Be in the know. 15 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. The stock market is approaching a ‘once-in-a-generation’ buying opportunity as profits are about to take off almost everywhere, investment firm says (businessinsider)
  2. China’s Economy May Be Getting Back on Its Feet. Investors Are Still Cautious. (barrons)
  3. Jury Verdict Could Reduce Real Estate Commissions, Slash Agent Head Count (barrons)
  4. Buy Value Stocks After Rout Slashes Valuation Excess, JPMorgan’s Kelly Says (bloomberg)
  5. Biden will meet with China’s Xi Jinping next month, White House says (cnbc)
  6. “It is rare to see international stocks beat the S&P over a 1 year holding period,” wrote Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek, in a note emailed Tuesday. “We think lightening up on non-U.S. stocks makes sense here.” (marketwatch)
  7. Wage Growth Is Cooling (barrons)
  8. Druckenmiller Says He Has ‘Massive’ Bullish Bets on 2-Year Notes (bloomberg)
  9. Fed’s ‘Hawkish Pause’ to Keep Option to Hike (bloomberg)
  10. What’s Driving US Downtown Revivals (bloomberg)
  11. PBOC Seen Adding Liquidity After China Money Market Rates Surge (bloomberg)
  12. China Vows Enduring Local Debt Cleanup at Key Policy Meeting (bloomberg)
  13. Here’s everything to expect from the Fed’s policy announcement Wednesday (com)
  14. Never Mind Covid, Investors Want a Pfizer Obesity Pill (wsj)
  15. GOP Governors Lean On NCAA To Keep ‘Biological Men’ Out Of Women’s Sports (zerohedge)

Be in the know. 17 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Alibaba’s cloud unit now serves 80% of Chinese tech companies (scmp)
  2. Great 8 minute interview from the new CEO of VF Corp Bracken Darrell. His last “turnaround” was $LOGI – that he took from ~$5 to ~$130 (26 bagger).  How he’s going to turn around VF Corp: (cnbc)
  3. China’s Alibaba launches upgrade AI model to challenge Microsoft, Amazon (cnbc)
  4. China’s Factory Activity Shrinks, Fueling Calls for More Support (bloomberg)
  5. China Home Sales Decline Slows in October Amid Policy Support (bloomberg)
  6. Stellantis Sees a Smaller Hit From UAW Strike Than Ford and GM (barrons)
  7. GM, UAW Reach Labor Deal. It’s the Last of the Detroit Three. (barrons)
  8. Here are 5 reasons why U.S. stocks will likely rally into the end of 2023, says one Wall Street veteran (marketwatch)
  9. Manhattan’s stalled office leasing market poised for late-year boom (nypost)
  10. Is It Time to Give Candy Corn the Respect It Deserves? (nytimes)
  11. Xi Urges China Women’s Group to Cultivate ‘Childbirth Culture’ (bloomberg)
  12. Ravaged Florida Town Becomes a Magnet for Risk-Taking Homebuyers (bloomberg)
  13. How This Year’s Hottest Investment Could End Up Costing You (wsj)
  14. The Fed Can Wait (wsj)
  15. Japan’s Seven-Year Experiment in Extreme Interest-Rate Control Is Coming to an End (wsj)
  16. OpenAI Locks Largest Office Deal In San Fran In Years After CEO Says “Remote Work Over” (zerohedge)
  17. The “Good Stuff” Outperforms, Biden-Xi Summit Odds Increase (chinalastnight)

Be in the know. 17 key reads for Monday…

  1. More China companies buyback shares as Beijing seeks to stabilise market (reuters)
  2. General Motors, UAW reach tentative agreement to end strike, Bloomberg reports (thefly)
  3. Beijing Gets Going With Nine Weeks Left For 2023 (zerohedge)
  4. Nelson Peltz gets Disney stake of former Marvel executive as he battles for board seat: report (marketwatch)
  5. Explainer Why is China’s national financial work conference important? Key decisions since 1997 and what to expect this year (scmp)
  6. According to Sheng, the meeting may also push for more support for high technology sectors (bloomberg)
  7. The market’s in a funk. Why now is an attractive entry point for long-term investors, says JPMorgan strategist. (marketwatch)
  8. More Americans are car shopping, despite UAW strike and high prices (marketwatch)
  9. McDonald’s stock climbs after earnings and sales rise above expectations (marketwatch)
  10. S., China Agree in Principle to Biden-Xi Summit (wsj)
  11. Workers Are Doing Less Work for the Same Pay (wsj)
  12. Americans Can’t Stop Spending. Five Reasons Why. (wsj)
  13. China pledges to renew military dialogue with US while criticising meddling (ft)
  14. Pinduoduo sees sales jump during Singles’ Day promotion (scmp)
  15. The Command & Control of China’s Stock Market (chinalastnight)
  16. In the Market: Treasury market braces for seismic SEC rule (reuters)
  17. The “Good Stuff” Outperforms, Biden-Xi Summit Odds Increase (chinalastnight)

Be in the know. 22 key reads for Sunday…

  1. China’s Economy Looks to Be on the Mend. What That Could Mean for Markets. (barrons)
  2. US, China Agree in Principle on Biden-Xi Meeting Next Month (bloomberg)
  3. US Rolls Back China Covid Flight Curbs Again in Air Travel Boost (bloomberg)
  4. Growth and inflation update: not much to worry about (scottgrannis)
  5. Why the Stock Market Is Dropping and How It Could Bounce Back (barrons)
  6. ‘50 Cent’ has a big new trade on – the Japanese yen (ft)
  7. Shanghai Disneyland set to introduce world’s first Zootopia-themed park (technode)
  8. Ford Motor and Stellantis have reached deals with the United Auto Workers union. That leaves General Motors in the crosshairs. (barrons)
  9. EV Skeptic Toyota Chairman Says People Are ‘Finally’ Waking Up To Reality Of Electric Vehicles (zerohedge)
  10. The UAW Strike Nears an End. The Winners, Losers, and Unknowns in the Deal. (barrons)
  11. Weekly Leading Economic Index (advisorperspectives)
  12. Lamborghini Isn’t Quite Ready to Retire Internal Combustion Engines for Good (robbreport)
  13. The 25 Greatest Supercars of the 21st Century (So Far) (robbreport)
  14. Late October Low Lines Up (almanac trader)
  15. Bond markets are doing the Fed’s work (ft)
  16. China continues to produce over 95% of Apple’s products (technode)
  17. 8 Unbelievable Road Cars Driven by F1 Racers (mensjournal)
  18. How to play the coming January bounce-back for 2023’s stock-market losers (marketwatch)
  19. It’s Time to Stop Crying About Bonds and Buy Them Instead (barrons)
  20. Overcoming the Barriers to Nuclear Energy Revival (bloomberg)
  21. New Normal or No Normal? How Economists Got It Wrong for 3 Years. (nytimes)
  22. Mark Cuban says an NBA legend taught him this 9-word mantra—it helps you ‘differentiate’ yourself from other people (cnbc)

Be in the know. 14 key reads for Saturday…

  1. People on Ozempic for weight loss say they’re pooping their pants and the bed (insider)
  2. VF Corp Activist Sees Stock Doubling (barrons)
  3. GM, UAW reach tentative agreement to end strike, after union’s deal with Ford (cnbc)
  4. Hedge-fund billionaire and Mets owner Steve Cohen says stocks will rebound after ‘fake scare’ recession (marketwatch)
  5. 3M Announces Upcoming Investor Event (3M)
  6. GM, UAW Move Closer to a Tentative Labor Contract (wsj)
  7. Sanofi to Spin Out Consumer Health Division (barrons)
  8. Dexcom Stock Soars on Earnings. Ozempic Isn’t the Threat It Was Supposed to Be. (barrons)
  9. 3 Reasons High Dividend-Paying Stocks Can Rebound (barrons)
  10. First Citizens Stock Has Taken Off. Its ‘Best Days’ May Be Ahead. (barrons)
  11. Intel’s CEO Talks Foundry Strategy, Operating in Israel, and Leading a ‘Faith-Friendly’ Company (barrons)
  12. China, U.S. Eye a Biden-Xi Summit While Wrestling Tensions (wsj)
  13. UAW closing in on deals with both GM and Stellantis (cnn)
  14. Total Shareholder Return. Linking The Drivers of Total Returns to Fundamentals (morganstanley)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. Alibaba’s Singles’ Day Presales Skyrocket With Live Streaming Boost (benzinga)
  2. Stanley Black & Decker stock bounces off 5-month low after big earnings beat, raised outlook (marketwatch)
  3. Intel shares rise 8% on strong guidance, blowout Q3 results; HSBC upgrades (streetinsider)
  4. Intel issues strong Q4 revenue outlook (cnbc)
  5. Intel’s Foundry Strategy (barrons)
  6. Amazon gains 6% after a ‘strong’ Q3 print (streetinsider)
  7. Recap: Amazon beats estimates for Q3 sales and profit, CEO says its AI business is already ‘significant’ (businessinsider)
  8. Amazon’s Profit Triples as Sales Show Resilience Leading Into Holidays (wsj)
  9. Core Inflation Drops to 3.7% Annual Rate (barrons)
  10. Fed-preferred inflation gauge’s tamest core reading since ’21 (marketwatch)
  11. Yellen: US-China Relations Better After Dangerous Period (bloomberg)
  12. Analysts are going to have to raise their AWS growth estimates, says Deepwater’s Gene Munster (cnbc)
  13. Everything is ‘falling in line’ for Intel in Q3, says Moor Insights’ Patrick Moorhead (cnbc)
  14. Healthcare companies counter investor worries over Wegovy effect (reuters)
  15. Short Sellers Quit Emerging Markets With ETF Bets at 17-Year Low (bloomberg)
  16. It’s Time to Stop Crying About Bonds and Buy Them Instead (barrons)
  17. Consumer spending rises sharply again and buoys the U.S. economy (marketwatch)
  18. The UAW-Ford Deal: What’s in the Contract, Who Won and What It Means for GM and Stellantis (wsj)
  19. Mainland China & Hong Kong Outperform Asia as Buyback Bonanza Continues (chinalastnight)
  20. We’re set up for a year-end rally after 1-2 more weeks of choppiness: Hightower’s Stephanie Link (cnbc)

 

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. UAW says it reached a deal with Ford (marketwatch)
  2. A famed trader known as ’50 Cent’ is making a big bet that the world’s worst-performing currency is about to surge ‘violently’ (businessinsider)
  3. China Is Starting to Get Serious About Stimulus (bloomberg)
  4. Are We Closing In On Capitulation Levels For Chinese Stocks? (zerohedge)
  5. US Economy Grew at a 4.9% Pace Last Quarter, Fastest Since 2021 (bloomberg)
  6. ‘Guided Missile Drugs’ Could Be Big Pharma’s Secret Weapon (wsj)
  7. Amazon Reports Earnings Today. Wall Street Expects an AWS Bounce. (barrons)
  8. Microsoft Gets Another Leg Up on Google in AI Race (wsj)
  9. Intel Is the First Major Chip Maker to Report Earnings. Wall Street Is Focused on This Stat. (barrons)
  10. PayPal, Square Stocks Face a Moment of Reckoning After Worldline Panic (barrons)
  11. ECB Follows Fed With Pause on Interest Rates. Watch for Talk on Cuts. (barrons)
  12. Republican Speaker Nominee Mike Johnson Has a Plan to Avoid a November Shutdown (bloomberg)
  13. Ford Earnings Are Coming. What the UAW Deal Means for Its Stock. (barrons)
  14. US Durable Goods Orders Soared In September By Most In Over 3 Years (zerohedge)
  15. Royal Caribbean (RCL) jumps on beat and raise quarter amid robust cruise demand (streetinsider)
  16. Higher Interest Rates and Depressed Stock Prices Have the Convertible Bond Market Buzzing (institutionalinvestor)
  17. The Incredible Rise of the Celsius Energy Drink (bloomberg)
  18. Amazon’s $400 Billion Rally Hinges on Cloud Results: Tech Watch (bloomberg)
  19. 7 Dividend ‘Strong Buy’ Monsters That Warren Buffett Can’t Get Enough Of (247wallst)
  20. Injectable version of breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi shows promising results in study (cnbc)

Be in the know. 18 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. China Signals Zero Tolerance For Sharp Economic Slowdown With Rare Steps (bloomberg)
  2. Chinese Stocks Rally as Beijing Steps Up Economic Support (bloomberg)
  3. Bond Yields May Have Peaked. Consider These Stocks (barrons)
  4. Core PCE will be the ‘big thing,’ says John Lynch (foxbusiness)
  5. China Stimulus Plan to Make ‘Big Impact,’ Ex-PBOC Official Says (bloomberg)
  6. China Profits Offer Weary Stock Traders Just a Glimmer of Hope (bloomberg)
  7. Hedge Funds Favor Bank of America and 4 More Dividend Winners (247wallst)
  8. GM Scales Back EV Plans as Buyers Hesitate (wsj)
  9. Google parent Alphabet’s business growth is fastest in more than a year on advertising rebound, but cloud segment disappoints (marketwatch)
  10. The Results of II’s 52nd All-America Research Team Are In, and There’s a New No. 1 (institutionalinvestor)
  11. The calendar is probably also an important consideration. Mr. Fain and the union’s negotiators have to be careful about asking workers to go into the colder months and the holiday season with only the $500 a week in strike pay, Mr. Wheaton said. (nytimes)
  12. These Gene-Editing Stocks Are Survivors. Take Another Look. (barrons)
  13. 3M Says Business Is Improving, Boosts Earnings Guidance (wsj)
  14. Biden’s unsung shift on China (ft)
  15. 2 Historically Cheap Dow Dividend Kings That Are Ripe for the Picking (fool)
  16. Positive Catalysts Increase Despite Macroeconomic Headwinds (chinalastnight)
  17. Alphabet is a pretty compelling buy ‘right now, today’, says veteran tech investor Paul Meeks (cnbc)
  18. Technical indicators suggest the 10-year bond yield is headed lower, says Piper Sandler’s Johnson (cnbc)

Be in the know. 23 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. 3M bounces sharply off an 11-year low after big adjusted profit beat and raised outlook (marketwatch)
  2. 3M generated free cash flow of $1.9 billion in the third quarter, better than the $1 billion projected by Wall Street, helped by lower inventory levels. For the full year, 3M expects to generate about $5.2 billion in free cash flow, about $400 million higher than analysts are modeling. (barrons)
  3. 3M Raises Its Full-Year Profit Target After Deep Spending Cuts (bloomberg)
  4. Xi Makes Unprecedented Central Bank Visit in Sign of Focus on Economy (bloomberg)
  5. China is set to unleash fresh fiscal stimulus to shore up its economic recovery, drawing on a well-used playbook that relies heavily on debt and state spending (reuters)
  6. Xi Steps Up Economic Support With New Debt Issuance (bloomberg)
  7. Stellantis workers after 5 weeks on UAW strike: ‘Enough is enough. Let’s get it done.’ (dfp)
  8. GM Caps Off Tough Quarter With Strong Earnings (barrons)
  9. GM Post Strong Third-Quarter Profit, Scraps EV Target (wsj)
  10. Tech Stocks Are More Appealing as Earnings Season Starts Up (barrons)
  11. Why Coke, others, may be spared, as a $100 billion opportunity in weight loss drugs unfolds says JPMorgan (marketwatch)
  12. Verizon Raises Free Cash Flow Guidance and Shows Solid Subscribers Growth (barrons)
  13. Danaher Tops Earnings and Revenue Estimates. (barrons)
  14. Ackman, Gross Abandon Bearish Bond View With Yields Bouncing Off 5% (bloomberg)
  15. Alphabet Earnings Are Coming. Expect Strength in Ads and Cloud Computing. (barrons)
  16. Buyback Blackout Ends, Launching Billions In Stock Repurchases (zerohedge)
  17. Jamie Dimon Criticizes Central Banks for ‘Dead Wrong’ Forecasts (bloomberg)
  18. ‘Stocks are the place to be’: Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel says rising geopolitical risks represent a buying opportunity (businessinsider)
  19. ASML employee accused of data theft went to Huawei: report (scmp)
  20. China Sovereign Wealth Fund Extends Buying To ETFs (chinalastnight)
  21. 2 Beaten-Down Stocks That Haven’t Been This Cheap in Over 6 Years (fool)
  22. Coca-Cola beats earnings estimates, raises outlook as volume grows despite price hikes (cnbc)
  23. The Economy Was Supposed to Slow by Now. Instead It’s Revving Up. (wsj)