Be in the know. 22 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Ant Group’s quarterly profit nearly triples (reuters)
  2. Alibaba’s quarterly profit surges 58% on strong cloud, e-commerce growth (scmp)
  3. A $7 Trillion and Growing Cash Pile Defies Wall Street Skeptics (bloomberg)
  4. Alibaba echoes Tencent, JD in voicing optimism on the economy (bloomberg)
  5. China’s Other Growth Engine Fires Up — Just in Time (bloomberg)
  6. China Stimulus Boosts Domestic Consumption as Trump Tariffs Loom (bloomberg)
  7. BABA-W CEO More Confident in Core Biz than Ever (aastocks)
  8. BABA-W Buys back 414M Ordinary Shrs with US$4.1B in 2FQ (aastocks)
  9. BABA-W Reportedly Weighing US$5B Bond Offering (aastocks)
  10. Retail sales jump as consumers keep spending (yahoo)
  11. Disney is turning record parks profits — even before its big expansions (cnbc)
  12. RFK Jr. is not a fan of weight-loss drugs or vaccines. Stocks are tanking. (marketwatch)
  13. The Fed interrupted the stock market’s Trump rally. What comes next. (marketwatch)
  14. Oil Stocks Have Been Hot Since Trump’s Election. The Good Times Could End Soon. (barrons)
  15. Centene CEO Sarah London Bought Up the Slumping Stock (barrons)
  16. Wait, Are We All Watching Podcasts Now? (wsj)
  17. The Musk-Ramaswamy Project Could Be Trump’s Best Idea (wsj)
  18. Gary Vaynerchuk has some tough love for those who don’t embrace AI: Ride this wave or put your head in the sand and let it kill you (nypost)
  19. China’s Stock Rally Is Feeding a Casino Frenzy Among Amateur Investors (bloomberg)
  20. China is willing to be partners, friends with the U.S., Chinese envoy says (cnbc)
  21. New 4,000ft New York skyscraper ‘Big Bend’ could become longest building in world (ladbible)
  22. Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight live updates: Paul wins in absolute snoozer (nypost)

Be in the know. 12 key reads for Friday…

  1. US Retail Sales Increase on Autos in Start to Holiday Season (bloomberg)
  2. Ulta Beauty Stock Drops. Berkshire Soured on the Shares Quickly. (barrons)
  3. Alibaba’s Torrid Global Growth Helps Mask China Consumer Anemia (bloomberg)
  4. Alibaba Stock Climbs After Earnings. AI Demand Is Riding to the Rescue. (barrons)
  5. Manufacturing activity surges in New York region to highest level in nearly three years (marketwatch)
  6. Retail sales climb again ahead of holiday shopping season. U.S. economy still has momentum. (marketwatch)
  7. Disney’s Earnings Outlook Rises as Streaming Unit Posts Gains (wsj)
  8. Powell Says Solid Economy Allows Fed to Consider Rate Cuts ‘Carefully’ (wsj)
  9. China’s Economy Picks Up, but Still Needs More Help (wsj)
  10. The Fastest Airport Security Line You Don’t Know About (wsj)
  11. Holy cow, Batman! The Christian Bale Batmobile is being built for home use — but you need Bruce Wayne money to own it (nypost)
  12. Disney Paints a Rosy Picture for Coming Years (nytimes)