Be in the know. 20 key reads for Independence Day!

  1. Wall Street Is Rooting for an M&A Comeback in the 2nd Half (barrons)
  2. Yellen Heads to China to Talk Trade and Technology. These Stocks Could Benefit. (barrons)
  3. Stock-market bulls look for small-caps to shake off bank worries, take 2023 rally baton (marketwatch)
  4. S., China Start Talking Again, With Global Economic Order at Stake (wsj)
  5. Nio, XPeng stocks surge after EV delivery data (marketwatch)
  6. Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs hold top two Hot 100 spots, a first in 42 years for country music (nypost)
  7. Hedge Funds on the Brink of Abandoning Bullish Dollar Bets (bloomberg)
  8. China to Restrict Exports of Metals Critical to Chip Production (bloomberg)
  9. Xi’s Central Bank Shakeup Prioritizes Continuity Over Change (bloomberg)
  10. Shares of Chinese Tesla rival Xpeng rocket 11% as EV deliveries return to growth (cnbc)
  11. China May Have Turned to Another Old Tool to Help Bolster Yuan (bloomberg)
  12. China’s Jobless Youths May Pose Political Risk, Top Adviser Says (bloomberg)
  13. Macau reports June casino revenue up 513.9% (thefly)
  14. 24 ‘strong-buy’ stocks with the highest potential upsides based on consensus price targets from Wall Street’s top-performing analysts, according to a fintech company (businessinsider)
  15. FIS (FIS) rises on report it may sell a majority stake in Worldpay; analyst positive (streetinsider)
  16. Netflix and Disney poised to outperform in Q3 says BofA (streetinsider)
  17. World’s First Fully Electric Flying Car Approved in the US (greekreporter)
  18. The Big Read. How a Swedish start-up reignited the search for an Alzheimer’s drug (ft)
  19. China chipmakers line up $8bn via IPOs in comeback from U.S. curbs (nikkei)
  20. Alibaba, BYD lead Hong Kong stock gains as Yellen heads to Beijing in boost for US-China ties while Xpeng surges (scmp)