Be in the know. 14 key reads for Monday…

  1. Apollo Leads $1.2 Billion Investment in Brad Jacobs’ QXO (bloomberg)
  2. Alibaba Brings Visual AI Into Food Fight with China’s Meituan (bloomberg)
  3. Turning point: China doubles IPOs in 2025 amid eased curbs to drive tech innovation (scmp)
  4. MiniMax’s Hong Kong IPO set to hit US$538 million amid Chinese AI sector frenzy (scmp)
  5. ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ tops $1 billion globally as Hollywood hopes for blockbuster 2026 (marketwatch)
  6. Mobileye secures deal with major US automaker, boosting production outlook (reuters)
  7. US auto sales defy regulatory uncertainty to rise 2% in 2025 (reuters)
  8. Made-In-USA Cars Granted Trump Tax Break In IRS Deduction Guidance (zerohedge)
  9. Why Oil Prices Are Barely Moving After the Venezuelan Incursion (wsj)
  10. How to Spot—and Capitalize on—a Sector Rotation (wsj)
  11. Investors may go value hunting in 2026 as AI rally matures (reuters)
  12. There’s a lot to be optimistic about in 2026, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee (youtube)
  13. Jefferies raises Albemarle stock price target to $167 on lithium demand outlook (investing)
  14. Walt Disney stock rating reiterated at Buy by BofA Securities (investing)