Be in the know. 28 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Risk of central bank hikes prompts investors to shun tech – surveys (reuters)
  2. Surging Bond Yields Send Nasdaq Futures Tumbling (bloomberg)
  3. Investors Dismiss Inflation Fears to Place Record Bets on Stocks (bloomberg)
  4. Politics and Oil. The Energy Report 01/18/2022 (Phil Flynn)
  5. Tech tumble, lackluster GS earnings set to weigh on Wall Street (reuters)
  6. Tech Stocks Unravel While Banks Are Hot in 2022 Rotation (bloomberg)
  7. Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard for Nearly $70 Billion (barrons)
  8. Banks’ Earnings Show Lenders Aren’t All the Same (barrons)
  9. Investors Will Have Opportunity to Invest in Bausch Spinoffs (gurufocus)
  10. 23andMe Pivoting To Clinical Research: Could That Lead To A Turnaround For The Stock? (benzinga)
  11. Shopify, JD Strike Deal to Help U.S. Brands Sell in China (barrons)
  12. PC and Notebook Demand Is Rising. Why Intel Could Benefit. (barrons)
  13. Nikola Secures More EV Batteries in Deal With Proterra (barrons)
  14. Why Biogen Could Need to Sell ‘for Parts’ (barrons)
  15. Why AT&T May Be Leaning Toward a ‘Split-off’ of Its Discovery Stake (barrons)
  16. China’s XI Doesn’t Want the Fed to Raise Rates Either (barrons)
  17. Get ready for the climb. Here’s what history says about stock-market returns during Fed rate-hike cycles. (marketwatch)
  18. Buy the Dip? Consider These Value Stocks and ETFs Instead. (barrons)
  19. China Seeks to Cushion Blow of Economic Pain as Momentum Slows (wsj)
  20. That Dallas Cowboys Ending Was the Goofiest Stuff I’ve Seen in Ages (wsj)
  21. Unilever Sets Out Ambition to Expand in Health Products (wsj)
  22. China’s Births Hit Historic Low, a Political Problem for Beijing (nytimes)
  23. Hedge Funds Are Dumping Tech, Buying Oil in Search for Returns (bloomberg)
  24. Big Tech Needs Big Profits With Multiples Under Fire: Tech Watch (bloomberg)
  25. Value-investing titan Seth Klarman opens up about rising inflation, Trump, and ballooning opportunities for his $31 billion Baupost (businessinsider)
  26. Netflix Gives Its Toughest Audience What It Wants (wsj)
  27. Oil hit 7-year highs as tight supply bites (reuters)
  28. China’s record trade gap a symptom of struggle to rebalance its economy (ft)