Be in the know. 16 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Building-Products Distributor QXO Clinches Deal for Beacon Roofing (wsj)
  2. China is tackling weak consumption with child care subsidies (cnbc)
  3. Boeing Sees Cash Flow Improve as Jet Factories Stabilize (bloomberg)
  4. Exclusive: Air India in talks for dozens of new widebody jets from Airbus, Boeing, sources say (reuters)
  5. BofA: Boeing’s March deliveries set for end of quarter surge (streetinsider)
  6. Fed Projections See an Economy Dramatically Reset by Trump’s Election (wsj)
  7. The Fed Pencils in 2 Rate Cuts. Anything Could Happen. (barrons)
  8. A Housing Expert Sizes Up the Outlook for Home Sales, Mortgage Rates, and Tariff Impacts (barrons)
  9. Is this the start of a period of European exceptionalism in markets? (ft)
  10. Hold the Obituary: Europe Comes to Life as U.S. Stumbles (wsj)
  11. US natural gas prices up on record flows to LNG export plants, cooler weather forecasts (reuters)
  12. Disney and Universal Prepare for a Theme Park Brawl. What’s at Stake in Orlando. (barrons)
  13. Temu-Owner PDD’s Revenue Misses Estimates as Expansions Slow (bloomberg)
  14. Nike’s Earnings Are Here. Expect News About Its Turnaround. (barrons)
  15. Signs of an Office Market Bottom: ‘The Worst Is Probably Over’ (nytimes)
  16. The Dream Team With a ‘Miracle’ Coach: Can Anyone Stop This Hockey Powerhouse? (wsj)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. US Factory Production Rises by Most in a Year on Auto Output (bloomberg)
  2. Investors Are Ditching U.S. Stocks. When That Could Be a Buy Signal. (barrons)
  3. China markets are set to outperform Wall Street as U.S. exceptionalism comes to a pause (cnbc)
  4. China Banks Cut Consumer Loan Rates to Record Low to Spur Demand (bloomberg)
  5. Confidence in German economy surges as parliament approves huge spending plan (marketwatch)
  6. Tencent AI Plans Seen as Key for Further China Tech Stock Gains (bloomberg)
  7. Retail investors ditch buy-the-dip mentality during the market correction (cnbc)
  8. Big Tech’s data center boom poses new risk to US grid operators (reuters)
  9. The ‘Energy Transition’ May Be Disappearing, but Renewable Energy Isn’t (barrons)
  10. Why China is suddenly flooding the market with powerful AI models (ft)
  11. China Electric Vehicles Roar (Silently) (chinalastnight)
  12. Dollar Is In The Crosshairs As Europe Jumps US Ship (zerohedge)
  13. Japan Airlines to buy 17 more Boeing 737-8s (reuters)
  14. Ram Owner Wants to Bring Cheaper Pickup Back to US (bloomberg)
  15. Dell CEO explains why he thinks the PC refresh cycle is starting (cnbc)
  16. The North Face Just Took an Era-Defining ’90s Jacket Off Ice (gq)
  17. Nike Returns to Sports While Investors Impatiently Await Reset (bloomberg)
  18. 10 Best Value Stocks to Buy for the Long Term (morningstar)
  19. March Dot Plot to Highlight Fed Officials’ Outlook (wsj)
  20. Nvidia Was Once a Hot Stock, Why It’s Now Leaving the Market Cold. (barrons)

Be in the know. 26 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Intel’s new CEO is putting his money where his mouth is (marketwatch)
  2. Exclusive: Intel’s new CEO plots overhaul of manufacturing and AI operations (reuters)
  3. Intel’s New CEO Faces ‘Show Me’ Moment After $22 Billion Rally (bloomberg)
  4. Why is China spending billions to get people to open their wallets? (bbc)
  5. Alibaba and Other Chinese Stocks Are Crushing U.S. Shares. Here’s Why. (barrons)
  6. More China Consumers Feel Better Off, Deutsche Bank Survey Shows (bloomberg)
  7. China’s Onshore Markets See Record Inflows Despite Trade Angst (bloomberg)
  8. Hong Kong stocks hit 3-year high on hopes Trump-Xi talks could ease trade tensions (scmp)
  9. Alibaba’s ‘killer app’: Quark draws positive reviews in China as AI agent race heats up (scmp)
  10. The Action Plan For Boosting Consumption Includes Stock Market & Real Estate Support (chinalastnight)
  11. Donald Trump says China’s Xi Jinping to visit US in ‘not too distant future’ (ft)
  12. Cheap Chinese Cars Are Taking Over Roads From Brazil to South Africa (bloomberg)
  13. Warren Buffett said it’s best to ‘be greedy when others are fearful,’ Thomas Hayes says (foxbusiness)
  14. BofA Survey Shows Biggest-Ever Drop in US Stock Allocations (bloomberg)
  15. Corporate Insiders’ Buying Burst Gives Confidence to S&P Bulls (bloomberg)
  16. Bessent Sees No Reason for Recession, Economic Data ‘Healthy’ (bloomberg)
  17. How many rate cuts does the market expect this year? (foxbusiness)
  18. Cadillac expects one of every three vehicle sales to be EVs in 2025 (cnbc)
  19. More home builders cut prices to lure buyers put off by high costs (marketwatch)
  20. US Housing Starts Increase by More Than Forecast After Storms (bloomberg)
  21. Germany’s economic sentiment hits 2-year high, EU exports to US soar (yahoo)
  22. Euro hits five-month high before German vote on massive spending surge (streetinsider)
  23. Short Positioning Can Push Euro Yet Higher (zerohedge)
  24. What to Expect During Disney’s Annual Meeting (morningstar)
  25. Norwegian Cruise Stock Gets an Upgrade. Why Demand Fears Are Just ‘Noise.’ (barrons)
  26. Yeti Stock Surges on Deal with Activist (barrons)

Be in the know. 23 key reads for Monday…

  1. How Jack Ma’s pivot to AI rehabilitated Alibaba (ft)
  2. China unveils plan to ‘vigorously boost’ weak consumption (ft)
  3. China Says It Started Year on Strong Economic Footing as Trump Tariffs Hit (wsj)
  4. China Plans for Global CEOs to Meet Xi in Beijing Next Week (bloomberg)
  5. Policy Optimism Lifts Markets, Week In Review (chinalastnight)
  6. Investors Were Confident Heading Into 2025. That Was a Bad Sign. (wsj)
  7. Treasury’s Bessent Isn’t Worried About Stock Market (barrons)
  8. Exclusive: Intel’s new CEO plots overhaul of manufacturing and AI operations (reuters)
  9. How ‘inference’ is driving competition to Nvidia’s AI chip dominance (ft)
  10. Tech still at the top of the crowding ranks in the U.S., Citi warns (streetinsider)
  11. This sector may be the ‘accidental beneficiary’ of a U.S. growth scare, says JPMorgan (marketwatch)
  12. EM Stocks Set for Best Month Since September on China Boost (bloomberg)
  13. Asset Managers Boost Euro Bets as Hedge Funds Cut Shorts (bloomberg)
  14. Pfizer Has a New Playbook for Reviving Sales—and It’s Starting to Pay Off (wsj)
  15. Trump’s Moves Are Boosting Stocks … Overseas (nytimes)
  16. Trump Wants to Build Homes on Federal Land. Here’s What That Would Look Like. (wsj)
  17. Disney Executives Audition to Be the Company’s Next CEO (bloomberg)
  18. Goldman sees double trouble for U.S. exceptionalism (streetinsider)
  19. Stocks Haven’t Traded at These Levels Since September (wsj)
  20. Yeti expands board, adds two directors after discussions with activist Engaged (reuters)
  21. US Bitcoin ETFs Shed $5.5 Billion in Longest Run of Outflows (bloomberg)
  22. Tesla Stock Drops Again. It Could Drop for a 9th Straight Week. (barrons)
  23. February Retail Sales Missed Expectations. Spending Still Rebounded. (barrons)

Be in the know. 16 key reads for Sunday…

  1. How PayPal is bolstering its branded business (yahoo)
  2. China’s AI boom is reaching astonishing proportions (economist)
  3. As Intel welcomes a new CEO, a look at where the company stands (techcrunch)
  4. Stifel maintains Buy on GXO Logistics with $66 target (investing)
  5. New-Vehicle Affordability Improves Again in February (coxautomotive)
  6. Alibaba Unveils Flagship AI Super Assistant Application Quark (alizila)
  7. China Maps Out Plan to Raise Incomes and Boost Consumption (bloomberg)
  8. Valentino’s Collaboration With Vans Is Already The Most Coveted Release Of 2025 (vogue)
  9. Lithium-ion batteries are remaking Google’s data centers (techcrunch)
  10. Spirits giant Diageo suggests alternative to Trump’s tariffs – letter (reuters)
  11. With Manus, AI experimentation has burst into the open (economist)
  12. Houston, We Have a Correction. Now What? (carsongroup)
  13. Inflation update (scottgrannis)
  14. The Lilo & Stitch Trailer Has Given Disney Another Brag-Worthy Milestone (gizmodo)
  15. Teeing off at the wildly high-tech future of golf (theverge)
  16. 5 collector cars to put into your garage this week (classicdriver)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Intel is the best chip stock this year in a surprising reversal (marketwatch)
  2. Today’s Coolest Men’s Sneakers Share One Thing: Extremely Slim Soles (wsj)
  3. Why lowering the yield on 10-year bonds is more important to Trump than the stock market or interest rates (fortune)
  4. China courts global CEOs for meeting with Xi Jinping (ft)
  5. Are value stocks finally taking the baton from growth? (investmentnews)
  6. New Intel chief cheered by investors after board sought alternatives (ft)
  7. Intel’s New CEO Gets Pay Package Valued at About $69 Million (bloomberg)
  8. Boeing Names Longtime Executive Don Ruhmann to Safety Chief Role (bloomberg)
  9. Why some Wall Street power players aren’t worried about stocks (nypost)
  10. Investors should take stock of the shift in volatility (ft)
  11. Consumer Sentiment Tanks as Americans Expect More Pain Ahead (wsj)
  12. Investors get the jitters over Donald Trump’s approach to dollar (ft)
  13. Hollywood Studios Embrace Live Experiences Amid Film, TV Gloom (bloomberg)
  14. Billions In AI Capex May Already Be Paying Off. How We Know. (barrons)
  15. ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Becomes Disney’s Second Most Viewed Live-Action Trailer With 158M (deadline)

Be in the know. 18 key reads for Friday…

  1. Crown Castle to Sell Fiber Segment for $8.5 Billion (wsj)
  2. Etsy, eBay Aim to Imitate Social Media With Hyper-Personalized Shopping (wsj)
  3. Intel’s New CEO Thrills Wall Street. There’s Still a Lot of Work Ahead. (barrons)
  4. Inside the Mind of Intel’s New CEO: ‘Disrupt and Leapfrog’ (wsj)
  5. Chinese Stocks Surge as Beijing Plans Briefing on Consumption (bloomberg)
  6. There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Optimistic About Europe (bloomberg)
  7. ‘We Hear You, Mr. President’: The World Lines Up to Buy American Gas (nytimes)
  8. BofA Says Policy Moves to Keep Stocks Away From Bear Market (bloomberg)
  9. Data center build-out stokes fears of overburdening biggest US grid (reuters)
  10. Energy Bosses Shrug Off DeepSeek to Focus on Powering AI Boom (bloomberg)
  11. Euro rallies on rising prospect of historic German debt deal (streetinsider)
  12. Chinese stocks hit highest level this year (ft)
  13. What we need to see to go all in on European stocks (ft)
  14. Donald Trump makes Chinese stocks (somewhat) great again (reuters)
  15. Consumer Stocks Drove Strength In China Ahead Of Policy Presser To Boost Consumption (zerohedge)
  16. Morgan Stanley’s Dim US Dollar Outlook Gets Darker as Economic Risks Mount (bloomberg)
  17. Tesla Is No Mag 7 Stock. It’s Built on a Dream. (barrons)
  18. ‘Risks to the Equity Markets Are Tailwinds to Infrastructure’ (institutionalinvestor)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Intel Names Lip-Bu Tan as Chief Executive Officer (wsj)
  2. Intel CEO Signals That He’ll Stick With Contentious Foundry Plan (bloomberg)
  3. Five Things to Know About Lip-Bu Tan, Intel’s Next CEO (wsj)
  4. Alibaba revamps Quark search engine into AI super assistant as China’s tech race picks up (scmp)
  5. Boeing Stock Is Too Cheap For Citi. How Trump and a Trade War Have Left Their Mark. (barrons)
  6. Dollar General Rises With Sales Guidance Higher Than Estimates (bloomberg)
  7. AI Data Center Build-Out Raises Concerns About America’s Future Power Needs (zerohedge)
  8. Is the US housing market becoming a buyer-friendly market? (foxbusiness)
  9. Is There an Extremely Simple Fix for Affordable Housing? (bloomberg)
  10. ECB Will Be Back to 2% Target at End of Year, Nagel Tells BBC (bloomberg)
  11. Winners and losers from the Wall Street sell-off (ft)
  12. Lilo & Stitch Looks Like The Best Disney Live-Action Remake Ever (screenrant)
  13. Estée Lauder continues generative AI push with Adobe integration (marketingdive)
  14. Wholesale inflation flattens out in February in another sign of easing inflation (marketwatch)
  15. US Jobless Claims Edge Down, Remaining Near Pre-Covid Levels (bloomberg)

Be in the know. 25 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. People ‘underestimate’ the importance of Chinese President Xi’s entrepreneur meeting: Alibaba’s Tsai (cnbc)
  2. Alibaba’s Joe Tsai: Xi Jinping’s entrepreneur meeting fuels business confidence in China (scmp)
  3. China needs to unleash ‘$20 trillion’ in household savings to drive economic growth, says Alibaba chair Joe Tsai (fortune)
  4. AI agent Manus partners with Alibaba’s Qwen to develop Chinese version (scmp)
  5. Hong Kong’s Stock Market Booms With Wall Street in Turmoil (bloomberg)
  6. Alibaba Releases AI Model That Reads Emotions to Take On OpenAI (bloomberg)
  7. China’s Retail Investors Pile Into New Funds as Stocks Rally (bloomberg)
  8. Exclusive-TSMC pitched Intel foundry JV to Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom, sources say (streetinsider)
  9. Weekly mortgage demand surges 11% higher, as interest rates dropped for the sixth straight week (cnbc)
  10. Boeing’s Jet Deliveries Top Airbus for Second Straight Month (bloomberg)
  11. Fitch says Boeing made progress in resuming production post-labor strike (reuters)
  12. Kelley Blue Book Report: New-Vehicle Prices Increase Year Over Year in February, With Record EV Incentives and Booming Six-Figure Vehicle Sales (coxautomotive)
  13. US investors seek refuge in value funds (reuters)
  14. Disney announces major updates that will make fans very happy (thestreet)
  15. CMA calls for comment on GXO proposals to make Wincanton acquisition competitive (motortransport)
  16. Global EV sales soared in February, as China’s market kept its growth pace with 76% surge (scmp)
  17. Traders Ramp Up Bets on Fed Rate Cuts as Recession Angst Builds (bloomberg)
  18. REITs Are a Safe Haven in the Market Storm. What to Play Now. (barrons)
  19. Buy the U.S. Market Downturn? These Strategists Are Looking Abroad. (barrons)
  20. The Latest Overhaul of Starbucks—by the Numbers (wsj)
  21. Palantir’s Alex Karp takes on critics as he cashes in on surging shares (ft)
  22. Introducing the ‘Maleficent 7’ (ft)
  23. Magnificent 7 stocks lose $1.5T in what might be ‘textbook correction’ (nypost)
  24. The case for China (ft)
  25. US Inflation Comes In Lower Than Forecast, Offering Some Relief (bloomberg)

Be in the know. 17 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. US car buyers rush to dealer lots to avoid tariff-related price hikes (reuters)
  2. U.S., China Discuss a Trump-Xi Summit for June (wsj)
  3. Alibaba.com targets 100% AI adoption by merchants in 2025 in global expansion drive (scmp)
  4. Mainland Chinese investors snap up a record amount of Hong Kong stocks to play AI (cnbc)
  5. Chinese stocks find favour on DeepSeek trade as Citigroup downgrades US equities (scmp)
  6. Deflation Weighs On China’s Markets, Mainland Investors Buy Dip In Hong Kong (chinalastnight)
  7. Chinese Stocks Notch Best NPC Gain in Seven Years on Tech Boost (bloomberg)
  8. Chinese EV Stocks Jump After Robust Sales Outlook, Tesla’s Selloff (marketwatch)
  9. Top US Utility Says Gas Can Meet Only a Fraction of Power Demand (bloomberg)
  10. Volkswagen Touts US Spending in Face of Trump’s Tariff Threats (bloomberg)
  11. Euro surges on hopes of German defence deal; dollar slips again (streetinsider)
  12. US transportation chief to meet with Boeing CEO on safety efforts (reuters)
  13. Companies seek AI solutions to supply chain fragility (ft)
  14. U.K. Retail Sales Grew Slightly in February Supported by Growth in Food (wsj)
  15. The S&P 500 Has a Case of the ‘Mondays’ Blues (barrons)
  16. The Stock Market Selloff Has Been Savage. Why It’s More Blip Than Crisis and 5 Other Things to Know Today. (barrons)
  17. Trump meets Corporate America as economic fears nip stocks (reuters)