Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. How serious is China’s economic slowdown? (piie)
  2. China Isn’t Japan in the 1990s. How Its Economic Meltdown Is Different. (barrons)
  3. Generac Is a Growth Stock at a Value Price. Buy It Before the Storms Start. (barrons)
  4. Alibaba Unit to Hire 2,000 Graduates as Big Tech Crackdown Eases (bloomberg)
  5. Alibaba, Tencent renew hiring as Big Tech gears up for growth (scmp)
  6. CSRC vows to boost ‘vitality, efficiency and appeal’ of stock market (scmp)
  7. We are close to bottoming from recent market decline, says Fundstrat’s Mark Newton (cnbc)
  8. A Booster Shot for Your Portfolio (barrons)
  9. AI Is the Real Deal—if You Understand It. Our 5 Roundtable Pros Are Here to Help. (barrons)
  10. How Kroger Became the Biggest Sushi Seller in America (wsj)
  11. China moves to shore up investor confidence in the economy (ft)
  12. What Wall Street needs to know about UAW talks, a potential strike and what it could all cost (cnbc)
  13. Will August stock-market stumble turn into a rout? Here’s what to watch, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee. (marketwatch)
  14. Italian Scientists Research Whether Eating Pizza Carries Health Benefits (futurism)
  15. The 10 Best Dividend Stocks (morningstar)