Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. EVs Need Grid Power. Utilities Better Get Ready. (Barron’s)
  2. Leon Cooperman plans to stock pick his way to success, not expecting much more from overall market (CNBC)
  3. Alibaba Said To Be Making Its First Major Investment Since Antitrust Woes (Benzinga)
  4. Nio, Xpeng Extend Gains On Strong Q2 EV Sales (Investor’s Business Daily)
  5. OPEC Meets Today. What It Means for Oil Prices. (Barron’s)
  6. Jobs Report Should Yield Clues on Inflation, Fed Policy (Barron’s)
  7. Boeing’s Relationship With the FAA Is Improving. Here’s What Changed. (Barron’s)
  8. Here’s how the delta variant could impact markets and what to do, says JPMorgan (MarketWatch)
  9. A Crash Is Coming for Meme Stocks, ‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Says (Barron’s)
  10. The Business of Being Kevin Hart: First Lesson, Always Build the Brand (Wall Street Journal)
  11. US and Japan conduct war games amid rising China-Taiwan tensions (Financial Times)
  12. Weekly jobless claims total hits new pandemic-era low of 364,000 (CNBC)
  13. Walgreens swings to a profit, raises forecast as it looks to accelerate growth under new CEO (CNBC)
  14. The delta variant poses no risk to markets and could boost these stocks, says JPMorgan (MarketWatch)
  15. More Than 3.05 Billion Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker (Bloomberg)