Be in the know. 17 key reads for Friday…

  1. Move Over, Aristocrats. Meet the Dividend Kings. (Barron’s)
  2. 5 Ultra-Safe Dividend Stocks to Buy Now as a Market Correction May Have Started (24/7 Wall Street)
  3. Look for Health Stocks to Stop Lagging, Start Leading (Wall Street Journal)
  4. Emerging-Market Investors Are Immune to New Covid Threat—for Now (Barron’s)
  5. Bond King Jeff Gundlach says there is a simple reason Treasury yields are so low even as inflation surges (MarketWatch)
  6. There’s a New Growth Area in Tech. Pay Attention to These Stocks. (Barron’s)
  7. Intel Is in Talks to Buy GlobalFoundries for $30 Billion: Report (Barron’s)
  8. A Chip Peak Like No Other (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Wall Street Opens Back Up to Oil and Gas—but Not for Drilling (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Fed’s Powell Concedes Anxiety About Higher Inflation but Resists Policy Shift (Wall Street Journal)
  11. TSMC Expects Auto-Chip Shortage to Abate This Quarter (Wall Street Journal)
  12. The U.S. Housing Market Is Losing Some of Its ‘Frenzy,’ as More Homes List for Sale (Wall Street Journal)
  13. As U.S. Home Prices Surge, American Buyers Set Their Sights on Europe (Wall Street Journal)
  14. As U.S. Home Prices Surge, American Buyers Set Their Sights on Europe (Wall Street Journal)
  15. The Reassuring Data on the Delta Variant (Wall Street Journal)
  16. Gain in U.S. Retail Sales Underscores Solid, Steady Consumer (Bloomberg)
  17. Citigroup Is Closing in on Peers in One Key Way (Wall Street Journal)