Be in the know. 15 key reads for Monday…

  1. The Fed’s Jackson Hole Meeting Is Powell’s Big Moment (barrons)
  2. Analysis: Why PayPal’s stablecoin is likely to succeed where Facebook’s Libra failed (reuters)
  3. Visa and Mastercard Are Under Attack. They Will Do Just Fine. (barrons)
  4. Parents shift to Venmo, PayPal, Zelle to pay teens (foxbusiness)
  5. Will August stock-market stumble turn into a rout? Here’s what to watch, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee. (marketwatch)
  6. Rates in China Cut Again, but by Less Than Expected (wsj)
  7. Kraft Heinz Sees a $25 Billion Opportunity—in Schools (wsj)
  8. Macau Reclaims Crown From Vegas as World’s Top Gambling Hub (wsj)
  9. After 10 Years of My Ride, Our Writer Reveals What He Drives. Hint: It’s Not a Porsche. (wsj)
  10. China Urges More Loans, Debt Risk Reduction as Woes Compound (bloomberg)
  11. China’s financial regulators urge support for resolving local debt risks (cnbc)
  12. Pessimism about China’s property market overblown, says veteran economist (scmp)
  13. Shanghai vows 2-hour project approvals to woo foreign investments (scmp)
  14. Why a default isn’t the worst possible news for Country Garden (scmp)
  15. Bilibili Reports Q2, Officials Signal More Stimulus, Week in Review (chinalastnight)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Sunday…

  1. An Auto-Parts Retailer Crashed—It Can Be Fixed (wsj)
  2. China unveils measures to revive stock market (reuters)
  3. China Urges More Loans, Debt Risk Reduction as Woes Compound (bloomberg)
  4. Lamborghini, Ferrari, Rolls-Royce: The Best Debuts at Monterey Car Week (bloomberg)
  5. How to Get Rich and Famous From a Stock Market Crash (wsj)
  6. This New 263-Foot Superyacht Has a Grecian-Inspired Beach Club That Belongs in a 5-Star Hotel (robbreport)
  7. Aston Martin Goes Topless With DB12 Volante Convertible (maxim)
  8. Alibaba Cloud launches AI video creation tool Live Portrait (technode)
  9. China’s internet regulator talks with foreign firms to address concerns over new data law (technode)
  10. Is the U.S. Economy Really Growing by 5.8%? Not So Fast (barrons)
  11. China set to cut lending rates as economic recovery drags (ft)
  12. China Local Governments to Sell $206 Billion of Financing Debt (bloomberg)
  13. GLP-1 Drugs Are Coming, and They Could Change Everything (bloomberg)
  14. Is there a ‘life hack’ to break 80 for the first time? 2 top teachers have an idea (golf)
  15. TIPS vs Gold: which is the better inflation hedge? (scottgrannis)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. How serious is China’s economic slowdown? (piie)
  2. China Isn’t Japan in the 1990s. How Its Economic Meltdown Is Different. (barrons)
  3. Generac Is a Growth Stock at a Value Price. Buy It Before the Storms Start. (barrons)
  4. Alibaba Unit to Hire 2,000 Graduates as Big Tech Crackdown Eases (bloomberg)
  5. Alibaba, Tencent renew hiring as Big Tech gears up for growth (scmp)
  6. CSRC vows to boost ‘vitality, efficiency and appeal’ of stock market (scmp)
  7. We are close to bottoming from recent market decline, says Fundstrat’s Mark Newton (cnbc)
  8. A Booster Shot for Your Portfolio (barrons)
  9. AI Is the Real Deal—if You Understand It. Our 5 Roundtable Pros Are Here to Help. (barrons)
  10. How Kroger Became the Biggest Sushi Seller in America (wsj)
  11. China moves to shore up investor confidence in the economy (ft)
  12. What Wall Street needs to know about UAW talks, a potential strike and what it could all cost (cnbc)
  13. Will August stock-market stumble turn into a rout? Here’s what to watch, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee. (marketwatch)
  14. Italian Scientists Research Whether Eating Pizza Carries Health Benefits (futurism)
  15. The 10 Best Dividend Stocks (morningstar)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Friday…

  1. China Needs to Engineer a Beautiful Deleveraging (Ray Dalio)
  2. Amazon’s Pharmacy Deal Shows It Is More Than Tech (barrons)
  3. What CVS Faces After Being Dropped by Insurer (barrons)
  4. Opinion: Bears are knocking at the door but bulls still hold the key to this stock market (marketwatch)
  5. U.S. Mortgage Rates Jump to Highest Level Since 2002 (nytimes)
  6. Trump Says He’s ‘Not A Fan’ of Powell (bloomberg)
  7. Despite China’s economic troubles, Cramer says its market won’t collapse (cnbc)
  8. Would You Spend $60 Million on a Ferrari? (wsj)
  9. China Evergrande files Chapter 15 bankruptcy in New York (scmp)
  10. Wage growth won’t mean a new inflationary spiral, says Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel (cnbc)