Be in the know. 25 key reads for Monday…

  1. China Vows to Boost Consumption to Power Economic Recovery (bloomberg)
  2. China Stocks Set to Enter Bull Market on Return From Holidays (bloomberg)
  3. Hedge Funds Boost Treasury Shorts to Record on Doubts Over Rally (bloomberg)
  4. China’s Tourist Sites Swarmed During Holiday Despite Covid Risks (bloomberg)
  5. China Holiday Travel, Box Office Rebound After Covid Zero (bloomberg)
  6. China Junk Dollar Bond Prices Swing From Record Low to Longest Winning Streak (bloomberg)
  7. Short Sellers Feel the Pain in Stock Market’s 2023 Rally (wsj)
  8. Israel Strikes Iran Amid International Push to Contain Tehran (wsj)
  9. China PBOC Extends Monetary Policy Tools for Green Sector (bloomberg)
  10. Taiwan Stocks Poised for Bull Market as Chip Shares Extend Gains (bloomberg)
  11. Bull Market Beckons China Stock Traders as Consumption Revs Up (bloomberg)
  12. Fed Set to Shrink Rate Hikes Again as Inflation Slows (bloomberg)
  13. China Says Covid Deaths Fell Even as Lunar Holiday Spread Virus (bloomberg)
  14. Indonesia Signals End of Hikes as Fed Peak Rate Comes to View (bloomberg)
  15. Chinese Search Giant Baidu to Launch ChatGPT-Style Bot (bloomberg)
  16. Fed Debates Whether Wages or Low Unemployment Will Drive Inflation (wsj)
  17. How Nasdaq’s Stellar Run Could Squash Tech’s Bear Market (barrons)
  18. The Stock Market Has Flipped the Script. What’s Behind the Reversal. (barrons)
  19. Dollar’s Decline Is a Rare Nasdaq Tailwind as Earnings Loom (bloomberg)
  20. Crash Test This Week for Market Versus Real World (bloomberg)
  21. Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel says the Fed risks sparking a disaster if it hikes rates higher than markets are expecting at its upcoming meeting (businessinsider)
  22. Buyback Blackout Ends With A Bang: Why Goldman’s Trading Desk Sees Rally Lasting Until Mid-Feb (zerohedge)
  23. Ford to cut prices while ‘significantly’ increasing Mach-E production amid Tesla cuts (streetinsider)
  24. Lowe’s successfully tests system to solve organized retail crime (foxbusiness)
  25. The Year of The Rabbit Hops To It (chinalastnight)