Be in the know. 25 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Charlie Munger’s Firm Doubles Down on Alibaba Investment. Again. (barrons)
  2. Boeing Stock Rises on New 737 MAX Order (barrons)
  3. AT&T Shed Media Assets in 2021. Now It Wants Investors. (wsj)
  4. Chinese Premier Li Urges Bigger Tax Cuts to Ensure Economic Growth (bloomberg)
  5. Manchin Deflates Democrats’ Hopes of Changing Filibuster, Passing Election Bills (wsj)
  6. China’s Stocks Had a Tumultuous Year. Analysts Size Up the Market’s Prospects for 2022. (barrons)
  7. China Tech Selloff Deepens as Tencent Sale Spooks Traders (bloomberg)
  8. Long Shadows. The Energy Report 01/05/2022 (Phil Flynn)
  9. Fed Minutes Eyed for Details on Rate Liftoff, Shrinking Assets (bloomberg)
  10. S. Companies Add Most Jobs in Seven Months, ADP Data Show (bloomberg)
  11. Gas Tankers Divert From China to Europe in Price Premium Race (bloomberg)
  12. AT&T Stock Rises After Posting 1.3 Million Subscriber Adds (barrons)
  13. Omicron seems to have peaked or plateaued in some regions, experts say (cnbc)
  14. China says apps that could influence public opinion require a security review (cnbc)
  15. A Slimmer Build Back Better Bill Is Still Possible (barrons)
  16. Stocks will rally in 2022 even as US interest rates hit 2%, Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel says (businessinsider)
  17. General Electric upgraded to Outperform from Neutral at Credit Suisse (thefly)
  18. Turkish Central Bank Revives Bond-Buying Drive to Rein In Yields (bloomberg)
  19. BofA Securities Out With 10 Favorite Stock Ideas for Q1 2022 (247wallst)
  20. Opinion: Why the bull market will stay alive in 2022 — plus 8 cheap stocks for your money now (marketwatch)
  21. Opinion: Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man, just turned 98 and has some choice words about inflation, EBITDA and marriage (marketwatch)
  22. Federal Reserve could invert Treasury yield curve by third quarter as it delivers rate hikes, economists say (marketwatch)
  23. Fed’s Kashkari, a leading dove, backs two interest-rate hikes this year (marketwatch)
  24. JPM Urges Clients To “Stay Bullish” As Positive Catalysts “Are Not Exhausted” (zerohedge)
  25. China’s internet watchdog posts revised app rules to tighten cybersecurity provisions (scmp)