Be in the know. 19 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Stocks Are Defying the Naysayers. They Can Keep Going. (bloomberg)
  2. The Unlikely Stocks That Drove the Market to a Record High (wsj)
  3. Hedge Funds Gripped By Stock FOMO While Retail Holds Fire (zerohedge)
  4. Goldman’s Top 12 Charts Of The Week (zerohedge)
  5. Wharton’s Siegel Sees a Lot of Positives for Stocks (youtube)
  6. American Consumers Felt Better in June Than They Did in May (wsj)
  7. Is the International Outlook Brighter Than the US? (morningstar)
  8. Hong Kong’s Sixfold Jump in Share Sales Drives Boom Year in Asia (bloomberg)
  9. Alibaba Unveils Latest AI Service for Images in Push for Users (bloomberg)
  10. Powell’s United Front on Rates Is Cracking. Trump Is Getting What He Wants. (barrons)
  11. Donald Trump says he will only pick Fed chair who cuts interest rates (ft)
  12. US Regulators Says Comments on Key Bank Capital Rule Due Aug. 26 (bloomberg)
  13. Stablecoins go mainstream: Why banks and credit card firms are issuing their own crypto tokens (cnbc)
  14. Wall Street economist who ripped Trump admits prez may have ‘outsmarted all of us’ on tariffs (nypost)
  15. Trump aims for trade deals with key partners in Asia in coming weeks: sources (nypost)
  16. Boeing Stock Is Rising. The Jet Maker Is Now a Buy, Says Analyst. (barrons)
  17. California Expands Film and TV Tax Credits to Lure Production Back to Hollywood (wsj)
  18. Why Pixar’s Elio Deserves More Than Its Box Office Debut (forbes)
  19. Disney target raised at Guggenheim on sports, parks momentum (investing)