Be in the know. 20 key reads for Friday…

  1. China’s New Rules to Add $138 Billion Into Market, Analysts Say (bloomberg)
  2. Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008 (nytimes)
  3. Japan core inflation climbs to a 16-month high, boosting case for rate hikes (cnbc)
  4. Trump Says He Would ‘Rather Not’ Have to Impose Tariffs on China (bloomberg)
  5. Boeing Preannounced Earnings. They Were Dreadful—but That’s OK. (barrons)
  6. Boeing pre-reported losses ‘not that bad’, says Jefferies’ Kahyaoglu (cnbc)
  7. Yuan Gains as Trump Dials Back Tariff Threats (bloomberg)
  8. Europe’s Stoxx 600 Hits Record High on Trump Tariff Relief (bloomberg)
  9. Trump Says He’ll Demand Interest Rates Drop, Urges OPEC to Cut Oil Prices in Davos Speech (barrons)
  10. Trump Can Capture the Fed. Here’s How. (barrons)
  11. TikTok’s Possible Buyers, From Elon Musk to MrBeast (bloomberg)
  12. Disney Raises Iger’s Pay by 30%, Reflecting Turnaround in Profit (bloomberg)
  13. Trump Says He Knows Interest Rates Better Than Fed Chief Powell (bloomberg)
  14. Trump Looks to China to Help Press Putin Into a Deal to End War (bloomberg)
  15. Mortgage Rates in US Drop for First Time in More Than a Month (bloomberg)
  16. Trump piles pressure on Fed chair Jay Powell to cut interest rates (ft)
  17. Beijing tells insurers to buy more Chinese stocks (ft)
  18. Hong Kong stocks rise on Trump’s China optimism and Wall Street rally (scmp)
  19. Like a Good Neighbor, Chinese Insurance Companies Are There To Buy Stocks (chinalastnight)
  20. China’s Flattening Yield Curve Is Putting PBOC in Focus (bloomberg)

Be in the know. 10 key reads for Thursday…

  1. China Guides Mutual Funds, Insurers to Invest More in Stocks (bloomberg)
  2. China urges state-backed funds to buy more stocks amid market slump (cnbc)
  3. Saudi Leader Offers $600 Billion Investment Pledge in Trump Call (bloomberg)
  4. One by One, World Leaders in Davos Fall in Line in Trump Era (bloomberg)
  5. As Trump Lobs Tariff Threats, White House Maps Trade Overhaul (bloomberg)
  6. Cheap, Not Trump, Is Why European Stocks Are Spiking (bloomberg)
  7. Stock-Market Bulls Are Staring Down Positioning for Rally Clues (bloomberg)
  8. Trump Maps Pivot From Quick Wins to Harder, ‘Solvable’ Problems (bloomberg)
  9. Musk Pours Cold Water on Trump-Backed Stargate AI Project (wsj)
  10. Why Markets Love the Latest Raft of Earnings (barrons)