Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Xpeng Reports Booming Sales, Sees Strong Deliveries As Exports Ramp Up (Investor’s Business Daily)
  2. China’s after-school crackdown wipes out many jobs overnight. Hundreds of thousands of jobs at stake (CNBC)
  3. Cigna Expands Obamacare Footprint in Latest Lift for Health Law (Bloomberg)
  4. Taper, Delta, Inflation, and Powell’s Tough Task. What to Expect From Jackson Hole (Barron’s)
  5. SEC Chief to Chinese Companies: Open Your Books or Be Delisted (Barron’s)
  6. Banks Are Buying Back Stock Again. Why Investors Should Care. ()Banks Are Buying Back Stock Again. Why Investors Should Care. (Barron’s)
  7. Economic Expectations Are Too Gloomy. What That Means for Stocks. (Barron’s)
  8. Oil Prices Are Swinging Higher. Why the Rally Could Continue. (Barron’s)
  9. It’s been the wrong year to sell in May and go away. The bull market seems ‘unstoppable,’ experts say (MarketWatch)
  10. Taliban Takeover Is a Boon for Cash-Strapped Iran (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Bruised Chinese Internet Companies Try to Win Over Beijing and Investors (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Fed’s George Says Time to Get Taper Started, Despite Delta Risk (Bloomberg)
  13. China’s Communist Party Vows to Both Grow and Share Economic Pie (Bloomberg)
  14. Razer is considering a secondary listing in the U.S. (CNBC)
  15. “Fed Should Get Going” – Stocks Stumble As Fed’s Bullard Says Taper Should Be Over By Q1 2022 (ZeroHedge)
  16. Exclusive-JOYY’s top shareholders plan take-private deal, value firm at up to $8 billion -sources (StreetInsider)
  17. Splunk (SPLK) Beats Earnings Estimates, ‘Strong’ Quarter Prompts Analysts to Raise PTs (StreetInsider)
  18. Goldman Sachs Says Buy These 4 Top Oil Stocks With Huge 2022 Upside Potential (24/7 Wall Street)
  19. China says maintaining ‘normal communication’ with U.S. on trade (Reuters)
  20. US investors cut leverage for first time since start of pandemic (Financial Times)