Be in the know. 17 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Biotech Stocks Were Tanking. The Cure? M&A. (barrons)
  2. Inside Saudi Arabia’s $3 Trillion Plan to Move Past Oil (barrons)
  3. The Fed Faces Multiple Challenges in 2024. Navigating an Election Year Is One. (barrons)
  4. Prices Fell for the First Time Since 2020. What Was Behind the Drop. (barrons)
  5. Banks Aren’t Fighting Private Credit—They’re Enabling It (barrons)
  6. Charlie Munger, Close Up (barrons)
  7. A record share of S&P 500 stocks underperformed the index in 2023 as ‘weirdest bull market in decades’ marches on (marketwatch)
  8. Here are the 20 worst-performing stocks among the S&P 500 in 2023 (marketwatch)
  9. These 4 Economic Indicators Are Key to Watch for Fed Rate Cuts (barrons)
  10. Why Hertz Stock Could Be a Winner in 2024 (barrons)
  11. L.A. office building sells for $153.5 million — $115 million less than its sale price a decade ago (marketwatch)
  12. 11 dividend stocks with high yields expected to be well supported in 2024 per strict criteria (marketwatch)
  13. Opinion: Tax-loss selling makes these stocks in cannabis, pharma, energy and industrials worth buying (marketwatch)
  14. Wall Street banks propel Dallas to second behind NYC in number of finance workers (nypost)
  15. FT writers’ predictions for the world in 2024 (ft)
  16. Ant Completes Process of Removing Jack Ma’s Control (bloomberg)
  17. ‘Everyone Got Burned’: Wall Street Missed the Great Stock Rally of 2023 (bloomberg)