Be in the know. 18 key reads for Thursday…

  1. China Markets Are Hot Again as Traders Bet on More Policy Easing (bloomberg)
  2. China’s Credit Growth Rebounds in November After Slowdown (bloomberg)
  3. Biotech Has Been Crushed: 5 Stocks to Buy Now That Pay Big Dividends (247wallst)
  4. FDA Authorizes AstraZeneca Drug to Prevent Covid. It’s an Alternative to Vaccines for Some. (barrons)
  5. Novartis CEO Vasant Narasimhan Sees Consistent Growth While Sitting on Cash (barrons)
  6. CVS Boosts Its Earnings Outlook and Dividend Payout. (barrons)
  7. The Bond Market Is Watching for a Fed Mistake. Check the Yield Curve. (barrons)
  8. Credit Suisse boosts S&P 500 target, citing strong economy and stalling stimulus legislation (marketwatch)
  9. Beijing Reins In China’s Central Bank (wsj)
  10. Fewer Americans quit their jobs in October as openings rose again (nypost)
  11. S. Jobless Claims Decline to Lowest Level Since 1969 (bloomberg)
  12. China Is Slamming Shut Its Window of Opportunity (bloomberg)
  13. Joe Manchin sounds fed up with Biden’s spending plans: ‘We’ve done everything that we can to help people’ (businessinsider)
  14. Hormel reports record sales (marketwatch)
  15. China Evergrande Defaults on Its Debt. Now What? (nytimes)
  16. China’s Central Bank Is Under Pressure, But to What End? (wsj)
  17. Alibaba Stock Looks Like a Screaming Buy. Jump in at Your Own Risk. (barrons)
  18. Economists predict complete ‘taper’ of Fed bond buying by end of March (ft)

Be in the know. 15 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Pfizer Says 3 Doses of Its Vaccine Are Effective Against Omicron (barrons)
  2. Manchin Won’t Pledge to Support Biden’s Spending Bill (barrons)
  3. Looking for Good Stocks With Big Dividends? Here’s Our List. (barrons)
  4. Southwest Airlines Has Good News on Revenue, Fuel Costs (barrons)
  5. Volkswagen Considers Porsche IPO to Fund Electric-Vehicle Transition (barrons)
  6. Here’s how much the pandemic has been worth to the average American household (marketwatch)
  7. Meta Stock Has Gone Nowhere in Weeks. This Analyst Sees an Opportunity. (barrons)
  8. China Will Soon Lead the U.S. in Tech (wsj)
  9. Mortgage rates dip for the first time in a month boosting applications (foxbusiness)
  10. Raytheon Technologies (RTX) Announces $6B Share Buyback Program (streetinsider)
  11. Crypto Is ‘Top Contender’ for Correction, Money Managers Say (bloomberg)
  12. Nissan Is on ‘Good’ Path With Profits, Electrification, COO Says (bloomberg)
  13. The Next Fed Meeting Will Offer More Surprises (bloomberg)
  14. Cramer’s lightning round: Illumina and SoFi are buys (cnbc)
  15. Legendary investor Peter Lynch breaks with Warren Buffett, warning passive investors they’re losing out and backing the best fund managers to keep beating the market (businessinsider)