Be in the know. 30 key reads for Thursday…

  1. 8 Biotech Stocks So Cheap That Their Technology Is Effectively Free (barrons)
  2. ‘The worst is over’ in supply chain crisis: Port of Long Beach director (foxbusiness)
  3. From Credit Suisse to Goldman Sachs, investment banks say it’s time to buy Chinese stocks (cnbc)
  4. Global investors snap up Chinese stocks despite market declines (cnbc)
  5. China Tech Stocks Outlook Improves Year After $1.5 Trillion Rout (bloomberg)
  6. What could drive the Fed to a ‘Plan B’ for balance sheet reduction (reuters)
  7. Fed Eyes Rate Hike Soon and Faster Tightening Pace If Needed (bloomberg)
  8. Fed’s Kashkari: ‘Let’s not overdo it’ on Fed rate hikes (reuters)
  9. Alibaba said to push direct online retail model amid increased competition (scmp)
  10. Minutes show Fed ready to raise rates, shrink balance sheet soon (cnbc)
  11. Walmart Tops Earnings Estimates and Boosts Its Dividend (barrons)
  12. Amazon’s Outlook Is ‘Bright.’ Dan Loeb Is Buying More of the Stock. (barrons)
  13. Charlie Munger Expects Index Funds to Change the World—and Not in a Good Way (wsj)
  14. ‘Yellowstone’ Fans Get a Jumbo-Size Season 5, a New Prequel and Stallone as ‘Tulsa King’ (wsj)
  15. Buy DuPont Stock. CEO Breen Is the King of Breakups. (barrons)
  16. Cisco Stock Jumps on Strong Earnings and a Growing Buyback (barrons)
  17. Here’s the technology being used to watch Russian troops as Ukraine invasion fears linger (marketwatch)
  18. S. jobless claims jump 23,000 to 248,000 (marketwatch)
  19. Virgin Galactic is selling tickets to space – for $450,000: Talking Tech podcast (usatoday)
  20. Cathie Wood Loads Up $24.5M In Roblox As The Gaming Company’s Stock Crashes (benzinga)
  21. Airbus rebounds to record profits as it strikes upbeat note on recovery (ft)
  22. Can Jay Powell build consensus at a divided Federal Reserve? (ft)
  23. Hedge fund Caxton raises fees as inflation bets pay off (ft)
  24. Turkey Keeps Key Rate Unchanged as Inflation Backlash Builds (bloomberg)
  25. Patrick Gelsinger is Intel’s True Believer (nytimes)
  26. Biotech stocks to buy: Experts at a top tech-focused fund reveal 3 companies set to surge on drug discovery breakthroughs (businessinsider)
  27. Billionaire investor Charlie Munger bashed crypto, blasted speculators, and predicted a painful crash. Here are his 16 best quotes from Daily Journal’s annual meeting. (businessinsider)
  28. Russia Tells U.S. No Ukraine Invasion Planned, Tass Says (bloomberg)
  29. Chinese Graduates Opt for Gig Work as Job Outlook Worsens (bloomberg)
  30. Headline Writer Risk. The Energy Report 02/17/2022 (Phil Flynn)