Be in the know. 19 key reads for Tuesday…

  1. QXO Is Raising Another $1.8 Billion for Its M&A War Chest (barrons)
  2. Trump Wants Cheaper Housing. How Pulte Could Pressure Builders to Deliver It. (barrons)
  3. Mortgage rates fall below 6% for first time since 2023 after Trump orders $200B bond buying (nypost)
  4. Pimco Sees Mortgage Rates Easing on Fannie-Freddie Purchases (bloomberg)
  5. Intel Stock Gains. Why the Chip Company and AMD Got Upgrades. (barrons)
  6. Pfizer Talking to Trump Administration About Priority Vouchers (bloomberg)
  7. Expect a Busy Year in Obesity Drugs as New Pills Hit the Market (barrons)
  8. Diageo Said to Weigh Options for China Assets Including Sale (bloomberg)
  9. Luxury: Under-Owned, Under-Loved, Turning (zerohedge)
  10. Boeing sells 50 737 MAX jets to leasing group ACG (yahoo)
  11. Delta Seals Boeing Order as Earnings Support Travel Boom (bloomberg)
  12. Big Oil and More Surprising AI Winners for 2026 (barrons)
  13. America’s Biggest Power Grid Operator Has an AI Problem—Too Many Data Centers (wsj)
  14. Small-Company Stocks Are Rising. Why the Rally Could Last This Time. (barrons)
  15. Why Holding Assets Outside the US Dollar Paid Off in 2025 (morningstar)
  16. Alibaba shares surge as China plans to boost AI in manufacturing (investing)
  17. Yuan rally drives mainland China and Hong Kong stocks to strong 2026 start (scmp)
  18. Crown Castle terminates DISH Wireless deal after payment default (investing)
  19. Dentsply Sirona names Mark Bezjak Americas commercial chief (investing)