Be in the know. 16 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. These stocks are down at least 20% from 2021 highs, but Wall Street sees them gaining as much as 87% in 2022 (marketwatch)
  2. Dollar’s Best Days Look Numbered Amid Rush to Front-Run Fed (bloomberg)
  3. (JD) Upsized and Extends Share Buyback Program to $3B (streetinsider)
  4. Asia’s Going Nuclear (zerohedge)
  5. Hedge funds bet against market pessimism on US economic outlook (ft)
  6. Hong Kong Stocks on Track for Worst Year in a Decade (wsj)
  7. 5 High-Yielding Dividend Aristocrats Are ‘Strong Buy’ Stock Ideas for 2022 (247wallst)
  8. The Fed Could Be Shifting Gears at Just the Wrong Time (barrons)
  9. Berkshire Stock Is Cheap. It’s One of Barron’s Top Stock Picks, Too. (barrons)
  10. Carnival Has Seen a Spike in Covid-19 Cases. But It Hasn’t Hurt the Stock. (barrons)
  11. Biden Eyes Raskin as Top Fed Banking Regulator (wsj)
  12. Alibaba Exploring Options for Weibo Stake With State Firm (bloomberg)
  13. What will the 2022 housing market look like? It could ‘come back down to sanity’ (cnbc)
  14. Possible Justice Department lawsuit looms over Apple, which is facing scrutiny worldwide (marketwatch)
  15. Big Tech heads for ‘a year of thousands of tiny tech papercuts,’ but what antitrust efforts could make them bleed? (marketwatch)
  16. The Metaverse Isn’t Quite Ready for You, but Your Investment Is Welcome (wsj)