Takeaways From the Milken Conference (barrons)
  6. Is the Big Tech crash already over? (ft)
  7. Officials of Relevant CSRC Department Answered Reporter Questions (csrc)
  8. 3 Signs Red-Hot Inflation Is Cooling Off (barrons)
  9. BioNTech Earnings Top Forecasts on Strong Sales of Covid-19 Vaccine (barrons)
  10. FedEx Has a Back Door Into E-Commerce. It’s Why One Analyst Likes the Stock. (barrons)
  11. Lockheed Plans to Double Production of Antitank Missiles Used in Ukraine (barrons)
  12. Travel Stocks Haven’t Recovered Yet. Where the Opportunities Are. (barrons)
  13. Beijing Residents Keep Faith With Government’s Zero-Covid Strategy (wsj)
  14. Steve Cohen’s Secret Weapon for the Mets: His Hedge Fund (wsj)
  15. Ukraine Fights for Besieged Mariupol as Russia Marks Key Date (wsj)
  16. China Remains an Outlier in a World of Surging Inflation (wsj)
  17. Has Shanghai Been Xinjianged? (nytimes)
  18. Buy these 6 stocks now as the tech sector begins its ‘bottoming process’ following the Federal Reserve’s double rate hike, says Wedbush analyst Dan Ives (businessinsider)
  19. ‘We are now living in a totally new era’ — Henry Kissinger (ft)
  20. CIA director says China ‘unsettled’ by Ukraine war (ft)