Be in the know. 17 key reads for Monday…

  1. Alibaba plans to launch own cloud server chip, Caixin Global reports (TheFly)
  2. Steven Romick just loaded up on these China stocks (asiamarkets)
  3. Staff Says Wall Street Is Getting Inflation Call All Wrong (Bloomberg)
  4. China Property and Energy Crises Deliver Blow to GDP Growth (Bloomberg)
  5. China’s economy stumbles on power crunch, property woes (Reuters)
  6. China’s Growth Hit by Energy and Property Problems (Barron’s)
  7. This Market Reflects Investors’ Pessimism. Time for Some Optimism. (Barron’s)
  8. Facebook to Hire 10,000 People to Build Its ‘Metaverse.’ What That Means. (Barron’s)
  9. Supply-Chain Bottlenecks, Elevated Inflation to Last Well Into Next Year, Survey Finds (Wall Street Journal)
  10. The Amazing Things You’ll Do in the ‘Metaverse’ and What It Will Take to Get There (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Rising Mortgage Rates Shift Lenders’ Focus to Home Buyers (Wall Street Journal)
  12. Goldman Sachs Cleared to Own All of China Unit (Wall Street Journal)
  13. China Can ‘Contain’ Risks; Home Sales Drop: Evergrande Update (Bloomberg)
  14. Jamie Dimon is just one finance leader not buying the bitcoin hype as it heads back to its record high. Here are 18 other skeptics. (businessinsider)
  15. ‘Crazy’ bets on $200 oil invade the options market (FoxBusiness)
  16. Nato to expand focus to counter rising China (Financial Times)
  17. Xi Jinping undeterred from structural shifts despite China’s economic slowdown (Financial Times)