Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. China Seen Cutting Rates Once More Before July, Analysts Say (bloomberg)
  2. PBOC Gives Clear Easing Signal With Promise to Boost Growth (bloomberg)
  3. PBOC’s Pledge to Open Tool Box Puts Focus on Less-Known Options (bloomberg)
  4. China Urges Banks to Boost Lending After Slow Start to 2022 (bloomberg)
  5. China Urges Banks to Boost Property Lending on Default Fears (bloomberg)
  6. China’s personal luxury market grew 36% last year despite COVID-19 challenges (marketwatch)
  7. The Fed Weighed In on a Digital Dollar (barrons)
  8. These 12 Cheap Value Stocks Are Now Table-Pounding Buys, Analysts (IBD)
  9. Tech Stocks Need a Life Raft. Earnings Season Could Be It. (barrons)
  10. Verizon and AT&T Just Lit Up New Spectrum. 5G’s Promise Is Beginning to Arrive. (barrons)
  11. Amazon Could Rule 2022. Its Shares Might Be Undervalued, Too. (barrons)
  12. Intel to Invest $20 Billion in U.S. Chip-Making Site (barrons)
  13. Angi Could Be the Next Uber. Its Stock Looks Too Cheap. (barrons)
  14. Netflix Selloff Seems ‘Overcooked,’ Says This Long-Time Bearish Analyst (barrons)
  15. U.S. Existing-Home Sales Reached a 15-Year High of 6.1 Million Last Year (wsj)
  16. What the Metaverse Has to Do With Microsoft’s Deal for Activision Blizzard (wsj)
  17. Schlumberger shares rise premarket after company tops earnings estimates and offers upbeat outlook (marketwatch)
  18. Jack Ma’s Ant Group implicated in corruption scandal by Chinese state media (ft)
  19. Investors turn to Europe in search of stock market bargains (ft)
  20. Top stock pickers say to buy these 16 video gaming stocks, 7 of which could surge by over 50%, after Microsoft’s $69-billion offer for Activision Blizzard (businessinsider)