Be in the know. 12 key reads for Friday…

  1. Alibaba, Tencent Look Cheap Even With China Crackdown Risks, NYU Professor Says (Bloomberg)
  2. US August payrolls rise much less than expected, while wages heat up (Reuters)
  3. Why 5 of the Highest-Yielding Dividend Aristocrats May Be the Safest Bet for Rest of 2021 (24/7 Wall Street)
  4. Why European stocks may be a good alternative to high U.S. valuations (MarketWatch)
  5. Investors Are Ignoring the Tax Elephant in the Room (Barron’s)
  6. US added 235K jobs in August, way below expectations of 720K (New York Post)
  7. The Hard Road Back. The Energy Report 09/03/2021 (Phil Flynn)
  8. Joe Manchin Calls for Pause in Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Push (Wall Street Journal)
  9. Alibaba Pledges $15.5 Billion as Chinese Companies Extol Beijing’s ‘Common Prosperity’ Push (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Here’s the chart that shows what’s about to happen in the jobs market (marketwatch)
  11. The Netflix Show That Turbocharged Formula One (Wall Street Journal)
  12. China’s stock trading volume surges above 1 trillion yuan for weeks as other investment options dry up (CNBC)