Be in the know. 33 key reads for Saturday…

Table Source: LPL Ryan Detrick

  1. The $22 Billion Wager: DraftKings and Others Are Reaching for a Piece of the Sports-Gambling Prize. (barrons)
  2. Asana’s CEO Buys $1 Billion of Company Stock in Historic Buying Spree (barrons)
  3. The Force Awakens at Disney (barrons)
  4. After Alphabet, 5 More Companies Look Ripe to Split Shares (barrons)
  5. Block Stock Is a Buy. Cash App’s Valuation Is ‘Way Too Low.’ (barrons)
  6. How Western Digital’s Setback Actually Could Boost Its Shares (barrons)
  7. Alibaba Earnings Are Coming. 4 Numbers to Watch. (barrons)
  8. Putin, Biden plan high-stakes phone call Saturday in Ukraine crisis (marketwatch)
  9. What a Russian invasion of Ukraine would mean for markets as White House warns attack could come ‘any day now’ (marketwatch)
  10. Opinion: Inflation fears are overblown — five reasons why you need to buy the dip in stocks (marketwatch)
  11. Elon Musk says first SpaceX orbital flight could come in March — a key step to Mars (nypost)
  12. Person in the News. Peter Thiel, the contrarian tech investor turns to politics (ft)
  13. Lavrov Says U.S. Running ‘Propaganda Campaign’: Ukraine Update (bloomberg)
  14. S. Sees China Watching Ukraine Crisis as Proxy for Taiwan (bloomberg)
  15. Wall Street Veteran Says Fed Won’t Deploy 50-Basis-Point Rate Hike (bloomberg)
  16. Sentiment About the U.S. Economy Is Getting Close to the Worst of the Great Recession (bloomberg)
  17. Oreo Maker Mondelēz Says Covid Couldn’t Quash World’s Snacking Habit (bloomberg)
  18. Splunk Jumps on Report That Cisco Made $20 Billion-Plus Offer (bloomberg)
  19. The Fed Should Pick ‘Boomflation’ Over a Recession (bloomberg)
  20. Super Bowl Quarterback Joe Burrow Plays a Mean Game of Chess. Really Mean. (wsj)
  21. A Rams win could mean a 14% stock surge: 7 fun market stats ahead of Super Bowl LVI from S&P Global (businessinsider)
  22. Signals of an economic recession are beginning to flash as ‘sputtering consumer’ lacks fresh stimulus, Jeffrey Gundlach says (businessinsider)
  23. Warren Buffett has touted Disney’s brand, trumpeted Snow White and Mickey Mouse, and bemoaned selling the stock. Here are his 10 best quotes about the media giant. (businessinsider)
  24. Gary Vaynerchuk explains the value of NFTs: they are ‘assets to communicate who you are’ (businessinsider)
  25. Super Bowl QB Joe Burrow: Confidence ‘might be the most important trait’ (cnbc)
  26. A Gene Sequencing Pioneer Battles Over What It Can Buy (nytimes)
  27. Jake Chelios Is American, Greek, Scottish, German and Irish. He’s Playing for the Chinese Hockey Team. (wsj)
  28. America’s Chinese Tech Conundrum (nytimes)
  29. Are Activist Short Sellers Misunderstood? (nytimes)
  30. Wall Street’s go-to recession indicator is starting to get attention (cnn)
  31. David Tepper: The King of Bouncing Back (neckar)
  32. Berkshire Hathaway’s Utility Business Is a Crown Jewel. A Recent Presentation Highlights That. (barrons)
  33. 7 Undervalued Stocks With Growing Dividends (morningstar)