Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Apollo seeks $500 million fund to invest in SPACs -sources (Reuters)
  2. Wall Street, China to Revive Talks in Hunt for Common Ground (Bloomberg)
  3. The S&P 500 Has Been Soaring. These 10 Stocks Are Still Cheap. (Barron’s)
  4. There Are Tentative Signs the Out-of-Control Housing Market Is Healing (Barron’s)
  5. Try SPACs as an ‘Option on Exuberance,’ Says Hedge-Fund Investor Boaz Weinstein (Barron’s)
  6. Sarepta Stock Is Down 57% This Year. Why the Biotech Could Make a Comeback. (Barron’s)
  7. Future Returns: Finding Value in Asian Emerging Markets (Barron’s)
  8. China Reopens World’s Third Busiest Port. What This Means for Trade. (Barron’s)
  9. How Coinbase Stock Can Rise Even Without a Bitcoin Boost (Barron’s)
  10. J&J Says Covid-19 Booster Prompts Strong Immune Response (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Chinese Factories ‘Can Hardly Find Any Workers’ (Wall Street Journal)
  12. SEC Chief Warns ‘Clock Is Ticking’ on Delisting Chinese Stocks (Bloomberg)
  13. Cathie Wood Is More Optimistic Than Pessimistic About China (Bloomberg)
  14. China Economists Say ‘Common Prosperity’ Won’t Rob the Rich (Bloomberg)
  15. Pharma’s Appetite for Biotech Deals Bodes Well (Wall Street Journal)
  16. S&P 500 targets are rising left and right (Yahoo! Finance)
  17. Bankers continue to talk up ViacomCBS sale but say there’s no obvious buyer right now: Gasparino (Fox Business)
  18. Sam Zell Partners With Toll on $1.9 Billion Apartment Deal (Yahoo! Finance)
  19. Powell unlikely to give tapering roadmap for investors at Jackson Hole meeting (Fox Business)
  20. House Democrats advance $3.5tn spending package (Financial Times)