Be in the know. 10 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Baidu Stock Surges After Profit Tops Estimates, $5 Billion Buyback (barrons)
  2. Jeremy Siegel says earnings estimates on Wall Street have a higher chance of being met as recession risk eases (businessinsider)
  3. Worry Over Fed Minutes Has Slammed Stocks. Tune in This Afternoon. (barrons)
  4. Geico, Buybacks, and 8 More Things That Buffett Could Put in His Berkshire Letter (barrons)
  5. Keurig Dr Pepper Has Trailed Rivals. The Stock Is Poised to Rally. (barrons)
  6. Amazon Gets Some Good News. Its One Medical Deal Won’t Be Blocked by FTC. (barrons)
  7. Golf Course Living Is Paradise—Except for the 651 Balls Pelting Your House and Yard (wsj)
  8. Stellantis posts record annual profit, announces $4.47 billion shareholder payout (cnbc)
  9. Bullard advocates for a top rate of nearly 5.4%, about in line with market pricing. (cnbc)
  10. Intel to cut dividend to conserve cash (reuters)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. Chinese Stocks Could Rise Another 20%, Goldman Sachs Says. Here’s How. (barrons)
  2. China Leaders Pledge Stronger Growth as Recovery Takes Hold (bloomberg)
  3. China Sets New Rules for Overseas IPOs. (barrons)
  4. 9 Healthcare Stocks Where the Doubters Are on the Run (barrons)
  5. Companies Are Getting More Confident About Profits. What It Means for Stocks. (barrons)
  6. Pfizer Is Moving Beyond Covid. Why Its Stock Is a Buy. (barrons)
  7. Beware the Fed’s Favorite Inflation Metric Amid Raft of Market-Moving Data (barrons)
  8. What PayPal and 26 Other Companies Have Said About Layoffs This Year (barrons)
  9. Investors Stung by Treasuries Rout Brace for Next Blow From Fed (bloomberg)
  10. Morgan Stanley Says S&P 500 Could Drop 26% in Months (bloomberg)
  11. From CEOs to Coders, Employees Experiment With New AI Programs (wsj)
  12. Workers’ Pay Globally Hasn’t Kept Up With Inflation (wsj)
  13. Hotels, Booking Sites Say Americans Will Keep Traveling in 2023 (wsj)
  14. Going Private Again Is All the Rage Among Newly Public Companies (wsj)
  15. Walmart outlook disappoints Wall Street after strong holiday quarter (cnbc)
  16. ChatGPT recommends 5 books to become a smarter investor – including 2 tied to Warren Buffett (businessinsider)
  17. Chinese provinces give 30 days’ paid ‘marriage leave’ to boost birth rate (reuters)
  18. Alibaba shakes up its local consumer services business with a boost to navigation platform Amap as market competition intensifies (scmp)
  19. A neglected tool of central banks shows its worth (ft)
  20. Medtronic rises as solid topline points to recovery, analyst sees an encouraging Q4 setup (streetinsider)

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

  1. China Quietly Pivots From Land Sale Limits to Stem Housing Slump (bloomberg)
  2. GM CEO Mary Barra Vows Breakout Year for Push to Catch Tesla in EVs (bloomberg) This Is What Happens If the US Actually Hits the Debt Ceiling (bloomberg)
  3. What Happens Now to All the Laid Off Tech Workers? (bloomberg)
  4. This 36-year-old scientist is leading the Biden administration’s push for nuclear power (fastcompany)
  5. 6 Inspirational Movies to Get your Entrepreneurial Juices Flowing (entrepreneur)
  6. Roblox keeps on building (thehustle)
  7. Jon Rahm holds off Max Homa to win Genesis Invitational, rises to World No. 1 (golf)
  8. America’s Best New Courses (golfdigest)
  9. Formula 1 Will Never Go Electric, Ecclestone Successor Says (bloomberg)
  10. U.S. officials address mounting tensions between U.S. and China during Munich Security Conference (cnbc)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Blinken, China’s Top Diplomat Hold First Meeting Since Balloon Incident (wsj)
  2. Walgreens CEO Bets on Doctors Over Drugstores (wsj)
  3. The Super-Rare Lamborghini He Found at the End of an Oregon Dirt Road (wsj)
  4. Up 7 of Last 11 After Presidents’ Day But Still Weak Long Term (Almanac Trader)
  5. Microsoft Puts New Limits On Bing’s AI Chatbot After It Expressed Desire To Steal Nuclear Secrets (forbes)
  6. From Athens To Tunisia, Forbes Travel Guide’s Star Award Winners For 2023 (forbes)
  7. Meet the Aston Martin DBX707, Robb Report’s 2023 Car of the Year Runner Up (robbreport)
  8. Beijing city government announces plan to support AI development (technode)
  9. Hugh Jackman Explains Why He Turned Down The Chance To Be James Bond (digg)
  10. Economic forecasts are getting revised up, and people aren’t thrilled about it (yahoo)