Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Intel Has a Great Chip for the First Time In Years (barrons)
  2. China’s Politburo Supercharges Stimulus With Housing, Rates Vows (bloomberg)
  3. China pledges to ensure fiscal spending among steps signaling urgency (bloomberg)
  4. Hedge Funds Snap Up Chinese Equities on Stimulus Optimism (bloomberg)
  5. House, Senate Approve Spending Bill to Keep Government Open (barrons)
  6. Alibaba’s Singles’ Day preparation includes US$5.7 billion in aid to merchants (scmp)
  7. China Weighs Injecting $142 Billion of Capital Into Top Banks (bloomberg)
  8. China Seeks to Resolve Structural Issues to Shore Up Employment (bloomberg)
  9. Fed’s Kugler Sees Plenty More Rate Cuts Ahead (barrons)
  10. Why now may be a good time to take ‘opportunistic’ profits in gold and silver (marketwatch)
  11. The Policy Dragon Awakens As Mainland China & Hong Kong Rally (chinalastnight)
  12. Visa Is in the Hot Seat. MasterCard and Others Could Benefit. (barrons)
  13. Boeing, Union to Resume Pay Talks as Strike Nears Third Week (bloomberg)
  14. Tracking Hurricane Helene’s Latest Path (bloomberg)
  15. PayPal expands services to allow merchants to buy and sell crypto (cnbc)
  16. Here are the most important days for the stock market between now and the November election, according to BofA (businessinsider)
  17. Wall Street just got another sign that dealmaking is on its way back (finance.yahoo)
  18. Dollar General asks shareholders to reject investment firm’s stock-purchase offer (marketwatch)
  19. China’s yuan continues upward climb after Beijing’s stimulus roll-out (scmp)
  20. Chinese homeowners cheer Beijing’s move to cut mortgage rates by a half point (scmp)