Be in the know. 55 key reads for Monday…

  1. China Shares Lifted by Data. Expect More Gains. (barrons)
  2. Meet the ‘Witch of Wall Street,’ a black-clad pioneering value investor who became the world’s richest woman—but is wrongly remembered as a cheapskate (fortune)
  3. China kicks off the year on strong note as retail, industrial data tops expectations (cnbc)
  4. Fed Rate Cuts Are on Hold. 3 Picks if They Come Sooner. (barrons)
  5. Why Bank of Japan may shake up financial markets before Fed’s next interest-rate decision (marketwatch)
  6. Inflation is NOT running hot (scottgrannis)
  7. Apple Is in Talks to Let Google Gemini Power iPhone AI Features (bloomberg)
  8. Fed rate cuts will be a tailwind for small caps, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee (cnbc)
  9. PayPal Stock Has Fallen Far Enough. It’s Time to Buy. (barrons)
  10. A New Surge in Power Use Is Threatening U.S. Climate Goals (nytimes)
  11. How China Could Swamp India’s Chip Ambitions (wsj)
  12. The F-Bomb-Dropping Airline CEO About to Earn a $100 Million-Plus Bonus (wsj)
  13. Dollar Stores Get Devalued as Low-Income Consumers Struggle (wsj)
  14. A Big Disney Fight Isn’t Nelson Peltz’s Only Drama (wsj)
  15. Suspense Builds for Fed as Growth Downshifts and Inflation Lingers (wsj)
  16. Cisco stock still isn’t back to its 2000 high: Chart of the Week (yahoo)
  17. Hertz CEO resigns after push to buy Tesla fleet backfires big time for company (foxbusiness)
  18. Boeing bonds are still coveted by investors despite a rough 2024 for jet maker (marketwatch)
  19. Steven Mnuchin’s interest in TikTok and NYCB echoes his pre-Trump investment playbook (marketwatch)
  20. TikTok Bill’s Progress Slows in the Senate (nytimes)
  21. S. stocks have beaten European equities but won’t for much longer, says JPMorgan (marketwatch)
  22. The Fed’s Challenge: Has It Hit the Brakes Hard Enough? (wsj)
  23. Markets capitulate to Fed on interest rates after months-long stand-off (ft)
  24. US equity funds draw record inflow as investors bet on soft landing (ft)
  25. ‘Growth company with no growth’: Wells Fargo says Tesla stock could drop 23% in scathing downgrade (businessinsider)
  26. It’s actually a good time to buy a new car (businessinsider)
  27. The end of the Realtor monopoly (businessinsider)
  28. Michelin Unveils 2024 List of Starred Restaurants in Hong Kong, Macau (bloomberg)
  29. What Must Nelson Peltz Do to Get Some Respect? (nytimes)
  30. 10 Best Cheap Stocks to Buy Under $10 (morningstar)
  31. Wall Street Doom Prophesy Falls Flat on Hottest Rally Since 2016 (bloomberg)
  32. The Consumer Price Index Doesn’t Capture What’s Really Hurting Consumer Confidence (barrons)
  33. Fast-Food Companies Could Be Heading Toward a Price War. Why McDonald’s Could Win (barrons)
  34. How the Federal Reserve Could Throw Stocks for a Loop (barrons)
  35. Masters in Business: Mark Wiedman (bloomberg)
  36. remembering marcello gandini, italian car designer of lamborghini, ferrari, maserati and more (designboom)
  37. Ex-Ford CEO warns of ‘real financial trouble’ for EV startups as adoption takes longer than expected (fortune)
  38. Can Ferrari, the Winningest Team in F1 History, Get Back on Track? We Ask an Expert (robbreport)
  39. Weekly Leading Economic Index (advisorperspectives)
  40. Alexander Hamilton and the Birth of US Industrial Policy (bloomberg)
  41. Who Will Be the Next James Bond? (townandcountrymag)
  42. Scottie Scheffler defends Players Championship title with dominant Sunday charge (golf)
  43. The End of Japan’s Negative Rates Will Be a Slow-Moving Tsunami (wsj)
  44. Disney Board Seats for Nelson Peltz Are a Long Shot. He’s Winning Just the Same. (barrons)
  45. Park Avenue landlords boast new leases after glowing Sixth Ave. report (nypost)
  46. Dan Loeb Enters the Chip Wars (nytimes)
  47. Florida Is Not So Cheap Compared With New York These Days (bloomberg)
  48. Carbone Wants to Conquer the World With a Red Sauce Empire (bloomberg)
  49. There’s Now a Fake Santorini in Abu Dhabi to Lure Luxury Travelers (bloomberg)
  50. There’s really no need for the Fed to lower interest rates, says Ed Yardeni (cnbc)
  51. Damo Academy plans to launch latest RISC-V chip this year as chip demand grows (scmp)
  52. Good news is good news again in markets (ft)
  53. Goldman Sachs raises US real GDP growth forecast (streetinsider)
  54. TikTok’s Business, in Charts (wsj)
  55. The Fed’s Challenge: Has It Hit the Brakes Hard Enough? (wsj)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for St. Patrick’s Day…

  1. How AI Is Sparking a Change in Power (barrons)
  2. Investors Don’t Need to Sweat the Latest Boeing 737 Safety Incident. The Data Show Why. (barrons)
  3. Dan Yergin Is Concerned About AI-Fueled Boom in Electricity Use (bloomberg)
  4. The Everything Rally Comes to Derivatives Market (bloomberg)
  5. Apple Without AI Looks More Like Coca-Cola Than High-Growth Tech (bloomberg)
  6. America’s Office Fire Sale Has Barely Begun (wsj)
  7. Berkshire Bought Back About $2.3 Billion in Stock (barrons)
  8. The Big Read. The battle over TikTok (ft)
  9. Barclays explains why S&P 500 keeps rallying despite hot CPI, PPI data (streetinsider)
  10. Investors should buy cheap portfolio insurance now before stock market turns volatile, Goldman warns (marketwatch)

Be in the know. 8 key reads for Saturday…

  1. China’s Fiscal Stimulus Plan May Be Bigger Than It Appeared (bloomberg)
  2. The Rough Years That Turned Gen Z Into America’s Most Disillusioned Voters (wsj)
  3. Sorry Stock Bulls, the ‘Wall of Cash’ Isn’t All Headed Your Way (wsj)
  4. UK Inflation Expectations Fall to Lowest Since BOE Hikes Began (bloomberg)
  5. 2024 Ford F-250: A Primitive, Powerful Beast of a Truck (wsj)
  6. This Rare Ferrari Dino 246 Spider Is A Sought-After Tribute To Enzo’s Son (maxim)
  7. The DNA of a Warren Buffett Company (morningstar)
  8. Warren Buffett Minds the GAAP (wsj)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Friday…

  1. AMD Rally Looks More Fragile Than Nvidia’s as Traders Bid Up AI (bloomberg)
  2. PayPal Stock Has Fallen Far Enough. It’s Time to Buy. (barrons)
  3. Cockpit Mishap Seen as Likely Cause of Plunge on Latam Boeing 787 (wsj)
  4. Nvidia led Phase 1 of the AI trade, these are the next three, says Goldman Sachs (marketwatch)
  5. Disney’s Proxy War Is Getting Very Noisy. What Really Matters. (barrons)
  6. Steven Mnuchin’s Bid for TikTok Isn’t as Strange as You Think (barrons)
  7. Boeing’s problems don’t change the overall outlook for the commercial aerospace industry. Planes are in hot demand. (barrons)
  8. Deals Are Coming Back. These 8 Companies Are Buyout Candidates. (barrons)
  9. As War Rages On, the Stock Market Shrugs It Off. Will It Last? (barrons)
  10. Dollar Store Stocks Tumbled. That Might Be a Buying Opportunity. (barrons)
  11. Options trades to exceed stocks for first time since 2021 as $5 trillion in contracts come due Friday (marketwatch)
  12. Real-estate prices have bottomed out and it’s now time to buy, Blackstone president says (marketwatch)
  13. Nvidia is no longer Wall Street’s favorite stock. This company is. (marketwatch)
  14. Private Equity Wants Your Credit Card Debt. And Car Loan. And Mortgage. (wsj)
  15. Why That Hot Biotech IPO Could Be a Winner (wsj)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Fisker Preparing for Possible Bankruptcy Filing: Report (barrons)
  2. Airfares Have Taken Off. Why They Might Not Drop Soon. (barrons)
  3. Auto Insurance Prices Soared Last Month. Why They Finally Might Be Peaking. (barrons)
  4. India Banned TikTok. Then Instagram and Other Copycats Took Off. (barrons)
  5. Producer Price Data Will Be the Fed’s Last Look at Inflation Before Rate Decision (barrons)
  6. Lennar Beats Forecasts as Incentives Boost New Orders (barrons)
  7. ‘I’m not sure we need 2% inflation’: How investors are absorbing Tuesday’s CPI report (marketwatch)
  8. Inflation Remains Americans’ Top Concern Even as They Plan to Keep Spending (barrons)
  9. Don’t Worry Over Apartment REITs. Some Can Still Raise the Rent. (barrons)
  10. This is a long-term bull market, says Ed Yardeni (cnbc)

Be in the know. 34 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Chinese stocks are back in a bull market as investors buy into the nation’s economic rebuild (businessinsider)
  2. 3M (MMM) hikes first-quarter earnings forecast amid healthcare unit spin-off (streetinsider)
  3. ‘It’s just a fantasy’: Citadel CEO Ken Griffin says AI will not replace human fund managers (marketwatch)
  4. China’s Biggest ETF Reaches $28 Billion on National Team Buying (bloomberg)
  5. 3M hires outsider Bill Brown as CEO, shares jump (foxbusiness)
  6. The last mile of inflation hits another big bump in the road (marketwatch)
  7. Illegal immigration is giving Fed more scope to let economy run hot, researchers say. (marketwatch)
  8. The Fed Has a Tricky Data Problem. The Economy Is Sending Lots of Mixed Signals. (barrons)
  9. Auto Insurance Prices Soared Last Month. Why They Finally Might Be Peaking. (barrons)
  10. For Golf Communities, It’s All About the Long Game (barrons)
  11. This New AI Chip Makes Nvidia’s H100 Look Puny in Comparison (barrons)
  12. How Safe Are Boeing Planes? A Look at the Data. (barrons)
  13. Amazon Will Now Deliver Eli Lilly Weight Loss Drug (barrons)
  14. Productivity Is Growing Fast. Don’t Give AI the Credit. (barrons)
  15. Big Stocks Aren’t the Only Play. It’s Time to Look at Smaller Ones. (barrons)
  16. Berkshire Buys More Liberty Sirius XM, Now Holds $2.6 Billion of Tracking Stock (barrons)
  17. ADM Finds ‘Material Weakness’ in Accounting Probe (barrons)
  18. Inflation Picks Up to 3.2%, Slightly Hotter Than Expected (wsj)
  19. 3M Names New CEO Amid PFAS Battles, Health Spinoff (wsj)
  20. Alibaba’s Media Arm to Invest $640 Million in Hong Kong Entertainment (wsj)
  21. Dollar Tree to Close About 1,000 Stores (wsj)
  22. How China Tried to Fix the Stock Market—and Broke the Quants (wsj)
  23. Miami’s Office Market Was Red-Hot. Now Its Tallest Planned Tower Can’t Fill Its Space. (wsj)
  24. Activist Investor Land & Buildings Urges Office Owner to Liquidate (wsj)
  25. Dodge drops the Challenger, flexes new 2024 Charger Daytona EV (usatoday)
  26. China Pledges Central Government Funds For Equipment Upgrades (bloomberg)
  27. The Fed Will Slow QT. What Matters Is Where It Stops (bloomberg)
  28. Jamie Dimon endorses Disney CEO Bob Iger in proxy fight with activist (cnbc)
  29. EV euphoria is dead. Automakers trumpet consumer choice for U.S. car shoppers (cnbc)
  30. Top CFOs are as bullish on the Dow and as dovish on the Fed as they’ve been in a long time: CNBC survey (cnbc)
  31. Forget Nvidia: Billionaire Investors Are Selling It and Buying These 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Instead (yahoo.finance)
  32. AMD Rally Looks More Fragile Than Nvidia’s as Traders Bid Up AI (finance.yahoo)
  33. Jerome Powell just revealed a hidden reason why inflation is staying high: The economy is increasingly uninsurable (fortune)
  34. The Big Read. Shipbuilding: the new battleground in the US-China trade war (ft)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. 3M’s stock rises as company announces a new CEO (marketwatch)
  2. Advance Auto Parts Strikes Settlement With Dan Loeb’s Third Point (wsj)
  3. China Traders Buy Hong Kong Stocks for 19th Day, Longest in 11 Months (bloomberg)
  4. China Stocks Begin Witnessing Bull Markets in a Gamut of Sectors (bloomberg)
  5. Oracle Stock Jumps On Strong Earnings. Demand for Cloud Computing Is Surging. (barrons)
  6. Intel survived bid to halt millions in sales to China’s Huawei, sources say (reuters)
  7. China’s Exports Are Surging. Get Ready for the Global Backlash. (barrons)
  8. Illegal immigration is giving Fed more scope to let economy run hot, researchers say. (marketwatch)
  9. Inflation Picks Up to 3.2% in Unexpected Turn Higher (wsj)
  10. Core inflation, which excludes food and energy, was up 3.8% (wsj)
  11. Inside the CPI report: Gas, housing and transportation costs keep inflation elevated (marketwatch)
  12. Why BofA is bullish on U.S. consumers despite inflation and interest-rate worries (marketwatch)
  13. Alphabet is the bargain stock among the ‘Magnificent Seven’ (marketwatch)
  14. The Fed’s Bailout Program Is Ending. Bank Reserves Are Getting a Closer Look. (barrons)
  15. Boeing Stock Is Falling. Justice Department Starts Criminal Inquiry. (barrons)
  16. Doctors Can Now Edit the Genes Inside Your Body (wsj)
  17. EQT and Equitrans Midstream to Combine in Big Natural-Gas Deal (wsj)
  18. China Vanke in Debt Swap Talks With Banks to Stave Off Default (bloomberg)
  19. US Shelter Inflation Slows After Surprise Jump Caused Confusion (bloomberg)
  20. Disney paid ValueAct millions in fees before winning its support in proxy fight, activist says (cnbc)
  21. Inflation in Germany reaches a two-year low as U.K. wage growth cools (marketwatch)
  22. China has little choice but stimulus (ft)
  23. Bilibili targeting more collaboration with e-commerce advertisers like Taobao (scmp)
  24. Apple to expand applied research operations in Shanghai and Shenzhen (scmp)
  25. China Vanke claims junk-level downgrade is manageable as shares and bonds gain (scmp)

Be in the know. 21 key reads for Monday…

  1. These Beaten-Down Dividend Stocks Could Pop Soon. Watch This Week’s Inflation Report. (barrons)
  2. It Isn’t Just Big Tech Propelling Gains in the Stock Market Anymore (wsj)
  3. China’s 5% Growth Goal Bets on New Demand Drivers (bloomberg)
  4. Nikkei Plunges As Yen Soars Ahead Of BOJ Policy Change (zerohedge)
  5. Jamie Dimon and Ray Dalio Warned of an Economic Disaster That Never Came. What Now? (wsj)
  6. Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser will have to pull off the restructuring of the century to bring banking empire back to its former glory (nypost)
  7. Weight-loss drug Wegovy approved by FDA to cut heart attack, stroke risk (nypost)
  8. Best and worst moments of Oscars 2024: From a naked John Cena, ‘Barbenheimer’ and more (nypost)
  9. Oscars 2024: A Big Night for ‘Oppenheimer’ (wsj)
  10. Stock Buybacks To Top $1 Trillion In 2025, Goldman Says, Led By These Giants (investors)
  11. BofA Says Tech Stocks Post Largest Weekly Outflows on Record (bloomberg)
  12. The Stock Market’s Rapid Rise Is Making Some Analysts Nervous. An Opportunity Could Be Ahead. (barrons)
  13. Candlesticks and supernovas: This is why action in Nvidia is a worry for market gazers (marketwatch)
  14. The ‘Magnificent Seven’ stocks are actually undervalued vs. the rest of the market, JPMorgan says (marketwatch)
  15. Beware the Frothy AI Frenzy (wsj)
  16. Fed Officials to Signal Interest Rate Cuts Are Getting Closer (bloomberg)
  17. One of the Most Infamous Trades on Wall Street Is Roaring Back (bloomberg)
  18. Brazilian Growers Go Bust in Blow to $7 Billion Farm-Credit Boom (bloomberg)
  19. Why stocks don’t need Fed rate cuts to keep soaring in 2024 (businessinsider)
  20. Eighty Percent of the World’s Stock Options Aren’t Traded Where You Think (wsj)
  21. Chinese Stocks Sustain Momentum During Annual Political Event (bloomberg)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Sunday…

  1. What Is the Mystery Warren Buffett Stock? (morningstar)
  2. Winners and Losers From Full Swing Season Two (mygolfspy)
  3. Big Picture: private sector financial health excellent (scottgrannis)
  4. The ICE St. Moritz Is The Word’s Coolest Classic Car Show (maxim)
  5. 10 Cheap Dividend-Growth Stocks to Buy (morningstar)
  6. The 10 Most Captivating Quotes From Full Swing Season Two (mygolfspy)
  7. Are We in a Stock Market Bubble? (Ray Dalio)
  8. Could Value Stocks Finally Outperform Growth Stocks in 2024? (internationalbanker)
  9. Three Timeless Investment Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letter (forbes)
  10. US value stocks draw bargain hunters while AI fever rages (investing)
  11. Oakmark’s Bill Nygren: Here’s why now is a really exciting time for value investors (cnbc)
  12. 7 Top-Performing Stocks to Buy Now (morningstar)
  13. Undervalued by 17% and Yielding More Than 4%, This Dividend Stock Is a Buy (morningstar)
  14. 3 of the Best Contrarian Investments Today (morningstar)
  15. Inside the Massive Repair Shops Where Subway Cars Go for a Makeover (nytimes)
  16. Bearish Engulfing Pattern Marks Top For NVDA? (stockcharts)
  17. This Billionaire Investor Takes Advice From Usher (forbes)
  18. First Look: Every Formula 1 Car Racing in 2024 (robbreport)
  19. First Drive: The McLaren 750S Is a Well-Mannered Supercar With a Wild Side—and Some Flaws (robbreport)
  20. This Ultra-Rare Ferrari Is One of the Most Desirable Dinos Ever Built. It’s Now up for Grabs. (robbreport)
  21. Lotus Emira Buyers are Finally Getting Their Cars After Years-Long Emissions Holdup (thedrive)
  22. Alibaba adds fresh AI startup to its investing portfolio amid increasing bets in the sector (technode)
  23. Is dynamic pricing coming to a supermarket near you? (npr)
  24. Inside the Making of Drive to Survive, Netflix’s Still-Booming Formula 1 Hit (gq)
  25. The EV slowdown has already hit Tesla, Rivian, and others. These stocks are also casualties. (yahoo)

Be in the know. 30 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Jamie Dimon and Ray Dalio Warned of an Economic Disaster That Never Came. What Now? (wsj)
  2. Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, is back in the public eye after a hiatus. Here’s how the Alibaba and Ant Group founder got started and amassed a huge fortune. (businessinsider)
  3. Chinese Consumer Prices Edge Higher, Break Four-Month Slide (wsj)
  4. Regional Bank Stocks Could Be the Next Hot Play. Here’s Why. (barrons)
  5. Walt Disney Stock Is Set to Rise on Growth and Lower Costs (barrons)
  6. Nvidia Sheds $128 Billion in Market Cap, Its Largest Drop on Record (barrons)
  7. Fundstrat’s Tom Lee sees opportunities in small-caps this year (cnbc)
  8. Fed will cut rates four times this year, says Goldman Sachs’ Jan Hatzius (cnbc)
  9. JPMorgan’s Kelly: Friday’s jobs report is ‘very good news’ as immigration fills unemployment gap (cnbc)
  10. Wells Fargo’s Mike Mayo on why Citi is his top bank stock pick (cnbc)
  11. Alibaba pushes AI tools to merchants wanting to tap overseas markets (scmp)
  12. Alipay, WeChat Pay ease the way for foreign travellers to make payments in China (scmp)
  13. Hong Kong sees 30% more IPO applicants, HKEX CEO Bonnie Chan says (scmp)
  14. ‘Curb’ Fans Are Pretty, Pretty Good at Unleashing Their Inner Larry David (wsj)
  15. US Jobless Rate Hits Two-Year High Even as Hiring Stays Strong (bloomberg)
  16. Nvidia Heads to Biggest Drop Since August After 19% Six-Day Gain (bloomberg)
  17. Family offices have tripled since 2019, creating a new gold rush on Wall Street (cnbc)
  18. China doubles down on manufacturing, leaving real estate behind (cnbc)
  19. Watch This Number to Figure Out When the Fed Will Cut Rates (barrons)
  20. Wegovy and Zepbound Are King. Who’s Coming for Their Crowns. (barrons)
  21. Hiring Boom Continues, but Signs of a Cooling Labor Market Boost Rate-Cut Hopes (wsj)
  22. A $400 Million Bet Says This Is the Mall of the Future (wsj)
  23. Weight-loss drug Wegovy approved by FDA to cut heart attack, stroke risk (nypost)
  24. Central bankers see victory within reach in push to tame inflation (ft)
  25. Instagram overtakes TikTok in app downloads in race for new users (ft)
  26. Nvidia Is the Latest Shiny Object to Spur Stocks to New Heights (bloomberg)
  27. Powell Says US Banking System Can Withstand Commercial Real Estate Threats (bloomberg)
  28. 3 reasons why stocks will continue to set new records highs, according to Fundstrat (businessinsider)
  29. 2 signals suggest breadth in the stock market is healthy despite mega-cap tech dominance (businessinsider)
  30. Disney+ is bundling with Hulu, cracking down on passwords: What you need to know (usetoday)