Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. Alibaba’s Singles’ Day Presales Skyrocket With Live Streaming Boost (benzinga)
  2. Stanley Black & Decker stock bounces off 5-month low after big earnings beat, raised outlook (marketwatch)
  3. Intel shares rise 8% on strong guidance, blowout Q3 results; HSBC upgrades (streetinsider)
  4. Intel issues strong Q4 revenue outlook (cnbc)
  5. Intel’s Foundry Strategy (barrons)
  6. Amazon gains 6% after a ‘strong’ Q3 print (streetinsider)
  7. Recap: Amazon beats estimates for Q3 sales and profit, CEO says its AI business is already ‘significant’ (businessinsider)
  8. Amazon’s Profit Triples as Sales Show Resilience Leading Into Holidays (wsj)
  9. Core Inflation Drops to 3.7% Annual Rate (barrons)
  10. Fed-preferred inflation gauge’s tamest core reading since ’21 (marketwatch)
  11. Yellen: US-China Relations Better After Dangerous Period (bloomberg)
  12. Analysts are going to have to raise their AWS growth estimates, says Deepwater’s Gene Munster (cnbc)
  13. Everything is ‘falling in line’ for Intel in Q3, says Moor Insights’ Patrick Moorhead (cnbc)
  14. Healthcare companies counter investor worries over Wegovy effect (reuters)
  15. Short Sellers Quit Emerging Markets With ETF Bets at 17-Year Low (bloomberg)
  16. It’s Time to Stop Crying About Bonds and Buy Them Instead (barrons)
  17. Consumer spending rises sharply again and buoys the U.S. economy (marketwatch)
  18. The UAW-Ford Deal: What’s in the Contract, Who Won and What It Means for GM and Stellantis (wsj)
  19. Mainland China & Hong Kong Outperform Asia as Buyback Bonanza Continues (chinalastnight)
  20. We’re set up for a year-end rally after 1-2 more weeks of choppiness: Hightower’s Stephanie Link (cnbc)