Be in the know. 20 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Trump’s TikTok, WeChat Actions Targeting China Revoked by Biden (Wall Street Journal)
  2. John Rogers Is Winning (Institutional Investor)
  3. OPEC sticks to forecast of oil demand surge in second half of 2021 (Reuters)
  4. How To Lose $50 Million Hedging Inflation… (ZeroHedge)
  5. AMC Insiders Sell Another $4 Million in Shares Amid Reddit Rally (Bloomberg)
  6. CPI shows retail prices soared again last month, lifting U.S. inflation rate to 13-year high (MarketWatch)
  7. ECB Keeps Stimulus at High Pace, Ruling Out Immediate Tapering (Barron’s)
  8. Don’t Expect $100 Oil Anytime Soon (Barron’s)
  9. Inflation Is Here. But It Won’t Doom Stocks. (Barron’s)
  10. China Is the Elephant in the Room as Europe Targets American Tech (Barron’s)
  11. Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson may try to beat Bezos to space: report (New York Post)
  12. China’s Surging Manufacturing Prices Put Pressure on Beijing to Do Something About Them (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Draft Antitrust Bills Would Restrict Online Platforms (Wall Street Journal)
  14. China Tempers Climate Change Efforts After Economic Officials Limit Scope (Wall Street Journal)
  15. Technology Fills the Gap as Jobs Lag GDP (Wall Street Journal)
  16. Campbell Plans to Raise Prices as Higher Costs Cut into Profits (Wall Street Journal)
  17. Markets Are Ignoring the Main Driver of Today’s Inflation (Bloomberg)
  18. Weak consumption is a ‘major problem’ for China’s recovery, says analytics firm (CNBC)
  19. Finance professor Aswath Damodaran warns investors not to get cocky, dismisses bitcoin as a currency or store of value, and blasts the Fed in a new interview. Here are the 11 best quotes. (Business Insider)
  20. China says it arrested over 1,100 suspects and busted 170 criminal gangs in a crypto-related money-laundering crackdown (Business Insider)