Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. Chinese Tech Stocks Near Technical Bull Market (bloomberg)
  2. European Stocks Hit Record as Upbeat Earnings Temper Trade Fears (bloomberg)
  3. DeepSeek’s emergence is a ‘Sputnik moment’ not just for AI, but for China, which is ‘outcompeting the rest of the world’, bank says (scmp)
  4. Trump’s focus on 10-year Treasury yield to cut borrowing costs raises curiosity — and problems (marketwatch)
  5. One of the few surviving Gilded Age mansions designed by a revered NYC architect has listed for a massive discount (nypost)
  6. Trump is ‘not bluffing’ on Gaza takeover, will do ‘what it takes,’ sources close to prez say (nypost)
  7. C.A.A., Following Trump’s Order, Excludes Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports (nytimes)
  8. Bessent Projects Normalcy While ‘Completely Aligned’ With Musk (bloomberg)
  9. Trump Will Seek to End Carried Interest, Expand SALT in Tax Bill (bloomberg)
  10. Amazon plans to spend $100 billion this year to capture ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ in AI (cnbc)
  11. Amazon fourth-quarter cloud revenue falls just shy of Wall Street estimates (cnbc)
  12. Japan’s household spending massively beats expectations, boosting case for further BOJ hikes (cnbc)
  13. Amazon’s outlook underwhelms as tech giant forecasts ‘lumpy’ cloud growth in years ahead (marketwatch)
  14. Tech Giants Double Down on Their Massive AI Spending (wsj)
  15. Amazon Earnings: Shares Fall After Sales Outlook Is Weaker Than Expected (wsj)
  16. Former UPenn Athletes Sue To Expunge Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas’ Records (zerohedge)
  17. Trump administration to keep only 294 USAID staff out of over 10,000 globally, sources say (reuters)
  18. BOJ’s fresh take on labour crunch opens door for more rate hikes (reuters)
  19. XPO Stock Soars. Freight Demand Is Looking Up. (barrons)
  20. Mortgage Rates in US Decrease for Third Week, Slipping to 6.89% (bloomberg)

Be in the know. 19 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Alibaba’s updated Qwen AI model overtakes DeepSeek’s V3 in chatbot ranking (scmp)
  2. European stocks are beating the U.S. so far this year. Is American exceptionalism dead? (marketwatch)
  3. What Do Trump’s First Weeks Tell Us About His China Strategy? (wsj)
  4. Disney to Centralize Streaming Offerings Within Disney+ (wsj)
  5. Options Traders Bet the Rally in Big Tech Stocks Has More Room to Run (wsj)
  6. Starboard Launches Proxy Fight at Kenvue (wsj)
  7. Honeywell to Break Up in Bid to Recreate Some GE Magic (wsj)
  8. Trump Gets McKinley’s Tariffs Wrong (wsj)
  9. In the deep end Former UPenn athletes sue to vacate Lia Thomas’ records as Trump signs order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports (nypost)
  10. Trump lays out exactly how he plans for US to seize control of Gaza (nypost)
  11. Disney Returns to Its Steamrolling Self (nytimes)
  12. Bessent says Trump is focused on the 10-year yield, won’t push the Fed to cut (cnbc)
  13. Opinion: DeepSeek could sink Big Tech’s AI growth plans (marketwatch)
  14. Doubts about ‘Magnificent Seven’ AI spending plans are creeping in (marketwatch)
  15. Trump has less leverage over China than during prior trade war – Wells Fargo (streetinsider)
  16. Chinese tech stocks get DeepSeek bump, narrow valuation gap vs ‘Magnificent Seven’ (scmp)
  17. Alibaba bolsters consumer AI team with expert Steven Hoi amid race for top tech talent (scmp)
  18. Markets Shrug Off Tariffs, AI Optimism Fuels Rally (chinalastnight)
  19. Trump’s de minimis cancellation is bad news for Temu, but worse for Shein (reuters)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Disney posts a big profit beat amid strength in sports and experiences (marketwatch)
  2. Say Goodbye to Temu’s Cheap Thrills (bloomberg)
  3. USPS suspends inbound packages from China, Hong Kong Posts (foxbusiness)
  4. Opinion: AMD stops giving AI-chip revenue forecast. History says that’s not a great sign. (marketwatch)
  5. Alphabet’s stock slides in the wake of a revenue miss and huge AI spending target (marketwatch)
  6. Trump Tariffs Risk $29,000 Rise in US Home Building Costs (bloomberg)
  7. Should Comcast split into three? This analyst says a breakup would mean big upside. (marketwatch)
  8. Opinion: Trump has two strong options to defuse the U.S. debt time-bomb. He should use them. (marketwatch)
  9. Trump says US will ‘take over’ and develop Gaza Strip (ft)
  10. Spring Festival boosts travel, consumption as 8-day holiday nears end (cn)
  11. Alphabet Slides After Cloud Sales Fall Short of Expectations (bloomberg)
  12. AMD Tumbles After Giving Disappointing Outlook for AI Growth (bloomberg)
  13. Are Markets Underestimating the Tariff Problem? (wsj)
  14. Disney Earnings Are Up Next. Watch for This Number. (barrons)
  15. Chipotle Revenue Falls Short (barrons)

Be in the know. 14 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Strategist Who Coined the Magnificent Seven Warns US Tech Is Set to Lag (bloomberg)
  2. Alibaba Stock Is a Winner—If It Can Survive Trump Tariff Turbulence (barrons)
  3. Estée Lauder Stock Is Tumbling. Blame a Huge Charge and Disappointing Outlook. (barrons)
  4. PayPal Earnings Show Refresh Is Working. Why the Stock Is Dropping Anyway. (barrons)
  5. China Hits Back at Trump With U.S. Tariffs. Why Google Is in Its Crosshairs. (barrons)
  6. Strategist Who Coined the Magnificent Seven Warns US Tech Is Set to Lag (bloomberg)
  7. Xi’s Careful Reply to Trump Tariffs Shows China Has More to Lose (bloomberg)
  8. Estée Lauder to Cut Up to 7,000 Jobs in Corporate Overhaul (bloomberg)
  9. PayPal posts an earnings beat, but another metric is weighing on its stock (marketwatch)
  10. How Trump’s tariffs closed the loophole used by Chinese retailers (foxbusiness)
  11. S. Frackers and Saudi Officials Tell Trump They Won’t Drill More (wsj)
  12. Trudeau Bends The Knee: Canada Will Send 10,000 Troops To Border, Name Fentanyl Czar To Delay Trump Tariffs (zerohedge)
  13. Alibaba offers DeepSeek on cloud service after Microsoft, Amazon and Huawei (scmp)
  14. Trump’s 2.0 trade war is already ‘fundamentally different’ from 1.0 (yahoo)

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Monday…

  1. Opinion: ‘Buy the dip and sell the rips’ — stock traders are counting on the ‘Trump put’ (marketwatch)
  2. “Combining these modeled EPS and valuation sensitivities suggests near-term downside of roughly 5% to S&P 500 fair value if the market prices the sustained implementation of the newly-announced tariffs,” says Goldman. (marketwatch)
  3. Barclays assigns 45% probability to courts stopping tariffs (marketwatch)
  4. Tom Lee gives five reasons to buy the dip after tariff announcement (marketwatch)
  5. MarketWatch Today U.S. stock indexes trim losses and dollar pares gain as Mexico touts one-month tariff delay (marketwatch)
  6. Trump’s tariffs could hurt Temu and Shein. Here’s which stocks stand to gain. (marketwatch)
  7. Trump gives a lift to healthcare stocks with comments on Medicare and Medicaid (marketwatch)
  8. U.S. booze stocks tumble as Canada retaliates against Trump tariffs (marketwatch)
  9. UBS Wealth reiterated its 6,600 target for S&P 500. ‘Tariffs unlikely to be sustained.’ (marketwatch)
  10. China Reportedly Preparing Trade Talks With Trump After Weekend Tariff Shock (zerohedge)
  11. US Manufacturing Activity Expands for First Time Since 2022 (bloomberg)
  12. China Prepares Trade Deal for Trump to Avoid Tariffs, WSJ Says (bloomberg)

Be in the know. 8 key reads for Sunday…

  1. What Trump Aims to Achieve With His New Tariff Plans (bloomberg)
  2. Stop Panicking Over Teens and Social Media (wsj)
  3. Retail investors pour $900mn into Nvidia as they chase ‘buying opportunity’ (ft)
  4. China Vows Measures Against US Tariffs, Threatens WTO Action (bloomberg)
  5. Here’s how tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico may impact U.S. consumers (cnbc)
  6. Canada and Mexico Move to Retaliate on Tariff Orders (nytimes)
  7. Trump’s Tariffs Put China in a Difficult Spot (nytimes)
  8. Ray Dalio | The All-In Interview (youtube)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Dollar General Is No Walmart. Buy the Stock Anyway. (barrons)
  2. Tech stocks have worst week in months after ‘nobody saw DeepSeek coming’ amid AI mania (marketwatch)
  3. Investors snap up stocks outside of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ in January (marketwatch)
  4. Tech giants to turn into ‘Lagnificent 7’ as U.S. exceptionalism peaks, say Bank of America strategists (marketwatch)
  5. Don’t count on ‘Magnificent Seven’ stocks repeating their winning streak this year, these Wall Street gurus warn (marketwatch)
  6. Intel’s forecast missed by a mile. Here’s why the stock is ‘numb’ to the problem. (marketwatch)
  7. Mexico, Canada Work Against the Clock to Avert Trump Tariffs (bloomberg)
  8. Canada Resorts to Chopper-Video Diplomacy to Halt Trump Tariffs (bloomberg)
  9. Fed’s Goolsbee Lauds Inflation Progress But Supports Slower Pace (bloomberg)
  10. Here’s what Trump’s tariff threats look like on the ground in China (cnbc)

Be in the know. 9 key reads for Friday…

  1. Intel Fourth-Quarter Sales Beat Estimates During Turnaround (bloomberg)
  2. Intel shows signs of progress (marketwatch)
  3. Don’t count on ‘Magnificent Seven’ stocks repeating their winning streak this year, these Wall Street gurus warn (marketwatch)
  4. Inside China, DeepSeek Provides a National Mic Drop Moment (nytimes)
  5. CVS Knows You Hate Those Locked Cabinets (nytimes)
  6. Why Chinese Tech Keeps Surprising the West (bloomberg)
  7. Nvidia retail investors told us why they’re unfazed by DeepSeek’s market disruption and refusing to sell (businessinsider)
  8. Novo Nordisk Shares Still Have a Long Road Back from 40% Slump (bloomberg)
  9. Markets (and the world) on edge as Trump’s tariff deadline approaches (yahoo)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Alibaba springs a Lunar New Year surprise on DeepSeek, global AI market (scmp)
  2. GDP grew at a 2.3% pace in the fourth quarter, less than expected (cnbc)
  3. 10-year Treasury yield slides after weaker-than-expected GDP (cnbc)
  4. Fed holds rates steady, takes less confident view on inflation (cnbc)
  5. “Alibaba on Jan. 29 unveiled a new version of its AI model called Qwen2.5 Max that it claims has performance comparable or better than OpenAI, DeepSeek, Google and Meta models.” (investors)
  6. Nvidia Stock Falls. What Microsoft and Meta Earnings Mean for the AI Chip Maker. (barrons)
  7. Fed Stands Pat on Rates, Entering New Wait-and-See Phase (wsj)
  8. OpenAI says DeepSeek stole its AI data, but how common is ‘distillation’? (scmp)
  9. Chinese tech giant flexes its muscles in global race for AI dominance (foxbusiness)
  10. They Invested Billions. Then the A.I. Script Got Flipped. (nytimes)
  11. Why blocking China’s DeepSeek from using US AI may be difficult (reuters)
  12. Most Popular Hedge Funds Don’t Want Your Money But Smaller Firms Might (bloomberg)
  13. The White Lotus Is Already Driving a Travel Boom in Thailand (bloomberg)
  14. ECB warns of ‘headwinds’ to Eurozone economy as it cuts rate to 2.75% (ft)
  15. Why some ‘Magnificent Seven’ companies could be earning less in 2050 than today (marketwatch)

Be in the know. 18 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Boeing CEO Sees Company Reaching Key 737 Milestone This Year (bloomberg)
  2. If you liked deepseek you’re going to LOVE Alibaba’s Qwen 2.5-Max, the #1 performing AI globally. (Alibaba)
  3. Boeing’s Rosy Outlook Negates the Need for a Fire Sale (bloomberg)
  4. U.S. manufacturers show signs of recovery from 2-year slump. (marketwatch)
  5. GM sees fatter profits ahead on strength of gas-powered SUVs and electric cars (marketwatch)
  6. DeepSeek Challenges Everyone’s Assumptions About AI Costs (bloomberg)
  7. Billionaire Castel to Acquire Diageo’s Unit And Expand in Ghana (bloomberg)
  8. US Consumer Confidence Drops to Four-Month Low on Job Market (bloomberg)
  9. Billionaire Beal’s Bank Scored Record Year After Tapping the Fed (bloomberg)
  10. GM Earnings Beat Expectations. Why the Stock Is Getting Crushed. (barrons)
  11. Boeing Confirms Its Bad Earnings. Why the Stock Is Higher. (barrons)
  12. Bets on Bigger Treasuries Rally Are Booming Before Fed Decision (bloomberg)
  13. New US Transportation Chief Orders Fuel Economy Rule Rewrite (bloomberg)
  14. Fed’s Balance-Sheet Plans Mystify Wall Street as Officials Meet (bloomberg)
  15. Yahoo’s big bet (businessinsider)
  16. Boeing CEO: Don’t expect a major restructuring, but maybe a ‘pruning’ (marketwatch)
  17. Wall Street’s AI ‘bubble’ echoes dotcom excesses, Ray Dalio warns (ft)
  18. Wynn looks to Vegas to help revamp Macau’s US$28 billion casino economy (scmp)