Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. China’s economy is on track for ‘strong’ March performance, survey says (cnbc)
  2. The Big Read. Will Xi’s manufacturing plan be enough to rescue China’s economy? (ft)
  3. “The only other time you’ve seen relative multiples this cheap was during 1999 and 2000, and that ended up being a great decade for small-caps,” she said. (ft)
  4. Reddit Insiders Selling Days After IPO; Shares Fall Late (investors)
  5. China Signals More Property Support, But Substance to Be Key for Turnaround (wsj)
  6. Why the Fed’s Waller Is in ‘No Rush’ to Cut Rates (barrons)
  7. The Stock Market Is So Strong, Even Some Skeptics Won’t Bet Against It (barrons)
  8. China’s Xi meets with U.S. business leaders, calls for closer ties (marketwatch)
  9. China’s Xi Seeks to Soothe Anxieties of American CEOs (wsj)
  10. Barron’s: Nvidia Stock Slips. Why It Might Lose Out in a Frothy Market. (marketwatch)
  11. Opinion: Boeing had a good week cleaning house — but now comes the hard part (marketwatch)
  12. These GE and 3M Spinoffs Are Set to Join the S&P 500 (barrons)
  13. Los Angeles Office Tower Dumped by Brookfield Faces Foreclosure Sale (bloomberg)
  14. 3M’s Healthcare Spinoff Stock Fell. This Is What It’s Worth. (barrons)
  15. Individual investors are buying fewer stocks, but using more leverage (marketwatch)
  16. Disney, Florida Settle Litigation Over Special District. Sunnier Skies Could Be Ahead. (barrons)
  17. Point72 Takes a Large Stake in Fox (institutional investor)
  18. Taobao to Launch Several Biz-Friendly Initiatives for All Platform Merchants Starting Apr (aastocks)
  19. The market may be due for a decline. Cramer explains why you shouldn’t fear it (cnbc)
  20. Vans Skateboarding and Anthony Van Engelen Skate to the Future with the All-New AVE 2.0 (vans)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. China: Industrial profits hit a 25-month high amid signs of bottoming out (ing)
  2. China’s Xi meets U.S. executives as businesses navigate bilateral tensions (cnbc)
  3. Xi Says US CEOs Should Invest in China, Economy Hasn’t Peaked (bloomberg)
  4. Airbus Has Its Own Issues. Can It Keep Its Lead Over Boeing? (barrons)
  5. Boeing Needs a New CEO. What History Says About Who Can Right the Stock. (barrons)
  6. Commercial real estate is itching for a rebound two years after start of Fed rate hikes (marketwatch)
  7. Fees in Settlement. It Could Save Merchants $30 Billion. (barrons)
  8. Although Chinese consumer confidence has yet to meaningfully rebound, the overall mood has started to improve slightly, Madjo wrote. (barrons)
  9. Boeing Delivered Just 3 MAX Jets in a Week. That Is a Good Thing. (barrons)
  10. Krispy Kreme Stock Rises Sharply on Sweet Deal With McDonald’s (barrons)
  11. Home Prices Rose at Fastest Pace Since 2022 in January (barrons)
  12. This bull market is not over, says Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel (cnbc)
  13. The Office Market Is in Turmoil. So Why Are Rents More Expensive? (wsj)
  14. Canada Goose to cut 17% of its corporate workforce (cnbc)
  15. Boeing Delivered Just 3 MAX Jets in a Week. That Is a Good Thing. (barrons)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. China’s Premier Says Nation Off to Good Start on 2024 Goals (bloomberg)
  2. China Rolls Out Welcome Mat for U.S. CEOs as It Nods to Its Economic Problems (wsj)
  3. Disney stock upgraded by Barclays as turnaround plan takes shape (yahoo)
  4. As Boeing’s New Chairman, Steve Mollenkopf Returns to the Spotlight (barrons)
  5. Are Chinese Tech Stocks Value Plays Now? (wsj)
  6. Alibaba to buy Cainiao stake for up to $3.75 billion as it drops IPO plan (reuters)
  7. PBOC head says China’s property crisis has abated as default rumours vex Vanke (scmp)
  8. Home Prices Rose at Fastest Pace Since 2022 in January (barrons)
  9. Visa, Mastercard Reach $30 Billion Swipe-Fee Deal With Merchants (bloomberg)
  10. Apple could double down on China market, Wedbush says, as iPhone sales drop (cnbc)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. Yuan Rebounds as PBOC Sends Strong Message of Support Via Fixing (bloomberg)
  2. China told it faces ‘fork in the road’ as officials meet CEOs (reuters)
  3. China to safeguard equal treatment for foreign-funded firms (reuters)
  4. Why ESG Investing Might Never Recover (wsj)
  5. New Blood Thinners Will Prevent Blood Clots Without Causing Bleeding (wsj)
  6. China blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers: report (foxbusiness)
  7. Fed’s Powell Ready to Support Job Market, Even If It Means Lingering Inflation (bloomberg)
  8. UK Pledges £350 Million for Nuclear Defense and Energy By 2030 (bloomberg)
  9. Amgen wants in on the booming weight loss drug market — and it’s taking a different approach (cnbc)
  10. Alphabet is set to pop 15% as Google is a clear winner in AI, Wedbush says (businessinsider)
  11. Why a Fed rate cut in June is not yet a done deal (marketwatch)
  12. U.S. stocks shot up nearly 30% in 5 months. Is it time to worry about a correction? (marketwatch)
  13. Thiel, Bezos and Zuckerberg join parade of insiders selling tech stocks (ft)
  14. Investor Nelson Peltz: ‘I’m not trying to fire Bob Iger, I want to help him’ (ft)
  15. Sam Altman’s Under-The-Radar SPAC Fuses AI Expertise With Nuclear Energy: Here Are The Others Involved (benzinga)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Ele.me outlines business plan for the next three years amid leadership reshuffle (technode)
  2. Three Ant Group subsidiaries to go independent in Chinese fintech giant’s biggest restructure since blocked IPO (technode)
  3. PDD’s cost of revenue nearly tripled last year as Temu expanded aggressively (technode)
  4. United States v. Apple is pure nerd rage (theverge)
  5. Financial Times tests an AI chatbot trained on decades of its own articles (theverge)
  6. How Big Steel in the U.S. fell (npr)
  7. Freshippo’s Global Grocery Business More Than Doubles GMV (alizila)
  8. Chinese Premier Downplays Economy Risks, Highlights Policy Space (bloomberg)
  9. Wall Street’s biggest bull renews call for small-cap stocks to rise 50% in 2024 (marketwatch)
  10. China’s Policy Meeting on Property Raises Hope of Aid for Sector (bloomberg

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Bill Gross Laments ‘Excessive Exuberance’ as Stocks Surge (bloomberg)
  2. The Best Places to Visit in Portugal—and When to Go (mensjournal)
  3. Didi Global’s Revenue Jumps Ahead of Its Planned Hong Kong IPO (bloomberg)
  4. Apple’s Cook Meets Chinese Commerce Minister, Unveils Investment (bloomberg)
  5. Fed’s Bostic Now Anticipates Just One Rate Cut This Year (bloomberg)
  6. Trillion-dollar rebound prompts debate: is the worst over for Chinese stocks? (scmp)
  7. Meituan Crushes Analyst Estimates, Alibaba’s Must-Read Regulatory Filing, Week in Review (chinalastnight)
  8. Best Six Months Ends in April (almanactrader)
  9. The great central bank policy reversal kicks off (reuters)
  10. We Test-Drove The Amazing McLaren 750S Through The Portuguese Riviera (maxim)

Be in the know. 5 key reads for Friday…

  1. Inside the turnaround plan to make Vans, Supreme, and The North Face cool again (fortune)
  2. Apple Loses $113 Billion in Value After Regulators Close In (bloomberg)
  3. China and US Start Working Group to Combat Flood of Fentanyl (bloomberg)
  4. Japan’s Era of Stagnant Salaries, Steady Prices and Mortgages That Never Go Up Is Over (bloomberg)
  5. Magnificent Seven? It’s More Like the Blazing Two and Tepid Five (bloomberg)

Be in the know. 30 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones puts another $100 million into Frisco’s Comstock Resources (dallasnews)
  2. China’s Central Bank Sees Room for More RRR Cuts (bloomberg)
  3. Fed Officials Still See Three Interest-Rate Cuts This Year, Buoying Stocks (wsj)
  4. Productivity is way up
  5. The Billionaire Taking on Disney Just Wants Some Respect (nytimes)
  6. Short Sellers Up Their Wagers Against Commercial Real Estate Again (bloomberg)
  7. Fed’s interest-rate decision makes bank stocks more attractive: analyst (marketwatch)
  8. Boeing targets a culprit of 737 MAX production woes: ‘Traveled work’ (yahoo)
  9. For Real Estate, Rate Cuts Can’t Come Soon Enough (zerohedge)
  10. Chewy (CHWY) stock jumps on better-than-anticipated Q4 top and bottom line (streetinsider)
  11. Reddit prices stock at top of target range in biggest social media IPO since Pinterest (streetinsider)
  12. 6 Highest Yielding Dividend Kings With Yields Up To 9.9% (247wallst)
  13. Private equity giant Apollo offers $11B for Paramount Pictures studio: report (nypost)
  14. SocGen’s Kabra Is Now Among the Biggest Bulls on US Stock (bloomberg)
  15. Apple Braces for Antitrust Lawsuit From DOJ (barrons)
  16. The Stock Market Is Already Way Up. 8 Stocks That Can Still Outperform. (barrons)
  17. Replacing Boeing CEO Calhoun Won’t Be Easy (barrons)
  18. Fundstrat’s Tom Lee sees small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 surging by 50% in 2024 (cnbc)
  19. Cheesecake Factory and 4 More Stocks Ready to Pop, From a Small-Cap Pro (barrons)
  20. Home Sales Jumped in February to Fastest Pace in a Year. Prices Are Up, Too. (barrons)
  21. Nike Reports Earnings Today. It Has Lots of Work to Do. (barrons)
  22. Nvidia Is Using Its Old 1990s Playbook To Best Its AI Rivals (barrons)
  23. Biden’s EPA Gives Automakers More Leeway to Phase Out Gas-Engine Cars (wsj)
  24. Elon Musk’s Neuralink Shows First Patient Using Its Brain Implant (wsj)
  25. Why Arizona Law Firms Are a Hot Investment for Private Equity (wsj)
  26. Nelson Peltz Wins Key Endorsement in Disney Battle (wsj)
  27. Airport Security Is a Confusing Mess Right Now (wsj)
  28. US Initial Jobless Claims Ease in Sign of Resilient Labor Market (bloomberg)
  29. The frugal life of Warren Buffett: How the billionaire spends his fortune, from McDonald’s breakfasts to a rare and ‘indefensible’ splurge (yahoo)
  30. Apple’s Tim Cook meets key suppliers in Shanghai as 57th China store opens (scmp)

 

Be in the know. 35 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. How Has the Fed’s Outlook Changed? Here’s What to Watch Today (wsj)
  2. PDD Stock Soars as Temu Parent Posts Huge Earnings Beat. What It Means for Alibaba. (barrons)
  3. Intel Gets Up to $8.5 Billion in Chips Act Funding from Biden Administration (barrons)
  4. Is a June rate cut still possible? Fed’s Powell will look to keep options open this week. (marketwatch)
  5. The Bank of Japan Just Handicapped a Winning Strategy. What to Know About the Yen Carry Trade. (barrons)
  6. Energy Suppliers Are Racing to Keep Up with the Data-Driven Energy Surge (barrons)
  7. The big tech rally is living on borrowed time, says UBS (marketwatch)
  8. ‘Mr. Yen’ says authorities may soon intervene as Japanese currency eyes multi-decade lows (marketwatch)
  9. Apple CEO Tim Cook Is in China After iPhone Sales Weaken. (barrons)
  10. The Latest Options Craze Resembles Past Manias. That’s Not a Good Thing. (barrons)
  11. Fed is ‘so far from equilibrium’ as markets await rate guidance, BlackRock’s Rick Rieder says (marketwatch)
  12. Boeing CFO Talks Cash, Spirit, And How to Fix Quality. (barrons)
  13. Apple Looks to External Partners to Boost AI Efforts (wsj)
  14. Why the Fed’s ‘Dot Plot’ Is the Center of Attention (wsj)
  15. The Era of No-Brainer 5% Returns on Cash Is Ending (wsj)
  16. Shares of Gucci Owner Tumble After Sales Warning (wsj)
  17. Understanding the Boeing Mess (wsj)
  18. NYC landlords luring workers back to offices with pickleball, golf simulators, arcade games and gourmet food (nypost)
  19. Here’s everything to expect from the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting (cnbc)
  20. Hong Kong’s national security law has analysts divided on its social and economic ramifications (cnbc)
  21. A Lady Gaga Google Search shows how AI is upending the world’s most profitable online business. ‘Site owners are terrified.’ (businessinsider)
  22. Once Again, Baltimore Hopes to Fight Blight With $1 Homes (governing)
  23. 4 signals that suggest the stock market’s bull rally could soon reverse (businessinsider)
  24. China’s Central Bank Names Two Scholars as New Policy Advisers (bloomberg)
  25. China to Use Public Auctions for Sale of Special Ultra-Long Debt (bloomberg)
  26. Intel prepares for $100 billion spending spree across four US states (reuters)
  27. West is ‘too optimistic’ on nuclear projects, warns engineering chief (ft)
  28. Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI expands Chinese-character prompt for Kimi chatbot (scmp)
  29. Tencent doubles share buy-backs while earnings miss estimates (scmp)
  30. Wouldn’t be surprised if more FOMC members predicted less than two rate cuts in 2024: Jeremy Siegel (cnbc)
  31. Rumors over ‘next James Bond’ left shaken and stirred by Aaron Taylor-Johnson speculation (wral)
  32. How the BOJ’s plan for a smooth exit from negative rates unraveled (reuters)
  33. BOJ Needs to Do More to Change Direction of Yen: Major (bloomberg)
  34. Goldman’s Hatzius Says US on Track for 2.4% Core PCE (bloomberg)
  35. Alibaba Raises $317 Million From Sale of Stake in EV Maker XPeng (bloomberg)

Be in the know. 37 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Buy 3M Stock Ahead of Healthcare Spinoff. Analyst Expects Higher Valuation. (barrons)
  2. Natural Gas Prices Won’t Stay Low for Long. An Export Boom Is Coming. (barrons)
  3. 1 No-Brainer Growth Stock to Buy Now With $100 and Hold Through 2024 (and Beyond) (fool)
  4. Japan Finally Raises Rates. Global Markets Will Feel It. (barrons)
  5. As Electric-Vehicle Shoppers Hesitate, Hybrid Sales Surge (wsj)
  6. UK Reality TV Stars, Influencers Join AliExpress’ New Livestreaming E-Commerce Community (alizila)
  7. Alibaba brings 5-day delivery to the US in race against Shein, Temu (scmp)
  8. Marissa Pardini Steps Down from Vans; More Layoffs Hit Office (shop-eat-surf)
  9. Ant Sets Up Board for International Operations in Broad Overhaul (bloomberg)
  10. BABA-SW’s Hema Global Shopping Biz GMV Rises 1x+ YoY in 2023 (aastocks)
  11. Developing | Ant Group restructures part of its businesses into units, promotes veteran finance chief as president to spur growth (scmp)
  12. Commercial Real Estate Is a Slow Burn,’ Says Bank of America CEO Moynihan (bloomberg)
  13. Small Caps Can Shine With Reasonable Rates: BofA (bloomberg)
  14. BofA’s Moynihan on US Consumer, Trading Activity and CRE (bloomberg)
  15. BofA’s Moynihan: Banks Have ‘Tremendous Amounts of Capital’ (bloomberg)
  16. BofA CEO Moynihan: Customers ‘Remarkably Resilient’ (bloomberg)
  17. Central bankers see ‘immaculate disinflation’ within reach (ft)
  18. The ferocious US pushback against new banking rules (ft)
  19. Warren Buffett Says Even The Bottom 2% Of Earners ‘All Live Better Than John D. Rockefeller’ – And He Was The Richest Man In The World (yahoo)
  20. New-Home Construction Rose in February. Builders Are Confident. (barrons)
  21. Don’t want to chase Big Tech? Money manager flags three unloved stocks to bet on now. (marketwatch)
  22. Fusion Pharmaceuticals Stock Soars. It’s Being Acquired by AstraZeneca in $2.4 Billion Deal. (barrons)
  23. Odds of a June rate cut by Fed slip below 50%, according to this gauge (marketwatch)
  24. ESPN Boss Jimmy Pitaro’s Chaotic Race to Remake the Sports Giant (wsj)
  25. Once America’s Hottest Housing Market, Austin Is Running in Reverse (wsj)
  26. Cities Face Cutbacks as Commercial Real Estate Prices Tumble (nytimes)
  27. Japan Ends Era of Negative Rates With Few Clues on Further Hikes (bloomberg)
  28. Warren Urges Powell to Cut Rates to Help Struggling Clean Energy (bloomberg)
  29. Trading Floors Buzz With Excitement as BOJ Axes Negative Rates (bloomberg)
  30. Real Estate Pain Is Showing Up in an Obscure Investment Product (bloomberg)
  31. The Fed Has a Lot of Questions to Answer About Its Balance Sheet (bloomberg)
  32. America’s Place in India’s Butter Chicken Fight (bloomberg)
  33. Harvard-trained neuroscientist with 20+ years experience: 7 tricks I use to keep my memory sharp (cnbc)
  34. Fed could cut rates fewer times than expected as economy keeps growing, according to CNBC survey (cnbc)
  35. Nordstrom shares jump more than 10% on report retailer is trying to go private (cnbc)
  36. Housing Starts And Permits Surged In February (Despite Plunging Rate-Cut Odds) (zerohedge)
  37. A Bill Gates company is about to start building a nuclear power plant in Wyoming (businessinsider)