Be in the know. 25 key reads for Monday…

  1. Chinese Stocks Glimpse Light at the End of the Tunnel (wsj)
  2. After Three Weeks Of Absence, Stock Buybacks Are Back… As Is VWAP Dip-Buying (zerohedge)
  3. BofA Reiterates Buy on Alibaba (BABA) as Consumption Recovery in 2H22 is Likely to Fuel Recovery (streetinsider)
  4. Hawkish Fed Doesn’t Mean Doom for Resilient Emerging Markets (bloomberg)
  5. Bitcoin Slumps Again. It Isn’t Just the Fed Putting Crypto Prices at Risk. (barrons)
  6. El Salvador’s president adopts McDonald’s uniform for Twitter profile after bitcoin plunge (marketwatch)
  7. A Digital Dollar Would Have Winners and Losers. Here’s What’s at Stake. (barrons)
  8. This Fed Meeting Is Crucial. Future Rate Hikes Are Just the Start. (barrons)
  9. Commentary: Vladimir Putin Senses Weakness (barrons)
  10. Tech Stocks Got Hit Hard. Where to Find Bargains Now. (barrons)
  11. GE Earnings Are Tuesday. Don’t Forget, There Is No More GE Capital. (barrons)
  12. Activist Investor Peltz Builds Up Stake in Unilever. The Stock is Up. (barrons)
  13. Foreign Executives in Isolated Hong Kong Head for Exit, Sick of Zero-Covid Curbs (wsj)
  14. Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen Produced One of the Greatest NFL Games Ever (wsj)
  15. Tech Rout Fueled by Bond-Market Turn (wsj)
  16. Wall Street’s Art Cashin says Monday’s plunge could be the ‘washout selling’ the stock market needs (cnbc)
  17. Dan Niles says market could see a near-term bounce and he might buy stocks (cnbc)
  18. S. economy slows sharply during omicron wave, Markit surveys show (marketwatch)
  19. CFA Study Casts Doubt on Whether Passing Test Is Key to Fund Manager Success (bloomberg)
  20. Russia plans to target Ukrainian capital in ‘lightning war’, UK warns (ft)
  21. Boeing pumps extra $450m into self-flying air taxi start-up (ft)
  22. China’s aviation authority says its 5G network plan for airports is safe (scmp)
  23. State-backed firms come to the rescue of embattled Chinese developers (scmp)
  24. Alibaba’s home province to offer preferential tax policies and promote ‘hard tech’ such as chips and digital security (scmp)
  25. Goldman Warns Earnings Guidance Is “Disappointing” With 5 of 6 Companies Lowering Expectations (zerohedge)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Opinion: A bullish sign? Nasdaq investor sentiment is worse now than it was in March 2020 (marketwatch)
  2. 2022 Performance Car of the Year (roadnadtrack)
  3. ECRI Weekly Leading Index Update (advisorperspectives)
  4. Here Comes The Pivot: JPM Sees Sharp Slowdown In US Economy, “No Further Hawkish Developments From The Fed” (ZeroHedge)
  5. Another Peloton Heart Attack on TV? ‘Billions’ Says It’s a Coincidence. (nytimes)
  6. What Happened (and Didn’t) When Davos Disappeared (nytimes)
  7. A/D Line Nearing Selling Climax Indices Test Support (almanactrader)
  8. This German Tuner Has Already Given the New Ferrari 296GTB a Bonkers 900 HP (robbreport)
  9. How Robinhood Investors Robbed Themselves (wsj)
  10. Microsoft can rescue a historic trove of lost games from Activision’s vault (mashable)
  11. Goldman Sachs juniors now earn up to $500,000 as Wall Street hikes bonuses (fn)
  12. What we know about Intel’s $20 billion bet on Ohio — and US manufacturing (theverge)
  13. Microsoft’s splurge on Activision Blizzard could mainstream the metaverse (thenextweb)
  14. Paul Mcnamara on the Problem With Turkey, and the Attempt to Save the Lira (bloomberg)
  15. The True History Behind HBO’s ‘The Gilded Age’ (smithsonianmag)

Be in the know. 20 key reads for Saturday…

  1. VIX Curve Inverts in Time-Honored Bull Signal Tied to Peak Panic (bloomberg)
  2. With Macau Overhang Fading, Wynn and Sands ‘Will Thrive’ (barrons)
  3. Crypto Is in Turmoil as Russia Eyes Putting Ban on Bitcoin (barrons)
  4. Pete Davidson and Colin Jost Buy a Staten Island Ferry (wsj)
  5. Coty Stock Is Up 33% in the Past Year. Shares Can Go Higher, This Analyst Says. (barrons)
  6. Investors Are Giving Up on Netflix. That Makes It a Good Time to Buy the Stock. (barrons)
  7. The Stock Market Just Suffered Its Worst Week Since 2020. Here’s What Comes Next. (barrons)
  8. Intuitive Surgical Stock Is Falling After Earnings. This Analyst Thinks It’s a Buy. (barrons)
  9. Where to Find Bargains Among Tech and Growth Stocks (barrons)
  10. Tech Stocks Need a Life Raft. Earnings Season Could Be It.(barrons)
  11. This Fed Meeting Is Crucial. Future Rate Hikes Are Just the Start. (barrons)
  12. These 3 Bank Stocks Won Earnings Season.(barrons)
  13. A Rough January Doesn’t Mean a Lost Year. Where the Deals Are in the Stock Market. (barrons)
  14. Microsoft’s Activision Merger Is No Sure Thing. Here’s How to Play the Stocks Now. (barrons)
  15. Biogen After the Alzheimer’s Drug Debacle: Time to Sell the Parts? (barrons)
  16. Amazon Could Rule 2022. Its Shares Might Be Undervalued, Too. (barrons)
  17. It’s Time to Bargain Hunt. 27 Picks to Beat the Stock Market From Barron’s Roundtable Experts. (barrons)
  18. The Big Read. Why gaming is the new Big Tech battleground (ft)
  19. US and Russia plan more Ukraine talks after Blinken-Lavrov meeting (ft)
  20. Why Alibaba’s Stock Is Attractive (morningstar)