Be in the know. 8 key reads for Monday…

  1. The S&P 500 Earnings Outlook Is Terrible. It’s Not as Bad as It Looks. (Barron’s)
  2. China September exports, imports in deeper contraction as tariffs take toll (Reuters)
  3. Peak Shale: How U.S. Oil Output Went From Explosive to Sluggish (Yahoo! Finance)
  4. Private-equity deals depress worker wages, study finds (MarketWatch)
  5. ‘If You Ever Do That to Me Again, I’m Going to Kill You.’ (Institutional Investor)
  6. Blackstone Talked With Ken Griffin’s Citadel About Buying Stake (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Apple’s ‘key growth driver’ in 2020 will be a new $399 iPhone, top analyst says CNBC)
  8. Western Digital upgraded to Buy from Hold at Loop Capital (TheFly)