Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Bearish Sentiment on Stocks Is Best Thing Rally Has Going for It (bloomberg)
  2. Deposits at Small U.S. Banks Stabilized Last Week (barrons)
  3. The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge Cooled Notably in February (nytimes)
  4. Rolls-Royce’s CEO Has a Turnaround Plan. The Stock Is Revving Up. (barrons)
  5. There’s a simple reason why it’s very likely that the stock market bottomed in October (businessinsider)
  6. China’s Consumers Extend Economic Rebound From Pandemic (wsj)
  7. Google cuts lavish employee perks — including ‘micro-kitchens’ in push to save (nypost)
  8. TikTok hires ex-Obama officials, ex-Disney exec in trying to avoid US ban (nypost)
  9. ‘Big Short’ hedge boss was ‘wrong to say sell’ as Nasdaq 100 enters bull market (nypost)
  10. How we know the super-rich are finally clamping down on spending (nypost)
  11. The Big Read. China truce with business — for now (ft)
  12. Flood of cash into US money market funds could add to banking strains (ft)
  13. Macau Gaming Revenue Jumps to Three-Year High on Tourism Boom (bloomberg)
  14. David Einhorn regrets selling his early Apple stake, predicts the Fed will pull back in fighting inflation, and reveals he’s betting on AI in a new interview. Here are the elite investor’s 8 best quotes. (businessinsider)
  15. Morningstar: Buy these 10 cheap stocks that will maintain higher-than-average dividends as a looming economic slowdown makes it even harder to find strong returns (businessinsider)