Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Alibaba and Tencent Consider Opening Up Their ‘Walled Gardens’ (Wall Street Journal)
  2. How This Top Financial Advisor Lured $270 Billion In Assets (Investor’s Business Daily)
  3. AMC Stock Has Given Up Most of Its Gains Since June (Barron’s)
  4. China Is on Track to Meet Its Growth Target for 2021. What to Know. (Barron’s)
  5. Taiwan Semiconductor Reports 11% Profit Rise and Sees Strong Chip Demand (Barron’s)
  6. Netflix Gaming Plan Clashes With Meme Stock GameStop (Barron’s)
  7. Businesses See Above-Average Price Increases, Worry About Lingering Inflation, Fed Beige Book Says (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Wells Fargo Emerges From Pandemic Slump (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Citigroup Profit Soars as Consumers Rebound (Wall Street Journal)
  10. OPEC Reaches Compromise With U.A.E. Over Oil Production (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Powell Says Fed Still Expects Inflation to Ease (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Powell: Progress toward full employment, 2% inflation is “still a ways off,” hinting Fed may not be on verge of cutting bond-buying stimulus (USA Today)
  13. NHL offseason tracker: Analyzing the moves in what promises to be a busy offseason (USA Today)
  14. New York Manufacturing Expands at Record Pace, Price Gauge Rises (Bloomberg)
  15. Aston Martin’s Upcoming Valhalla Supercar Tops Out at 217 Miles Per Hour (Bloomberg)
  16. Moderna Looks at Potential of mRNA to Fight Flu, Cancer, HIV (Bloomberg)
  17. Netflix Plans to Offer Video Games in Push Beyond Films, TV (Bloomberg)
  18. 19 dividend stocks to help you combat inflation (MarketWatch)
  19. Citigroup Is Closing in on Peers in One Key Way (Wall Street Journal)
  20. Cliff Asness Is Back Doing What He Does Best: Defending Value (Bloomberg)