Be in the know. 23 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Boeing’s China 737 Max completions centre ready for delivery restart (flightglobal)
  2. FOMC Minutes Eyed for Clues on Half-Point Hike, Runoff Plans (bloomberg)
  3. Buy China Stocks, Debt in ‘Dawn of Alpha,’ JPMorgan’s Santos Says (bloomberg)
  4. Top 15 hedge fund managers raked in $15.8 billion last year (nypost)
  5. Alibaba, Sands China lead gains on China easing bets (scmp)
  6. Carl Icahn Won’t Stop Till He Gets What He Wants (bloomberg)
  7. Hotel Earnings Strong As Travel Headwinds Fade (investors)
  8. ViacomCBS Is Changing Its Name, Gaining Subscribers (barrons)
  9. State Street strategist says markets have got carried away on interest rate-hike expectations (marketwatch)
  10. ‘Facebookers’ to ‘Metamates.’ Mark Zuckerberg’s New Values Haven’t Budged the Stock. (barrons)
  11. Publicly Traded Companies Are Vanishing. Does Private Equity Have an Edge? (barrons)
  12. Why Now Is the Time to Dive Into Tech Stocks (barrons)
  13. Meta Stock Has Never Been Cheaper. Is It Time to Buy the Former Facebook? (barrons)
  14. Kraft Heinz Stock Edges Up. Sales, Earnings Beat Forecasts. (barrons)
  15. S. Retail Sales Rise Most in 10 Months in Broad-Based Rebound (bloomberg)
  16. ‘Reacher’ TV Review: Believable Brawn (wsj)
  17. S. Factory Output Rises as Firms Navigate Supply Constraints (bloomberg)
  18. China adds more companies to an industry body designed to develop the country’s metaverse (cnbc)
  19. ‘Bad news is already priced in’: an investment chief for BNY Mellon breaks down why he’s expecting stocks to bounce back by 8 to 10% this year despite recent volatility – and shares 3 investing strategies to excel in the current mid-cycle bull market (businessinsider)
  20. The bull market in stocks is ‘far from over’ and potential conflict between Russia and Ukraine could spark dovish reassessment by central banks, JPMorgan says (businessinsider)
  21. A value-focused portfolio manager shares 6 stocks to buy despite rising geopolitical risk — and explains why the Federal Reserve hasn’t yet made a policy error (businessinsider)
  22. News in-depth. Citi’s Jane Fraser ditches ambition to break into Wall Street’s big league (ft)
  23. Angry Oil. The Energy Report 02/16/2022 (Phil Flynn)