Be in the know. 17 key reads for Friday…

  1. ‘Back in Tech’: Investors are Increasing Exposure to Tech and Growth Stocks – BofA (streetinsider)
  2. Hedge Fund Bears Capitulate, Unleashing Biggest Net Buying And Short Covering At Goldman Prime Since May (zerohedge)
  3. China Is a Superpower and an Emerging Market. How to Invest Now. (barrons)
  4. Earnings Have Been Decent. Now Comes the Hard Part. (barrons)
  5. Why stock-market bulls are obsessed with the 4,231 level for the S&P 500 (marketwatch)
  6. Leading Chinese companies announce delisting plans from the NYSE (marketwatch)
  7. Mark Cuban says buying metaverse real estate is ‘the dumbest sh— ever’ (marketwatch)
  8. It’s a Tom Jones rally but it may be overbought, say analysts (marketwatch)
  9. Lunch with the FT. Formula 1’s Toto Wolff: ‘You need to push people out of their comfort zone’ (ft)
  10. This stock market indicator is flashing a bullish sign: Chart (finance.yahoo)
  11. Xi Pleaded With Biden “Now Is No Time for A Crisis” Just Ahead Of Pelosi Taiwan Visit (zerohedge)
  12. Disney (DIS) Stock Gains on Disney+ Beat and Raised Prices, Earns Upgrade to Buy (streetinsider)
  13. Tiger 21, an exclusive club of investors, says the ultra rich are doubling down on stocks (cnbc)
  14. U.S. equity funds notch up biggest weekly inflow in seven weeks (reuters)
  15. BofA Says Cash Racing to Stocks, Bonds as Inflation Fears Ease (bloomberg)
  16. What’s Driving US-China Spat Over Audits, Delistings (bloomberg)
  17. OPEC Cuts Oil-Demand Forecasts as Economic Growth Slows (wsj)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. US Inflation Runs Cooler Than Forecast, Easing Pressure on Fed (bloomberg)
  2. Boeing Delivers Its First 787 to American Airlines in More Than a Year. (barrons)
  3. Alphabet and 7 More Stocks Wall Street Loves That Aren’t Too Pricey (barrons)
  4. Ken Griffin on Why He Spent $43 Million to Buy the U.S. Constitution (wsj)
  5. Ford’s New F-150 Lightning Truck to Get Price Hike (wsj)
  6. Pace of Inflation Eased in July as Energy Costs Dropped (wsj)
  7. China Ends Taiwan Drills (wsj)
  8. Why China’s Confidence Could Turn Out to Be a Weakness (nytimes)
  9. Biden ‘Cautious’ on China Tariffs After Pelosi’s Trip, Commerce Chief Says (bloomberg)
  10. Meyers Manx Dune Buggies Are Reborn Yet Again—This Time Electric (bloomberg)
  11. Investors are betting there’s a 60% chance of a smaller Fed rate hike in September after July inflation cooled (businessinsider)
  12. History shows the bear market is almost over as length of most declines are typically 21% of the prior bull run, Fundstrat says (businessinsider)
  13. The Nasdaq is on track to exit a bear market — and the Dow to leave correction territory — after July CPI reading (marketwatch)
  14. China’s factory inflation hits 17-month low, consumer prices speed up (reuters)
  15. Alibaba’s Softbank Overhang Clarified as Foreigners Fret (chinalastnight)