Be in the know. 19 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Why investors need to watch Japan as a key source of market risk in 2025 (businessinsider)
  2. Traders Are Betting on a Quarter-Point Rate Cut Next Week (barrons)
  3. US CPI Brings No Surprises, Firming Up Fed Rate-Cut Bets (bloomberg)
  4. Boeing Stock Is Taking Off. Here’s Why. (barrons)
  5. Walgreens Is in Talks to Sell Itself to Private-Equity Firm Sycamore Partners (wsj)
  6. The Fate of Markets Rests on Trump’s Dollar Policy (wsj)
  7. JetBlue’s Turnaround Plan: First-Class Seats and Fewer Routes (wsj)
  8. The Rise of Theo Von, the Resident Quipster of Podcasting’s ‘Manosphere’ (wsj)
  9. How to Get Off a Long Flight Feeling Your Best (bloomberg)
  10. Mortgage refinance demand surges 27%, as interest rates drop for the third straight week (cnbc)
  11. Fed Chair Jerome Powell can serve remainder of term, says Trump’s Treasury pick Bessent (cnbc)
  12. Here’s Who Owns US Debt (zerohedge)
  13. The 3 Highest Yielding Dogs of the Dow Are December Holiday Bargains (247wallst)
  14. China property: a tale of rising sales and falling prices in top cities (scmp)
  15. China stocks regain appeal as Xi signals major stimulus in Politburo meeting (scmp)
  16. Gulf financiers expect investments in China to return up to 35 per cent next year based on bets that Beijing will implement additional stimulus measures, according to speakers at a summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). (scmp)
  17. China’s yuan likely to stabilise and strengthen, central bank says (reuters)
  18. Trump Trolls Trudeau, Calls Him Governor of Canada (bloomberg)
  19. Now the Bears Are Apologizing? (carsongroup)