- Buy GM and Wayfair Stock. Analysts Make the Case. (barrons)
- This Is a ‘Bear Steepener’ Bond Market. (barrons)
- Tech Pullback Will Be Short-Lived, Analyst Says. (barrons)
- Wayfair’s Investor Day Has Analysts Feeling Bullish (barrons)
- Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet Were the Standouts in Tech Earnings. Here’s Why. (barrons)
- Thanks to Disney Magic, Halloween Now Starts 11 Weeks Early (wsj)
- A key signal suggests job growth could plummet in coming months amid labor strikes and bad weather (businessinsider)
- The Fed can take the rest of the year off as inflation is crumbling and there’s no recession in sight, market vet Ed Yardeni says (businessinsider)
- Buy tech stocks now as solid 2nd-quarter earnings will power a 15% rally into year-end, Wedbush says (businessinsider)
- ‘It’s Hard to Be an Activist These Days’: Gadfly Investors Trail Stock-Market Returns (wsj)
- Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder of Asana and Facebook — Energy Management, Coaching for Endurance, No Meeting Wednesdays, Understanding the Real Risks of AI, Embracing Frictionless Work with AI, The Value of Holding Stories Loosely, and More (#686) (blog)
- What Is The Real Value Of Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Using A Simple DCF (acquirersmultiple)
- The Case For Intel: An Illustration Of The ‘Value’ Investing Mindset (forbes)
- Undervalued by 60%, This Growth Stock Is a Buy for the Long Term (morningstar)
- 10 Cheap Dividend-Growth Stocks to Buy (morningstar)
Category: What I’m Reading Today
Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…
- China Lifted a Ban on Group Travel. These Stocks are Set to Benefit. (barrons)
- Alibaba (BABA) undergoing a ‘fundamental turnaround’ says Benchmark and sees potential for 85% rally (streetinsider )
- China Ending Years-Long Crackdown Restores Optimism as Tech Giants Report (bloomberg)
- Verizon Business’s Latest Move to Build Market Share (barrons)
- Disappointing China Loans Is a Cry for More Easing, Analysts Say (bloomberg)
- The UAW Is in Talks With Detroit. How Much Car Prices Could Rise. (barrons)
- Ford is going all in on hybrids. Here’s why. (marketwatch)
- News Corp beats profit estimates as digital subscriptions rise (nypost)
- China Ending Years-Long Crackdown Restores Optimism as Tech Giants Report (bloomberg)
- Alibaba Posted ‘Solid’ Results Across the Board, UBP Says (bloomberg)
- Alibaba Takes a Step Toward Comeback as Growth Returns (bloomberg)
- I think the Fed is done hiking for this cycle, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee (cnbc)
- The opportunity is there to put together a pretty inexpensive portfolio, says Oakmark’s Bill Nygren (cnbc)
- Amazon is well-positioned to benefit from the growing demand for artificial intelligence software. (fool)
- Alphabet’s $118 Billion Cash Pile Poses a New Problem (yahoo)
- Seth Klarman on What Makes a Value Investor and Committing ‘Sacrilege’ in New Edition of ‘Security Analysis’ (institutionalinvestor)
- Disney gains on plans to raise prices for streaming services; BofA positive on changes (streetinsider)
- Alibaba income beats estimates amid “strong business momentum” (streetinsider)
- The Fed ‘can take the rest of the year off’: Yardeni (marketwatch)
- China accuses U.S. of trying to block its development, demands that tech curbs be repealed (marketwatch)
Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…
- Alibaba Group Announces June Quarter 2023 Results (alibabagroup)
- Alibaba Takes a Step Toward Comeback As Growth Finally Returns (bloomberg)
- New US investment curbs to have limited impact on China’s targeted tech sectors (scmp)
- Alibaba reports solid earnings beat, revenue rises most since Sept. 2021 (cnbc)
- Disney Gets Iger’s Second Show on the Road (wsj)
- CPI Inflation Rate Below Views, Signaling Patient Fed (investors)
- Disney TV Spinoff Talk in Focus. The Stock Is Rising. (barrons)
- The UAW Is in Talks With Detroit. How Much Car Prices Could Rise. (barrons)
- S. initial jobless claims rise to highest level in a month (marketwatch)
- The long-simmering rumor of Apple buying Disney is resurfacing as Bob Iger looks to sell assets (marketwatch)
- China Hawks In Congress Are Going Too Far (barrons)
- “Senior administration officials told reporters on Wednesday that they were considering an exemption for publicly traded Chinese securities.” (barrons)
- Alibaba’s Restructuring & How It Benefits Shareholders (kraneshares)
- US Core CPI Posts Smallest Back-to-Back Increases in Two Years (bloomberg)
- China Regulator to Hold Meeting With Property Firms, Financiers (bloomberg)
- Alibaba income beats estimates amid “strong business momentum” (streetinsider)
- Alibaba’s revenue growth spurts as economy recovers from pandemic slowdown (scmp)
- PayPal Is Crushing It. Why Isn’t the Stock Responding? (fool)
- *BABA 1FQ NP Up 51% YoY to RMB34.332B, Well Beyond Forecast (aastocks)
- We need China as much as they need us, says Lead Edge Capital’s Mitchell Green (cnbc)
Be in the know. 16 key reads for Wednesday…
- Disney’s ESPN inks $2 bln deal with Penn to launch sports betting business (reuters)
- Reaction to China inflation data (reuters)
- Bank Stocks Fall After Moody’s States the Obvious. It’s Time to Buy.(barrons)
- Fed Officials Make Rounds as Attention Turns to September Meeting (barrons)
- China Slides Into Deflation as Consumer, Factory Prices Drop (bloomberg)
- Dell Stock Spikes on High Hopes for AI-Related Servers (barrons)
- Hanesbrands Draws Activist Investor Seeking to Shake Up Underwear Maker (wsj)
- UAW Leader Slams Jeep Maker Stellantis for ‘Lowball’ Bargaining Demands (wsj)
- Elon Musk Calls Cybertruck Tesla’s ‘Best Product Ever.’ Here Comes the Test.(wsj)
- ‘Don’t Be So Picky About a Job, China’s College Graduates Are Told (nytimes)
- In China, It’s Already Cheaper to Buy EVs Than Gasoline Cars (bloomberg)
- What the UAW Wants From Its Fight With the Big Three (bloomberg)
- Surveillance: Invesco’s Waldner Leans In and Buys Long-Bond Rout (bloomberg)
- PayPal is trying to drag its 435 million users into the $120 billion stablecoin market — here’s why (cnbc)
- “The CPI deflation may put more pressure on the government to consider additional fiscal stimulus to mitigate the challenge” (cnbc)
- Disney reportedly creating a task force to explore A.I. across all divisions (cnbc)
Be in the know. 10 key reads for Tuesday…
- China Stocks Can Get Boost From Any Stimulus: Invesco (bloomberg)
- JPMorgan’s Gabriela Santos says the odds of a soft landing have risen (cnbc)
- Surprise Stock Market Rally Bulldozes Bearish Hedge Funds (wsj)
- Campbell’s Sauce Upgrade Looks to Be Worth the Cost (wsj)
- Kyndryl Shares Spike on Improving Outlook (barrons)
- Paramount reports surprise Q2 profit as subscriber growth jumps; Shares climb (streetinsider)
- PayPal launches stablecoin in bid to boost crypto payments and transfers (streetinsider)
- Groundbreaking Alzheimer’s drug could be available in next few months (foxbusiness)
- Even Zoom Is Making People Return to the Office (nytimes)
- We’re making higher lows, which is still good progression: OptionsPlay’s Jessica Inskip (cnbc)
Be in the know. 8 key reads for Monday…
- ‘Let’s Get Ready To Rumble!’: Musk Says Cage Fight With Zuckerberg Will Be “Live Streamed” On Twitter X (zerohedge)
- Emerging-Market Stocks Are Having a Moment as Growth Bets Return (bloomberg)
- China Bonds Are Obvious Winners With More Easing, Invesco Says (bloomberg)
- Morgan Stanley still likes these Chinese stocks despite a country downgrade (cnbc)
- Apple Admits There Is a Smartphone Slowdown Ahead of iPhone 15 Debut (bloomberg)
- Netanyahu Says Bet on Israel Deepening Ties With Saudi Arabia (bloomberg)
- Is There a Limit to Americans’ Self-Storage Addiction? Billions of Dollars Say Nope (wsj)
- Disney, UPS earnings, consumer inflation, Cadillac’s new Escalade in week ahead (foxbusiness)
Be in the know. 15 key reads for Sunday…
- 8 Undervalued Quality Healthcare Stocks (morningstar)
- “There’s very little Class A premier workplace available … and as businesses are expanding in that district, they find themselves boxed out of larger space options.” (therealdeal)
- Billionaire investor Mario Gabelli: We want to buy good companies with good management & valuations (cnbc)
- Hedge funds lose $6bn betting against cruise lines and hotels (ft)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger: ‘I’m not the sort of person who looks back’ (ft)
- Fundstrat’s Tom Lee expects to find a market bottom soon (cnbc)
- Fed F**kery Is Back: Seasonal Adjustments Turns $38BN Bank Deposit Outflow Into $5BN Inflow (zerohedge)
- White Lamborghini Countach From ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ Is Going Up For Auction (forbes)
- Berkshire posts record operating profit, rising rates boost Buffett’s returns (reuters)
- China’s policymakers keep investors waiting, but give liquidity assurance (reuters)
- The Most Expensive Home In Connecticut History Just Sold—and the Price is Shocking (architecturaldigest)
- 2023 Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition Review: Resplendent Road Racer (thedrive)
- Alibaba makes two large models with 7 billion parameters open source (technode)
- Actually, Most Americans Can Come Up with $400 in an Emergency (institute)
- China Is Trying to Make Its Gloomy Consumers Spend More (nytimes)
Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…
- US and China to open communication lines after diplomatic push bears fruit (ft)
- Slower Hiring This Summer Could Take Heat Off the Fed (wsj)
- Amazon Won Earnings Season. Apple Is Struggling. (barrons)
- Fed Officials Tout Job-Market Slowdown, Seek to Pivot From Hikes (bloomberg)
- Flying Taxis Have Had Their Ups and Downs. They’re Nearly Here. (barrons)
- Service Jobs Slowdown Should Help Powell Sleep (bloomberg)
- Warren Buffett and Bill Ackman Face Off Over Bonds (barrons)
- New Liberty Live Stock Is Cheap Play on Live Nation (barrons)
- Amazon’s Big Quarter Drives Gains in Snowflake and Other Cloud Software Stocks (barrons)
- Surging S&P 500 Targets Finally Caught Up to the Stock Market. Why It’s Time to Buy Dips. (barrons)
- Utilities Are Ready to Power Up. Entergy Stock Looks Set to Gain. (barrons)
- JPMorgan Scraps US Recession Call Amid Spreading Optimism (bloomberg)
- China’s Pro-Growth Messaging Blitz Can Only Buoy Markets So Long (bloomberg)
- Steve Forbes: Federal Reserve needs to back off, let economy recover (foxbusiness)
- 8 Book Recommendations By Li Lu (acquirersmultiple)
Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…
- Strong Sales Growth and Continuing Margin Improvement Highlight Cooper Standard’s Second Quarter 2023 Results (cooperstandard)
- Rare China Vow on Market Support Puts Beijing’s Toolkit in Focus (bloomberg)
- China Relaxes Business Visa Rules in Bid to Further Open Borders (bloomberg)
- Amazon Is Flying on the Cloud. AWS Jumps. (barrons)
- Apple’s iPhone Headwinds (barrons)
- KraneShares: There are green shoots ahead for undervalued China stocks (cnbc)
- China’s strong iPhone demand a bright spot for Apple amid sluggish June quarter (scmp)
- Nike Stock Has Had a Tough Run. The Case for Buying Now. (barrons)
- Brazil’s Leftist President Is Getting Things Done. The Markets Love It. (barrons)
- Employment Keeps Cooling, With 187,000 New Jobs in July (barrons)
- Amazon Stood Out. Why Analysts Think It Will Keep Delivering. (barrons)
- Booking Stock Soars on Strong Results. The Firm Expects Record Summer Travel. (barrons)
- Higher Bond Yields Have Spooked the Stock Market. Why It’s Not Time to Worry. (barrons)
- opinion content. The Top Line. In praise of the boring chief executive (ft)
- China’s curbs on kids’ phone use unlikely to hurt Big Tech, analysts say (scmp)
- July Services PMI Increases As Diners Dine Out (chinalastnight)
- UAW Demands 40% Pay Hike in Labor Talks With Detroit Automakers (wsj)
- BofA Clients Turn Cautious, Flee From Stocks on Recession Risks (bloomberg)
- Chinese developers jump after central bank pledges more support for embattled property sector (businessinsider)
- The Chart Master tells the technical tale of where rates are headed (cnbc)
Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…
- China’s services activity expanded at a faster pace than expected in July in a sign of resilience, a private survey showed (bloomberg)
- For Amazon, the Cloud Will Be Key (barrons)
- Chinese tech giant Alibaba challenges Meta with open-sourced A.I. model launch (cnbc)
- Buffett Not Worried About Fitch Downgrade, and He’s Putting His Money Where His Mouth Is (barrons)
- PBOC Pledges More Financial Resources for Private Firms (bloomberg)
- US Yield Curve Control Not Here Yet, But It’s Coming (zerohedge)
- Amazon’s efficiency efforts will grow its market share significantly, says Scott Mushkin (cnbc)
- Maybe the ‘most anticipated recession’ won’t come after all (yahoo)
- Charlie Munger Asks, ‘Do You Want To Be More Like Me Or More Like Them?’ — Why He Believes Diversification Is An ‘Impossible And Agonizing Task’ Any Idiot Can Do (yahoo)
- Third Point Boosts Stock Exposure (institutionalinvestor)
- Alibaba logistics arm Cainiao launches half-day express delivery in 8 cities (scmp)
- US-China Diplomatic Green Shoots As Profit-Taking Hits (chinalastnight)
- Bank of America Reversed Recession Call on Strong Jobs and Spending, CEO Says (bloomberg)
- US Productivity Jumps by Most Since 2020, Blunting Labor Costs (bloomberg)
- Americans are going abroad in droves — at the expense of domestic travel (cnbc)