Be in the know. 20 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. China Tackles Commodity Prices. Mining Stocks Fall. (Barron’s)
  2. Watch for Taper Talk, Rate Views, and Inflation Outlook at Today’s Fed Meeting  (Barron’s)
  3. Supply and Demand Are Coming Back Into Balance. These 9 Charts Show How. (Barron’s)
  4. How Talk of Tapering Could Affect Stocks (Barron’s)
  5. Exxon Could Rise 40%, With Big Dividend Growth (Barron’s)
  6. Oil Price Hits Pandemic High as Investors Bet on Green Energy (Wall Street Journal)
  7. Is Higher Inflation Here to Stay? Fund Managers Don’t Think So (Institutional Investor)
  8. Watch the ‘dot plot’ at the Fed meeting today (Financial Times)
  9. Regeneron antiviral treatment saves lives of Covid patients in hospital (Financial Times)
  10. Amazon (AMZN) Prime Members Now Valued at Around $1,000/Year Each, Sees ~240M by Year-End – JPMorgan (Street Insider)
  11. States to end unemployment benefits for more than 400,000 people this weekend (CNBC)
  12. Lumber Prices Are Falling Fast, Turning Hoarders Into Sellers (Wall Street Journal)
  13. Solid Power, QuantumScape, and the Battle for Next-Generation Batteries (Wall Street Journal)
  14. Meet the New Chinese Economy, Same as the Old Chinese Economy (Wall Street Journal)
  15. WTI Bounces On Big Crude Draw, Gasoline Demand Pick-Up (ZeroHedge)
  16. Netflix (NFLX) Could Have Its Strongest 6-Month Slate Ever in 2nd-Half – JPMorgan (Street Insider)
  17. Exxon (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) Have Further Upside to Q2 Consensus Earnings and FCF Estimates – Morgan Stanley (Street Insider)
  18. U.S. mortgage applications rise as purchases rebound (Street Insider)
  19. Oil Supercycle Could Hinge on Drilling Lag, Saudi Minister Says (Bloomberg)
  20. Homebuilding bounces back as lumber prices cool (Fox Business)