Be in the know. 22 key reads for Wednesday…

  1. Top influencer Li Jiaqi’s return gives Alibaba renewed live-streaming edge (scmp)
  2. End of Hong Kong quarantines a catalyst for stock rebound: analysts say (scmp)
  3. Hong Kong Reopening Announced Along with Pro-Consumption Policies (chinalastnight)
  4. S&P 500 History Points to a Sharp Bounce After Fed Meeting (yahoo)
  5. Fed committee fears another jumbo rate hike could add trillions to debt (foxbusiness)
  6. China Meets With Boeing, Raising Hopes for 737 MAX Flight Resumption (wsj)
  7. ‘Disinflationary wave is building’ even as investors anticipate aggressive Fed rate increase, says this economist (marketwatch)
  8. Jeffrey Gundlach says bonds are ‘wickedly cheap’ compared with stocks — and offers one way to get a 9% return without much risk (marketwatch)
  9. Fed Day Is Here. A Rate Hike Is Just Part of the Equation. (barrons)
  10. On Fed Day Putin Reminds Wall Street It’s Not All About Higher Rates (barrons)
  11. 5 Auto-Parts Stocks That Will Gain From Ford’s Inflation Problem (barrons)
  12. What Home Builders’ Earnings Can Tell Us About the Slumping Housing Market (barrons)
  13. Tencent Considers More Stake Sales to Fund Share Buybacks, Future Growth (wsj)
  14. High Natural-Gas Prices Push European Manufacturers to Shift to the U.S. (wsj)
  15. Mortgage demand rises for the first time in six weeks, despite sharply higher interest rates (cnbc)
  16. Here’s everything the Federal Reserve is expected to do today (cnbc)
  17. China Reacts To Putin Speech, Urges Immediate Ceasefire & Dialogue (zerohedge)
  18. The stock market has rallied on day of every Fed rate-hike decision in 2022. Could it happen again today? (marketwatch)
  19. Tech IPOs Not Returning to the Market Anytime Soon (thestreet)
  20. The Market Red Flags That Could Prompt the Fed to Slow Down on Rate Hikes (yahoo)
  21. News in-depth. Why Putin is raising the stakes in Ukraine war (ft)
  22. French billionaire Xavier Niel builds 2.5% Vodafone stake (ft)