Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Small-Cap Stocks Have Had a Rough Year. It’s Time to Buy. (barrons)
  2. Moody’s turns negative on US credit rating, draws Washington ire (reuters)
  3. Hedge funds short US financial stocks at near record levels -Goldman Sachs (reuters)
  4. Intel’s stock flirts with highest close in 15 months (marketwatch)
  5. President Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping meet face-to-face next week. Here’s what they will likely discuss. (marketwatch)
  6. Clean-Energy Stocks Have Collapsed. What Comes Next. (barrons)
  7. Will Joe Manchin Run for President? (wsj)
  8. Biden and Xi to Meet Next Week in San Francisco Area (wsj)
  9. How Risky Is Private Credit? Analysts Piece Together Clues (wsj)
  10. Rare Racer Runs Again Under Actress’s Direction (wsj)
  11. China’s Support for Top Builder Revives Calls for Broader State Rescue (bloomberg)
  12. Peter Luger Opens in Las Vegas With $1 Million Worth of Dry-Aged Beef (bloomberg)
  13. Billionaire investor Ron Baron says he’s never owned a bond and he almost never holds cash — ‘I’m always invested’ (businessinsider)
  14. Jim Cramer picks Disney as best of the major media stocks (cnbc)
  15. Harvard-trained expert says successful people ‘practice humility’ more than most: It’s ‘absolutely crucial’ (cnbc)