- China’s economy is on track for ‘strong’ March performance, survey says (cnbc)
- The Big Read. Will Xi’s manufacturing plan be enough to rescue China’s economy? (ft)
- “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)
- Reddit Insiders Selling Days After IPO; Shares Fall Late (investors)
- China Signals More Property Support, But Substance to Be Key for Turnaround (wsj)
- Why the Fed’s Waller Is in ‘No Rush’ to Cut Rates (barrons)
- The Stock Market Is So Strong, Even Some Skeptics Won’t Bet Against It (barrons)
- China’s Xi meets with U.S. business leaders, calls for closer ties (marketwatch)
- China’s Xi Seeks to Soothe Anxieties of American CEOs (wsj)
- Barron’s: Nvidia Stock Slips. Why It Might Lose Out in a Frothy Market. (marketwatch)
- Opinion: Boeing had a good week cleaning house — but now comes the hard part (marketwatch)
- These GE and 3M Spinoffs Are Set to Join the S&P 500 (barrons)
- Los Angeles Office Tower Dumped by Brookfield Faces Foreclosure Sale (bloomberg)
- 3M’s Healthcare Spinoff Stock Fell. This Is What It’s Worth. (barrons)
- Individual investors are buying fewer stocks, but using more leverage (marketwatch)
- Disney, Florida Settle Litigation Over Special District. Sunnier Skies Could Be Ahead. (barrons)
- Point72 Takes a Large Stake in Fox (institutional investor)
- Taobao to Launch Several Biz-Friendly Initiatives for All Platform Merchants Starting Apr (aastocks)
- The market may be due for a decline. Cramer explains why you shouldn’t fear it (cnbc)
- Vans Skateboarding and Anthony Van Engelen Skate to the Future with the All-New AVE 2.0 (vans)
Category: What I’m Reading Today
Be in the know. 15 key reads for Wednesday…
- China: Industrial profits hit a 25-month high amid signs of bottoming out (ing)
- China’s Xi meets U.S. executives as businesses navigate bilateral tensions (cnbc)
- Xi Says US CEOs Should Invest in China, Economy Hasn’t Peaked (bloomberg)
- Airbus Has Its Own Issues. Can It Keep Its Lead Over Boeing? (barrons)
- Boeing Needs a New CEO. What History Says About Who Can Right the Stock. (barrons)
- Commercial real estate is itching for a rebound two years after start of Fed rate hikes (marketwatch)
- Fees in Settlement. It Could Save Merchants $30 Billion. (barrons)
- Although Chinese consumer confidence has yet to meaningfully rebound, the overall mood has started to improve slightly, Madjo wrote. (barrons)
- Boeing Delivered Just 3 MAX Jets in a Week. That Is a Good Thing. (barrons)
- Krispy Kreme Stock Rises Sharply on Sweet Deal With McDonald’s (barrons)
- Home Prices Rose at Fastest Pace Since 2022 in January (barrons)
- This bull market is not over, says Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel (cnbc)
- The Office Market Is in Turmoil. So Why Are Rents More Expensive? (wsj)
- Canada Goose to cut 17% of its corporate workforce (cnbc)
- Boeing Delivered Just 3 MAX Jets in a Week. That Is a Good Thing. (barrons)
Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…
- China’s Premier Says Nation Off to Good Start on 2024 Goals (bloomberg)
- China Rolls Out Welcome Mat for U.S. CEOs as It Nods to Its Economic Problems (wsj)
- Disney stock upgraded by Barclays as turnaround plan takes shape (yahoo)
- As Boeing’s New Chairman, Steve Mollenkopf Returns to the Spotlight (barrons)
- Are Chinese Tech Stocks Value Plays Now? (wsj)
- Alibaba to buy Cainiao stake for up to $3.75 billion as it drops IPO plan (reuters)
- PBOC head says China’s property crisis has abated as default rumours vex Vanke (scmp)
- Home Prices Rose at Fastest Pace Since 2022 in January (barrons)
- Visa, Mastercard Reach $30 Billion Swipe-Fee Deal With Merchants (bloomberg)
- Apple could double down on China market, Wedbush says, as iPhone sales drop (cnbc)
Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…
- Yuan Rebounds as PBOC Sends Strong Message of Support Via Fixing (bloomberg)
- China told it faces ‘fork in the road’ as officials meet CEOs (reuters)
- China to safeguard equal treatment for foreign-funded firms (reuters)
- Why ESG Investing Might Never Recover (wsj)
- New Blood Thinners Will Prevent Blood Clots Without Causing Bleeding (wsj)
- China blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers: report (foxbusiness)
- Fed’s Powell Ready to Support Job Market, Even If It Means Lingering Inflation (bloomberg)
- UK Pledges £350 Million for Nuclear Defense and Energy By 2030 (bloomberg)
- Amgen wants in on the booming weight loss drug market — and it’s taking a different approach (cnbc)
- Alphabet is set to pop 15% as Google is a clear winner in AI, Wedbush says (businessinsider)
- Why a Fed rate cut in June is not yet a done deal (marketwatch)
- U.S. stocks shot up nearly 30% in 5 months. Is it time to worry about a correction? (marketwatch)
- Thiel, Bezos and Zuckerberg join parade of insiders selling tech stocks (ft)
- Investor Nelson Peltz: ‘I’m not trying to fire Bob Iger, I want to help him’ (ft)
- 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…
- Ele.me outlines business plan for the next three years amid leadership reshuffle (technode)
- Three Ant Group subsidiaries to go independent in Chinese fintech giant’s biggest restructure since blocked IPO (technode)
- PDD’s cost of revenue nearly tripled last year as Temu expanded aggressively (technode)
- United States v. Apple is pure nerd rage (theverge)
- Financial Times tests an AI chatbot trained on decades of its own articles (theverge)
- How Big Steel in the U.S. fell (npr)
- Freshippo’s Global Grocery Business More Than Doubles GMV (alizila)
- Chinese Premier Downplays Economy Risks, Highlights Policy Space (bloomberg)
- Wall Street’s biggest bull renews call for small-cap stocks to rise 50% in 2024 (marketwatch)
- China’s Policy Meeting on Property Raises Hope of Aid for Sector (bloomberg
Be in the know. 10 key reads for Saturday…
- Bill Gross Laments ‘Excessive Exuberance’ as Stocks Surge (bloomberg)
- The Best Places to Visit in Portugal—and When to Go (mensjournal)
- Didi Global’s Revenue Jumps Ahead of Its Planned Hong Kong IPO (bloomberg)
- Apple’s Cook Meets Chinese Commerce Minister, Unveils Investment (bloomberg)
- Fed’s Bostic Now Anticipates Just One Rate Cut This Year (bloomberg)
- Trillion-dollar rebound prompts debate: is the worst over for Chinese stocks? (scmp)
- Meituan Crushes Analyst Estimates, Alibaba’s Must-Read Regulatory Filing, Week in Review (chinalastnight)
- Best Six Months Ends in April (almanactrader)
- The great central bank policy reversal kicks off (reuters)
- We Test-Drove The Amazing McLaren 750S Through The Portuguese Riviera (maxim)
Be in the know. 5 key reads for Friday…
- Inside the turnaround plan to make Vans, Supreme, and The North Face cool again (fortune)
- Apple Loses $113 Billion in Value After Regulators Close In (bloomberg)
- China and US Start Working Group to Combat Flood of Fentanyl (bloomberg)
- Japan’s Era of Stagnant Salaries, Steady Prices and Mortgages That Never Go Up Is Over (bloomberg)
- Magnificent Seven? It’s More Like the Blazing Two and Tepid Five (bloomberg)
Be in the know. 30 key reads for Thursday…
- Cowboys owner Jerry Jones puts another $100 million into Frisco’s Comstock Resources (dallasnews)
- China’s Central Bank Sees Room for More RRR Cuts (bloomberg)
- Fed Officials Still See Three Interest-Rate Cuts This Year, Buoying Stocks (wsj)
- Productivity is way up
- The Billionaire Taking on Disney Just Wants Some Respect (nytimes)
- Short Sellers Up Their Wagers Against Commercial Real Estate Again (bloomberg)
- Fed’s interest-rate decision makes bank stocks more attractive: analyst (marketwatch)
- Boeing targets a culprit of 737 MAX production woes: ‘Traveled work’ (yahoo)
- For Real Estate, Rate Cuts Can’t Come Soon Enough (zerohedge)
- Chewy (CHWY) stock jumps on better-than-anticipated Q4 top and bottom line (streetinsider)
- Reddit prices stock at top of target range in biggest social media IPO since Pinterest (streetinsider)
- 6 Highest Yielding Dividend Kings With Yields Up To 9.9% (247wallst)
- Private equity giant Apollo offers $11B for Paramount Pictures studio: report (nypost)
- SocGen’s Kabra Is Now Among the Biggest Bulls on US Stock (bloomberg)
- Apple Braces for Antitrust Lawsuit From DOJ (barrons)
- The Stock Market Is Already Way Up. 8 Stocks That Can Still Outperform. (barrons)
- Replacing Boeing CEO Calhoun Won’t Be Easy (barrons)
- Fundstrat’s Tom Lee sees small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 surging by 50% in 2024 (cnbc)
- Cheesecake Factory and 4 More Stocks Ready to Pop, From a Small-Cap Pro (barrons)
- Home Sales Jumped in February to Fastest Pace in a Year. Prices Are Up, Too. (barrons)
- Nike Reports Earnings Today. It Has Lots of Work to Do. (barrons)
- Nvidia Is Using Its Old 1990s Playbook To Best Its AI Rivals (barrons)
- Biden’s EPA Gives Automakers More Leeway to Phase Out Gas-Engine Cars (wsj)
- Elon Musk’s Neuralink Shows First Patient Using Its Brain Implant (wsj)
- Why Arizona Law Firms Are a Hot Investment for Private Equity (wsj)
- Nelson Peltz Wins Key Endorsement in Disney Battle (wsj)
- Airport Security Is a Confusing Mess Right Now (wsj)
- US Initial Jobless Claims Ease in Sign of Resilient Labor Market (bloomberg)
- The frugal life of Warren Buffett: How the billionaire spends his fortune, from McDonald’s breakfasts to a rare and ‘indefensible’ splurge (yahoo)
- Apple’s Tim Cook meets key suppliers in Shanghai as 57th China store opens (scmp)
Be in the know. 35 key reads for Wednesday…
- How Has the Fed’s Outlook Changed? Here’s What to Watch Today (wsj)
- PDD Stock Soars as Temu Parent Posts Huge Earnings Beat. What It Means for Alibaba. (barrons)
- Intel Gets Up to $8.5 Billion in Chips Act Funding from Biden Administration (barrons)
- Is a June rate cut still possible? Fed’s Powell will look to keep options open this week. (marketwatch)
- The Bank of Japan Just Handicapped a Winning Strategy. What to Know About the Yen Carry Trade. (barrons)
- Energy Suppliers Are Racing to Keep Up with the Data-Driven Energy Surge (barrons)
- The big tech rally is living on borrowed time, says UBS (marketwatch)
- ‘Mr. Yen’ says authorities may soon intervene as Japanese currency eyes multi-decade lows (marketwatch)
- Apple CEO Tim Cook Is in China After iPhone Sales Weaken. (barrons)
- The Latest Options Craze Resembles Past Manias. That’s Not a Good Thing. (barrons)
- Fed is ‘so far from equilibrium’ as markets await rate guidance, BlackRock’s Rick Rieder says (marketwatch)
- Boeing CFO Talks Cash, Spirit, And How to Fix Quality. (barrons)
- Apple Looks to External Partners to Boost AI Efforts (wsj)
- Why the Fed’s ‘Dot Plot’ Is the Center of Attention (wsj)
- The Era of No-Brainer 5% Returns on Cash Is Ending (wsj)
- Shares of Gucci Owner Tumble After Sales Warning (wsj)
- Understanding the Boeing Mess (wsj)
- NYC landlords luring workers back to offices with pickleball, golf simulators, arcade games and gourmet food (nypost)
- Here’s everything to expect from the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting (cnbc)
- Hong Kong’s national security law has analysts divided on its social and economic ramifications (cnbc)
- A Lady Gaga Google Search shows how AI is upending the world’s most profitable online business. ‘Site owners are terrified.’ (businessinsider)
- Once Again, Baltimore Hopes to Fight Blight With $1 Homes (governing)
- 4 signals that suggest the stock market’s bull rally could soon reverse (businessinsider)
- China’s Central Bank Names Two Scholars as New Policy Advisers (bloomberg)
- China to Use Public Auctions for Sale of Special Ultra-Long Debt (bloomberg)
- Intel prepares for $100 billion spending spree across four US states (reuters)
- West is ‘too optimistic’ on nuclear projects, warns engineering chief (ft)
- Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI expands Chinese-character prompt for Kimi chatbot (scmp)
- Tencent doubles share buy-backs while earnings miss estimates (scmp)
- Wouldn’t be surprised if more FOMC members predicted less than two rate cuts in 2024: Jeremy Siegel (cnbc)
- Rumors over ‘next James Bond’ left shaken and stirred by Aaron Taylor-Johnson speculation (wral)
- How the BOJ’s plan for a smooth exit from negative rates unraveled (reuters)
- BOJ Needs to Do More to Change Direction of Yen: Major (bloomberg)
- Goldman’s Hatzius Says US on Track for 2.4% Core PCE (bloomberg)
- Alibaba Raises $317 Million From Sale of Stake in EV Maker XPeng (bloomberg)
Be in the know. 37 key reads for Tuesday…
- Buy 3M Stock Ahead of Healthcare Spinoff. Analyst Expects Higher Valuation. (barrons)
- Natural Gas Prices Won’t Stay Low for Long. An Export Boom Is Coming. (barrons)
- 1 No-Brainer Growth Stock to Buy Now With $100 and Hold Through 2024 (and Beyond) (fool)
- Japan Finally Raises Rates. Global Markets Will Feel It. (barrons)
- As Electric-Vehicle Shoppers Hesitate, Hybrid Sales Surge (wsj)
- UK Reality TV Stars, Influencers Join AliExpress’ New Livestreaming E-Commerce Community (alizila)
- Alibaba brings 5-day delivery to the US in race against Shein, Temu (scmp)
- Marissa Pardini Steps Down from Vans; More Layoffs Hit Office (shop-eat-surf)
- Ant Sets Up Board for International Operations in Broad Overhaul (bloomberg)
- BABA-SW’s Hema Global Shopping Biz GMV Rises 1x+ YoY in 2023 (aastocks)
- Developing | Ant Group restructures part of its businesses into units, promotes veteran finance chief as president to spur growth (scmp)
- Commercial Real Estate Is a Slow Burn,’ Says Bank of America CEO Moynihan (bloomberg)
- Small Caps Can Shine With Reasonable Rates: BofA (bloomberg)
- BofA’s Moynihan on US Consumer, Trading Activity and CRE (bloomberg)
- BofA’s Moynihan: Banks Have ‘Tremendous Amounts of Capital’ (bloomberg)
- BofA CEO Moynihan: Customers ‘Remarkably Resilient’ (bloomberg)
- Central bankers see ‘immaculate disinflation’ within reach (ft)
- The ferocious US pushback against new banking rules (ft)
- 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)
- New-Home Construction Rose in February. Builders Are Confident. (barrons)
- Don’t want to chase Big Tech? Money manager flags three unloved stocks to bet on now. (marketwatch)
- Fusion Pharmaceuticals Stock Soars. It’s Being Acquired by AstraZeneca in $2.4 Billion Deal. (barrons)
- Odds of a June rate cut by Fed slip below 50%, according to this gauge (marketwatch)
- ESPN Boss Jimmy Pitaro’s Chaotic Race to Remake the Sports Giant (wsj)
- Once America’s Hottest Housing Market, Austin Is Running in Reverse (wsj)
- Cities Face Cutbacks as Commercial Real Estate Prices Tumble (nytimes)
- Japan Ends Era of Negative Rates With Few Clues on Further Hikes (bloomberg)
- Warren Urges Powell to Cut Rates to Help Struggling Clean Energy (bloomberg)
- Trading Floors Buzz With Excitement as BOJ Axes Negative Rates (bloomberg)
- Real Estate Pain Is Showing Up in an Obscure Investment Product (bloomberg)
- The Fed Has a Lot of Questions to Answer About Its Balance Sheet (bloomberg)
- America’s Place in India’s Butter Chicken Fight (bloomberg)
- Harvard-trained neuroscientist with 20+ years experience: 7 tricks I use to keep my memory sharp (cnbc)
- Fed could cut rates fewer times than expected as economy keeps growing, according to CNBC survey (cnbc)
- Nordstrom shares jump more than 10% on report retailer is trying to go private (cnbc)
- Housing Starts And Permits Surged In February (Despite Plunging Rate-Cut Odds) (zerohedge)
- A Bill Gates company is about to start building a nuclear power plant in Wyoming (businessinsider)